Talk:Acadia

message: The first paragraph ends with "yep it was sad we all know that if you think it is sad clap your hands" - the history shows Cluebot trying to remove that, but I still see it in the current revision.  When I try and go in and edit it, however, the line to remove doesn't show up in the text to edit - - - anyone smart want to fix this?
-j.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.183.156.31 (talk) 02:58, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism?

message: I've been working on the history of the acadians over at Acadians but then I realised that there is a lot of information here. I think I will keep working on the Acadians page and when it is done, move it here. Or something or other. I was going to make a "History of the Acadians" page and a "History of Acadia" page but then discovered that the "History of Acadia" redirects to just the "Acadia" page here. So... Anyone have any suggestions or advice?  this unsigned comment was added by DDD DDD on 24 April 2006
More standard practice would be to create a section here, start it with a Main article: Acadians link, and then put a summary of that page here. GRBerry 15:13, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: history of

message: I was wondering whether it would be possible for someone to find old french maps or create a map (or maps) based on them, of the territory in question - though it is explained in the article, a picture is a thousand words... Kirby Rourke 08:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: i like Maps

message: The main problem with WP's coverage of New France is that there is little continuity between the different locales.  Americans editors have made the Louisiana page very good, but much of it duplicates the main page.  Meanwhile the main page concentrates way too much on Canada, and neglects Acadia, Louisiana, etc.  There is a separate page for the colony of Canada but it is mostly unused.  To help readers, and editors get a better understanding of how New France was organized.  I proposed this new Navbox template.  The first section I am committed to and eventually I want to see it on this page regardless.  The rest is open to debate and change. 
::PROTOTYPE NAVBOX DELETED
What do you think?  Is it too broad, too narrow?  Would a list of topics be better?  Thanks for the imput.  Kevlar67 21:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Propose new Navbox

message: I would like to see the naming of the war changed back to Seven Years' War from French and Indian War.  The former is the term actually used in the Acadian region, while the latter reflects the American viewpoint exclusivly.  Any comments?  If there are no objections I will eventually get around to switching it use the US term in parenthesis. Almaniac 23:43, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Your compromise, or something like it, has to be there.  This is not an article about the United States where American terminology is acceptable; Canadian English and the Canadian viewpoint should prevail, in fact are mandated to by CANENGL and the general WPCANADA wikireality; it does not serve to impose American terminology on Canadian history or society - or warfare.Skookum1 (talk) 03:57, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Use of "French and Indian War"

message: This was my first, unsuccessful foray into editting an article.  I saw that the first footnote in the Geography section said that the reference was gone.  The History section also stated that the colonists left Port Royal in 1608.  I added the citation of Faragher's A Great and Noble Scheme but the footnotes section now looks messed up.  (Sadly, the preview option didn't let me see what would occur beforehand.)
I'd like to flesh out this article a bit more, and write a short article about Nicolas Denys, but I need to straighten out my procedures first.  LTC David J. Cormier (talk) 01:19, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Adding References

message: Here's an odd situation:  There doesn't seem to be a standardization in Wikipedia about the spelling of LeBorgne.  I see it entered as Le Borgne, Leborgne and LeBorgne.  Before I write a bio for this Acadian player, I'd like others' opinions.  I favor 'LeBorgne', as a common usage.  I would also go further to edit other instances of Emmanuel's name.  More contemporary LeBorgnes may have chosen to spell thier names differently, so I wouldn't presume to edit those names.  As a side-note, the etymology is from an old nickname meaning 'one-eyed'.  LTC David J. Cormier (talk) 21:23, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I'd go with whatever version is used most commonly by reference works that talk about him.  I'm not familiar enough with the reference works to render a guess.  Karanacs (talk) 21:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Emmanuel Le Borgne or LeBorgne

