Talk:History of Bougainville

message: Changed translation of 'bel isi' from 'cool stomach' to 'peace'. Rationale for this is that 'cool stomach' is  a apparently a literal translation of a different Tok Pisin expression (kolim bel) which means 'to calm someone down'. It is generally not a good idea to translate Tok Pisin expressions literally, since this leads to a number of false friend-type problems. 'Bel' should not be translated as stomach unless the context specifies one is takling about the internal organ; it typicallly means belly. 'Isi' means slow, relaxed or calm. The expression 'bel isi' means 'peace' in this context, literally it means 'calm belly'. 
Sure, 'peace' is not as colourful, but English speakers must reconcile themselves to the fact that their language does not exactly match Tok Pisin. Also, "calming bellies" sounds very weird in English, in a way that "bel isi" doesn't to the Tok Pisin speaker. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.93.2 (talk • contribs) 
*Agreed - while "calm stomach" is a (kind of) literal translation, "peace" is a far more meaningful and accurate translation. Wantok (toktok) 05:05, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation of 'bel isi'

message: Why is  this page listed in the category "Rebellions in Asia"? This island is not in Asia definitely. --Jakas1 (talk) 14:52, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. I've removed the category. There currently is no :Category:Rebellions in Oceania, but I don't think this article should be in any "rebellions" category anyway, as the article is about the whole history of the province and not about a single rebellion.-gadfium 18:18, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rebellions in Asia? 

message: I did some minor edits to this interesting article. It doesn't have a spelling tag but I changed some US spellings. Hope that's okay.
This sentence may need rewording but I wasn't sure how... "In 1987, Ona and Serero had called a meeting of landowners around Panguna, forming the Panguna Landowners' Association was formed."
Also the shooting down of Yamamoto (as mentioned on Buin, Papua New Guinea page) is notable under Second World War? JennyOz (talk) 10:32, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling and minor suggestions 

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message: I noticed the page did not cover any history since the early 2000s, and have made two significant changes. Firstly, I have reorganised the headings (for instance all sections related to the conflict are now sub-sections under the heading of Secessionist Conflict). Secondly, I have added in an overview of the region's history since the 2001 peace agreement. If anyone has strong objections to either of these (or thinks there should be more/less information on the autonomous government) please let me know. GeorgmentO (talk) 09:39, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page reorganisation + post-peace history