Talk:Languages of East Timor

message: "Even many people who were supportive of East Timor take this view [Portuguese being a colonial language and shouldn't be official], again mistakenly drawing parallels with Dutch in Indonesia." [emphasis added] -- isn't stating that this view is "a mistake" POV? --Menchi 20:58, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: That was not the intention of the paragraph, although East Timor's circumstances are very different from Indonesia's. Nor was it the intention to compare all opponents of the decision to those who supported the Indonesian occupation. See revised text. -- Quiensabe 02:35, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: POV?

message: We are looking for speakers of Tetum (ideally, native speakers) that may cooperate in the launching of a Tetum version of the Wikipedia. Visit the test page of the Tetum Wikipedia and support this project (click in Tetum). Regards  --82.102.25.163 01:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The above links are now deprecated, as the Tetum Wikipedia is available.  A-giau 20:28, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia in Tetum 

message: There's a really nice language map on this page. The author says that works can be used if cited (on the table of contents page) but I don't understand Wikipedia's copyright policy well enough to know if it can be placed here. The page also has good information that would be useful on this page (also relating to the Portuguese debate above).Rigadoun 20:44, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language map 

message: Does anyone know which languages are illustrated in the first photo's speech bubbles?  Obviously there's Portuguese and apparently Tetum, as well.  Bobonaro, on the other hand, does not appear to be a language, unless it refers to a local dialect.  A-giau 20:39, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Languages illustrated by first photo 

message: I think this is unjustified. For sources, see the External Links. FilipeS 09:55, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, it's not unjustified. The article makes many claims that are not backed up. POV tags could be easily justified too but that is another issue. Wikipedia needs to be made credible. People shouldn't have to look through all the external links hoping to find something to back it up. What you are essentially saying is, "trust me" it is all there. I am not saying it needs to be done now, but on the other hand, putting one main tag in there is better than putting a dozen  or  tags through the article. Unfortunately, good articles need a lot of work. --Merbabu 13:36, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

text: As i said above, i put the main tag at the top to avoid putting  or  tags all through it. If you object to 1 main tag at the top, would not a number of other tags throughout the article be worse? Actually, it is not a question of "many", rather not 1 tag has a source. Sorry if I am showing something you are already familiar with this, but have a look here: . Thanks. --Merbabu 16:17, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Oh - it's the same person from East Timor who like to blunt revert 10 changes at once. Perhaps that explains you curt answers. Since you are not actually answer or even refer to my specific comments, would you object to a few  tags? --Merbabu 17:13, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Please read again WP:CITE. External links are not source of references. Editors should list references in the References section with the style conform with what is described in WP:CITE. Cheers. — Indon (reply) — 16:31, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Good job putting some refs in, Filipe. It's not a fun job!  OK, i haven't actually checked them closely yet, but when i get a chance, i hope to help out with formatting and maybe add a few more. thanks --Merbabu 22:34, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

text: I attempted translations of the (Portuguese?) institution names into English. Please confirm they are correct. Thanks.--Merbabu 23:03, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: About the "Unreferenced" Tag

message: Most of the article reads like an anti-Portuguese rant. It's poorly connected and the only common theme seems to be cherry-picking anti-Portuguese aspects. Badly needs more balanced writing.Jeppiz (talk) 18:01, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been 6 years and we still need this tag? Kanatonian (talk) 17:02, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV - 2015 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

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