Portal talk:Oceania

message: We should link from the main portal page to all those Wikipedias in languages indigenous to the area. The ones I am aware of are 
*Nauruan language at na:
*Tongan language at to:
*Hawaiian language at haw:
*Samoan language at sm:
*Tahitian language at ty:
*Fijian language at fj:
*Norfuk language at pih:
*Tok Pisin at tpi: (added by TMac 00:59, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My current feeling is that we should link to the French Wikipedia. What about the Spanish language one at es:? Spanish is presumably the normal language of the 40% of Easter Island inhabitants who originate from Chile, and probably is also spoken by the other Easter Islanders.-gadfium 22:20, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I also added the Chamorro, Bislama and Marshallese editions. Belgian man 15:22, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Links to other Wikipedias

message: Following a suggestion from User:Davidcannon above, I'm planning a daily rotation between the various states which make up Oceania (I'll pad the articles on states with other geographical articles to make up 31). I've started preparing the writeups for these; see Portal:Oceania/Daily article. The writeups are only a draft; feel free to improve them or to swap in better pictures. In particular, I need a picture for Niue. Please try to keep the writeups about the same length as each other; it makes layout of the portal page so much easier.
I plan to have a selected article of the month as well. At this point, I'm not sure if I want to bother with a selected picture.-gadfium 08:26, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to me!  At least, let's get going with something.  We can put a selected picture in later, but for now, the thing is to get the portal up and running. David Cannon 12:12, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Most mature portals have a queue of articles which change weekly or monthly, using the built in variables in MediaWiki to automatically switch to the new article. As far as I know, having a regular set of articles for the days of the month originated with this portal, and the idea for it was suggested to me by user:Davidcannon.-gadfium 18:06, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Daily rotation