message: Would it be worth linking directly to Acadia National Park in the hatnote?  A quick look at the page traffiic stats for Acadia and Acadia National Park show fairly similar page view counts; I know I was looking for the National Park when I got this page. 208.87.234.180 (talk) 13:41, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this is a good idea, something like "For the national park, see Acadia National Park". LovesMacs (talk) 13:49, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting.  I thought the park should be directly included in the article.  It is my guess ANP was named after Acadia or Acadians.  ANP is one of the largest or most visited parks.  Might be worth adding directly to the article. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 00:58, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Hatnote

message: The map given here of Acadia neglects to include most of Maine, to the Kennebec river, which was also oonsidered part of Acadia.  Is there someone who could put in another map - indicating the contested terrain involved most of Maine and New Brunswick? --Hantsheroes (talk) 13:27, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The map also needs to be more readable; it's not eventhat readable at full scale because of the land/sea colouring and lack of a distinct coastline.Skookum1 (talk) 19:52, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Erroneous Map of Acadia 

message: The information on the use of "La Cadie" as a name is fine, but it really needs to have a citation for where the information can be found, lest it be deleted for lack of substantiation. LTC (Ret.) David J. Cormier (talk) 18:52, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If a statement requires a source, just tag it with . I've done that in the article. Glrx (talk) 17:04, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  La Cadie 

message: "Louisiana Place-Names of Indian Origin" by William A. Reed, Ph.D. states clearly that the word ACADIA most probably from the Micmac (a nation in what is now basically a Canadian area) "acade", meaning a place where there is abundance.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbalser (talk • contribs) 22:54, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acadia is actually a Micmac Indian word 

message: hm, noticed that on an edit...... Acadia's borders weren't the same as the Maritime provinces; so an averaging of the three provincial coordinates wouldn't work out.  I'm not sure if the Gaspe was included, also, I think it might have been.  But the article does say "The actual specification by the French government for the territory refers to lands bordering the Atlantic coast, roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels. ", so the north latitude at least we kinda "know" would be 43 N.  How to work out the longitude beats me....eyeballing the map (which isn't visually workable, you have to enlarge it to even dimly see the land/shoreline), I'd say approximately where Truro is might suffice.  Though that's 18th Century, not 20th-21st....if 18th Century maybe part of Maine has to be reckoned in? modern Acadia includes northern New Brunswick....I'd venture maybe Moncton's is the lat-long to use....suggestions?  Skookum1 (talk) 19:49, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  re coords missing 

message: I propose that this article be renamed Acadie Colony or Colony of Acadie or Colonial Acadie or similar, in order to distinguish the extinct historical entity from the thriving ethno-culturally distinct region of the present day. 
I came to this article hoping to find an analogue to "Cajun Country," "Gaeltachd" etc; a page that would give me the sense of the geographical bounds of the area. But that vital aspect of the article has been subsumed by attention to historical facts — obviously those are important too, but not at the expense of the living reality.
— Muckapedia (talk) 2e fév. 2014 17h35 (−4h)
:This is what we did on the French Wikipedia: an article for the French colony, and an article for the current area. Only writting about the past of Acadia is somewhat missing the point, just like writting only about it's current situation would be untrue. --Red Castle (talk) 18:10, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acadie Colony 

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message: This article is about the colony, but the link to the French page is to the modern region (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadie). The article about the colony in French - which we should link to - is https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadie_(Nouvelle-France).  2602:306:CFEA:170:D560:41C4:60F4:9C49 (talk) 19:22, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It is true that this article NOW corresponds more to :fr:Acadie (Nouvelle-France) than to :fr:Acadie, since the history in this article stops in the mid-18th century, giving the false impression that Acadie no longer exists. But I think a better solution would be to extend this article by translating more of :fr:Acadie to include the last 250 years of Acadian history as well as modern Acadian institutions such as the Université de Moncton. Dirac66 (talk) 00:01, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language link to French Wikipedia 

message: Should the article for Acadia automatically refer to an historical article?
Acadia is an existing, vibrant, heavily recognized cultural region in Atlantic Canada. I feel it should probably take precedence over the historic definition. It's a living culture. 134.41.125.152 (talk) 03:39, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is Acadia?