Talk:Indo-Caribbeans

message: I see no reason to merge the articles - could you explain why you think this is a good idea?  Thanks.  Guettarda 14:38, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger

message: This article needs more work and inline citations. Some of it sound like someone talking off the top of their head,, without reference to any written material.Starbwoy (talk) 01:35, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Few citations 

message: The list of persons does not name any criteria for a listing, and is unsourced. Currently it's just like a category listing, in fact it offers less information than :Category:Indo-Caribbean and its sub-categories. I suggest outsourcing the names to a list article (such as List of Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians). Or just deleting it. Kind regards, Grueslayer 07:24, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Support proposal. I'm fine with deleting it per WP:IRRELEVANT. I'm really not sure of what it's supposed to convey about the average Indo-Caribbeans, a member of a minority demographic. Iryna Harpy (talk) 10:07, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of persons 

message: I'm not aware of anyone in the Caribbean calling West Indians of (East) Indian descent "Indo-Caribbeans". Granted, that's in part because we tend to focus on people in their countries -- so Indo-Trinidadians / Indian Trinidadians and Indo-Guyanese / Indian Guyanese sound more like things than "Indo-Caribbeans" -- but I suspect it's primarily because we never use the word "Caribbean" as a noun for a person from the Caribbean, and so we never pluralise it. We tend to just call people "Indians" or "East Indians". See, as an illustrative example, a document from one of the two Caribbean countries with (absolutely and proportionately) the most East Indians, Trinidad and Tobago's 2011 Population and Housing Demographic Report. A word search in that document turns up many results for "East Indian", but none for "Indo", "Indian-" or "Indian Trinidadian".
Is anyone aware of where those terms come from? The US, Canada or the UK, maybe? ("The Indo-Caribbean Times" seems to have been Canadian.) If they're not of good provenance, I suggest we increase the prominence of the terms used by those people (and their neighbours) for themselves relative to terms preferred by others. 
~ Hairouna (talk) 02:42, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Funny, just a few days ago I had a discussion with friends (all from Trinidad, which might make a difference) about the question when the term "West Indian" is used, and when the term "Caribbean". Outcome was that "Caribbean" is a term generally used by people with a higher education, and that "West Indies" is a popular suffix for mail addresses to make sure Trinidad is not mixed up with Trinidad, Venezuela. Well, that's original research and not of relevance for Wikipedia. A lemma name needs to be conventional, and if in doubt external sources need to prove it is more conventional than others. Kind regards, Grueslayer 07:33, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Name 

message: Made changes to terminology that is more inclusive of multiple groups with Indo Caribbean culture. AryaanR (talk) 18:03, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 19:39, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 5 September 2021 

message: Girl 69.160.102.12 (talk) 00:41, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  East Indian life in the Caribbean