message: Here's a list of articles we could use for our monthly selected article. I'm not insisting that a selected article have a picture; if we have to we'll use the country's flag. A selected article candidate must be of reasonable length. I've tried to make a balance between different areas, topics and types of articles.
*Pacific Ocean - generic - Selected article for March 2006
*Culture of Papua New Guinea - culture, Papua New Guinea - Selected article for April 2006
*Fiji coup of 2000 - history, Fiji - Selected article for May 2006
*Bora Bora - geography, French Polynesia - Selected article for June 2006
*James Cook - history, biography, covers much of the Pacific - Selected article for July 2006
*Wake Island - primarily history, Micronesia - Selected article for August 2006
*Tom Neale - biography, Cook Islands. - Selected article for September 2006
*Moai - culture, Easter Island - Selected article for October 2006
*History of East Timor - history, East Timor - Selected article for November 2006
*Kava - culture - Selected article for December 2006
*Bougainville Province - geography, history, Papua New Guinea - Selected article for January 2007
*Hurricane Ioke - Central Pacific - Selected article for February 2007
*Western New Guinea - geography, history - Selected article for March 2007
*Pacific War - history, most of the Pacific - Selected article for April 2007
*Chinatowns in Oceania - culture, covers many countries in the area - Selected article for May 2007
*Caroline Island - geography, Kiribati, a featured article - Selected article for June 2007
*Waisale Serevi - biography, Fijian rugby union player - Selected article for July 2007
*Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu-Tanambogo - Solomon Islands, history, a featured article - Selected article for August 2007
*Honolulu, Hawaii - geography, Hawaii - Selected article for September 2007
*John Frum - culture, Vanuatu. - Selected article for October 2007
*Coconut crab, biology, occurs across much of Pacific and Indian oceans. Featured article - Selected article for November 2007
*Rugby union in Fiji - sport, Fiji - Selected article for December 2007 
*Battle of the Tenaru - Solomon Islands, history, a featured article - Selected article for January 2008
*Polynesian languages - culture, Polynesia - Selected article for February 2008
*2006 East Timorese crisis - history, politics, East Timor - Selected article for March 2008
*Swains Island - American Samoa, geography - Selected article for April 2008
*Battle of Savo Island - Solomon Islands, history, a featured article - Selected article for May 2008
*Rongorongo - Easter Island, culture - Selected article for June 2008
*Typhoon Paka - history, Micronesia - Selected article for July 2008
*Aoba Island - geography, Vanuatu - Selected article for August 2008
*Polynesian navigation - history, Polynesia - Selected article for September 2008
*Rai stones - FSM, culture - Selected article for October 2008
*Jules Dumont d'Urville - history, Pacific exploration - Selected article for November 2008
*Tabubil, Papua New Guinea - PNG, geography - Selected article for December 2008
*Hōkūle‘a - culture, Hawai'i - Selected article for January 2009
*Indians in Fiji - history and culture, Fiji - Selected article for February 2009
*Battle of Wau - history, PNG - Selected article for March 2009
*Isla Salas y Gómez - geography, Polynesia - Selected article for April 2009
*Benjamin Franklin Tilley - history, American Samoa - Selected article for May 2009
*Aitutaki - geography, Cook Islands - Selected article for June 2009
*Typhoon Pongsona - history, meteorology, Guam and Northern Marianas - Selected article for July 2009
*Mauna Loa - geography, Hawaii - Selected article for August 2009
*Kokoda Track - geography, PNG - Selected article for September 2009
*Palau at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Sport, Palau - Selected article for October 2009
*Phoenix Islands - geography, Kiribati - Selected article for November 2009
*Michael Somare - biography, PNG - Selected article for December 2009
*Hagåtña, Guam - geography, Guam - Selected article for January 2010
*Proa - culture, Marshall Islands - Selected article for February 2010
*Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument - nature, Hawaii - Selected article for March 2010
*Typhoon Paka - history, meteorology, Guam and Northern Marianas - Selected article for April 2010
*Mount Wilhelm - geography, PNG - Selected article for May 2010
*Indonesian occupation of East Timor - history, East Timor - Selected article for June 2010
*AMiBA - science, Hawaii - Selected article for July 2010
*Rarotonga - geography, Cook Islands - Selected article for August 2010
*Golden White-eye - biology, Marshall Islands - Selected article for September 2010
*Guadalcanal Campaign - history, Solomon Islands - Selected article for October 2010
*Port Moresby - geography, PNG - Selected article for November 2010
*Typhoon Isa - history, meteorology, Guam and FSM - Selected article for December 2010
*Culture of Tonga - culture, Tonga - Selected article for January 2011
*Kiritimati - geography, Kiribati - Selected article for February 2011
*Freedom Tower Silver Dollar - economics, Northern Mariana Islands - Selected article for March 2011
*Mau Piailug - biography, Micronesia - Selected article for April 2011
*Enga Province - geography, PNG - Selected article for May 2011.
*Decipherment of rongorongo - culture, Easter Island - Selected article for June 2011
*Loihi Seamount - geology, Hawaii - Selected article for July 2011
*2007 Pacific Games - sport, topical as 2011 games start in August - Selected article for August 2011
*Palmyra Atoll - geography, United States - Selected article for September 2011
*Cyclone Percy - history, meteorology, American Samoa, Cook Islands and Tokelau - Selected article for October 2011
*Rennell Island - geography, Solomon Islands - Selected article for November 2011
*Ralph Regenvanu - biography, Vanuatu - Selected article for December 2011
*Exploration of the Pacific - history - Selected article for January 2012
*Pacific Islands Forum - politics - Selected article for February 2012
*Yap - geography, Federated States of Micronesia - Selected article for March 2012
*Our Airline - company, Nauru
*George Tupou V - biography, Tonga. Needs a picture but can use the Royal Standard if none becomes available.
*Johnston Atoll - geography, US Minor Outlying Islands
*Timor Leste Defence Force - politics, East Timor
*German New Guinea - history, Papua New Guinea
*2009 Samoa earthquake - geography, Samoa
*Kagu - animal, New Caledonia
*Xanana Gusmão - biography, East Timor
*Japanese settlement in Palau - demographics, Palau
*Suva - geography, Fiji
*Netball in the Cook Islands - sport, Cook Islands
*Battle of Kaiapit - history, New Guinea
*Nukuʻalofa - geography, Tonga
*Malietoa Tanumafili II - biography, Samoa
*Love Patrol - culture, Vanuatu. No picture available.
*Majuro - geography, Marshall Islands
*Coming of Age in Samoa - culture, Samoa
*Guadalcanal - geography, Solomon Islands
*Mutiny on the Bounty - history, Polynesia
*Hula - culture, Hawaii
*Papeete - geography, French Polynesia
*Typhoon Choi-wan (2009) - meteorology, Northern Marianas
*Dili - geography, East Timor
*Enewetak Atoll - geography, Marshall Islands
*Taufa'ahau Tupou IV - biography, Tonga
*Tahiti - geography, French Polynesia
*Mariana Trench - oceanography, Micronesia
*Saipan - geography, Northern Marianas
*Honiara - geography, Solomon Islands
*Kingman Reef - oceanography, Micronesia?
*Kimbe - geography, Papua New Guinea
*Tuamotus - geography, French Polynesia
*Howland Island - geography, US Minor Outlying Islands
*Pago Pago - geography, American Samoa
*New Britain - geography, Papua New Guinea
*Port Vila - geography, Vanuatu
*Japanese settlement in the Federated States of Micronesia - demographics, FSM
*Funafuti - geography, Tuvalu
*Rabaul - geography, Papua New Guinea
*Baker Island - geography, US Minor Outlying Islands
*Apia - geography, Samoa
*Gambier Islands - geography, French Polynesia
*Papua (province) - geography, New Guinea
*Nouméa - geography, New Caledonia
*Jarvis Island - geography, US Minor Outlying Islands
*Marquesas Islands - geography, French Polynesia
*Nihoa - geography, Hawaii
*Teahupo'o - geography, French Polynesia
*Clipperton Island - geography, French but not Polynesia
*Lae - geography, Papua New Guinea
Please add more to the list, comment on the selection, and suggest alternate ordering.-gadfium 23:59, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Selected articles

message: *2007 Pacific Games - sport, 22 nations involved. Make this the selected article during 2011, perhaps a month or two before the 2011 Pacific Games start, or before the Pacific mini-games in September 2009.-gadfium 03:50, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Future selections

message: Any one reading this got any insight into what's happening in East Timor at present. I'm not sure what to make of  and .-gadfium 08:20, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to be escalating.. Anyone want to write a backgrounder? I don't have much spare time at the moment.-gadfium 08:54, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

text: And now I see . I know the press sometimes blows things out of proportion, but this looks significant to me.-gadfium 08:59, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: East Timor Army strike

message: The portal has been live for a bit over a month. Our selected article has rolled over to the second topic. How are we doing so far? Is the news pane doing an adequate job? I haven't had a lot of other people contributing to the portal in the last month, so I'm posting to a vacuum so far. I've had limited time since the beginning of March to devote to this portal, but I might have more time in the second half of April. What should I concentrate on?-gadfium 06:35, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: One month sanity check

message: Someone wants to delete Australasia as a heading from the territories table at Oceania. I'm mentioning it here to get some more eyeballs on the question. Discuss at Talk:Oceania if you're interested. · rodii · 20:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australasia again @ [[Oceania]] 

message: I think we should leave East Timor in Southeast Asia where it does belong geographically anyway. But is it necessary to include it in the Oceania section? If so, then we should include Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines who are also linguistically and culturally related to the countries in Oceania. We should ask the East Timorese themselves if they wish to be included or not. Because many East Timorese I know resent being called a " Pacific" or "South Pacific" country because of the negative connotations associated with them, such as the violence and turmoil of the "failed states" of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
:Did you read the discussion above on this topic? · rodii · 15:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  East Timor in Oceania? According to which criteria? 

message: Oceania includes all of the Pacific Island excluding the overseas territories. If someone could, maybe include them on the portals? I have part of the list:
Fiji
Nauri
Guam
Kiribati
Vanuatu
Solomon Islands
:I'm not sure what you are asking here. All these countries are already a part of the portal. The portal showcases a different country each day of the month (with some filler articles at the end of the month); you can see all the countries at Portal:Oceania/Daily_article. Our coverage of news from the region is not as thorough as I'd like it to be, as I have limited time and knowledge, but anyone can add to the Portal:Oceania/Oceania news section.-gadfium 00:26, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh, Yeah, sorry I'm new to this sort of thing, never mind. I was getting annoyed about the european portals, you know. There are many countries missing but ok. Don't bother. You probably know better than me. --Gerrado 15:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pacific Islands 

message: I've decided to start including a greater number of news items from Australia and New Zealand in this portals In the News section. This will help keep the news fresh.-gadfium 05:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Expanding news coverage

message: If you're committed to strong representation of Pacific/Oceanian cultures and languages in the Wikipedia Project, make sure to vote in support of a Rotuman Wikipedia here, that this great resource of Wikipedia may be used as a common rallying point, to disseminate information and to learn about our language and heritage. Noa'ia ma tae 'on ti'u! --Mattbray 09:44, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Rotuma 

message: Unfortunately, Pacific Magazine has ceased publication. It was a valuable source of news stories (mostly republished) for Oceania. I use Radio New Zealand international and Radio Australia Pacific News, but would like pointers to other news services which publish regular bulletins online covering Oceania, rather than just a single nation in the region. Most news aggregators dealing with "oceania" are dominated by stories about Australia and New Zealand.-gadfium 05:36, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  News sources 

message: I'm getting tired of maintaining this section. If anyone wants to take over, they're welcome. See the above section for a couple of links for sources to find stories. The main problem is that there are relatively few editors working on articles about Oceania, and even major news events such as changes of leadership for a country often do not result in updates to our articles or in articles written about the new leader.
If no one is interested in finding news stories and at least occasionally updating the news section, we could import news stories from Wikinews. This will have the downside that Wikinews' Oceania portal is largely dominated by Australian stories. Australia has the largest population by far of any country in Oceania, but it also has its own healthy portal on Wikipedia, and I have concentrated on news stories from places other than Australia and New Zealand here.
Another alternative is to remove the news section entirely. If I get no feedback here, this is what I will do.
I intend to continue maintaining the "Selected article" section.-gadfium 18:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Since there doesn't appear to be any interest in the section, I've removed it. Since the "Things you can do" pane doesn't seem to have attracted much interest over the life of the portal, and it was awkward to balance the portal columns with it there, I've removed that too.-gadfium 19:29, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Oceania news

message: There is a navbox template for indigenous Oceanian culture, Template:Culture of Oceania, which currently does not add articles to which it is added to the :Category:Oceanian culture.  If that is desired, or automatically linking to any other category, would be an easy change.  Open for suggestions!  For reference,  these pages now transclude the template.  Newportm (talk) 18:22, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template:Culture of Oceania 

message: Hello, could someone working on this article Biodiversity of New Caledonia. It is very important in Paleobotany and evolution. 85.251.99.49 (talk) 07:53, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry, but portals are not the right place to ask for such help. Wikiprojects are more appropriate. Wikipedia:WikiProject Melanesia isn't very active as far as I know, so your best bet is probably Wikipedia:WikiProject Ecology.-gadfium 08:56, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biodiversity of New Caledonia 

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message: The following updates have been performed to the Oceania portal. North America1000 01:27, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
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