Talk:Governor-General of the Philippines

message: It is very unlikely that Luis Pérez das Mariñas is the correct spelling of his name (as opposed to Luis Pérez Dasmariñas). The external link spells his surname without the space, and a Google search turns up about eight times as many hits that way than with the space. (And those with the space are mostly Wikipedia mirrors.) Also, there is a municipality in the Philippines named for him, and spelled without the space. Dos Mariñas would be more believable, but das is not a Spanish word, nor (as far as I know) a particle used in Spanish names.
The same arguments would apply to Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas.
--Rbraunwa 18:24, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Dasmarinas versus das Marinas

message: This discussion impacts this article, the Wesley Merritt article, the Elwell Otis article and, almost certainly, other articles as well.
This article lists Wesley Merritt as the first Governor General of the Philippines. The Wesley Merritt article states, "[ Manila ] fell on August 13 and Merritt became the military governor of the Philippines." The Elwell Stephen Otis article says, "When he arrived, he assumed command of the VIII Corps, replacing Merritt who had become the military governor [...] ." I challenge the unsupported assertion that Merritt held the post of Governor General of the Philippines, and/or that he held the post of Military Governor of the Philippines, and I question the numbering in Wikipedia articles of the Governors General of the Philippines.
This article has Merritt serving as Governor General of the Philippines from August 14, 1898 to August 28, 1898. As of August 28, 1898, the Philippines was still under Spanish sovereignty, there was no American government in the Philippines, and the post of Military Governor, AFAICT, did not exist at that time. Even though a "Protocol of agreement between the United States and Spain, embodying the terms of a basis for the establishment of peace between the two countries" had been signed at Washington Aug. 12, 1898 .  says, "As commanders, Otis and MacArthur headed both the army and the Office of the Military Governor.", not mentioning Merritt.  says, "... August 22: Merritt is replaced by Elwell S. Otis, who became the first Military Governor of the Philippines." 
I have not looked further, but I imagine that additional sources supporting this refutation can be found. -- Boracay Bill (talk) 00:51, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I see that the article does cite a supporting source, World Statesmen - Philippines. I have conformed the info in the article to the info in that source and removed the  tag. Wtmitchell  (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 02:50, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed/Dubious: Weseley Merritt as Military Governor of the Philippines 

message: I noticed some disparities between the governance dates in the tables and in the timelines
Name                             	Table dates                        	Timeline dates
Fernando Primo de Rivera 1st term	April 15, 1880 -- March 10, 1883   	from:04/15/1880 till:03/10/1883
Emilio Molíns 1st term, acting   	March 10, 1883 -- April 7, 1883    	from:03/10/1883 till:04/07/1883
Joaquín Jovellar                 	April 7, 1883 -- April 1, 1885     	from:04/07/1883 till:04/01/1885
Emilio Molíns 2nd term, acting   	April 1, 1885 -- April 4, 1885     	from:04/01/1885 till:04/04/1885
Emilio Terrero y Perinat         	April 4, 1885 -- 1888              	
Antonio Molto acting             	1888 -- 1888                       	
Federico Lobaton acting          	1888 -- 1888                       	
Valeriano Wéyler                 	1888 -- 1891                       	
Eulogio Despujol                 	1891 -- 1893                       	
Federico Ochando acting          	1893 -- 1893                       	
Ramón Blanco                     	1893 -- December 13, 1896          	
Camilo Polavieja acting          	December 13, 1896 -- April 15, 1897	from:12/13/1896 till:04/15/1897
José de Lachambre acting         	April 15, 1897 -- April 23, 1897   	from:04/15/1897 till:04/23/1897
Fernando Primo de Rivera 2nd term	April 23, 1897 -- April 11, 1898   	from:04/23/1897 till:04/11/1898
Basilio Augustín                 	April 11, 1898 -- July 24, 1898    	from:04/11/1898 till:08/13/1898
Fermín Jáudenes acting           	July 24, 1898 -- August 13, 1898   	
Francisco Rizzo acting           	August 13, 1898 -- September 1898  	
Diego de los Ríos                	September 1898 -- June 3, 1899     	from:08/13/1898 till:01/01/1899
I haven't attempted to reconcile these. Wtmitchell  (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 20:39, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table vs. timeline disparities 

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message: The 1898-1946 subsection shows as legends Japanese instead of Spanish, Japanese (Naval) instead of American (Military), and yellow for Japanese instead of black. I am correcting it now.
Also, if I may offer a suggestion: make sure to see if the timelines' legends were correct, please and thank you.
Scarlet Marines (talk) 01:57, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fixing 1898-1946 

message: This edit, which would have changed Emperor Shōwa to Shōwa in the Emporer column of the table in the Japanese military governors (1942–1945) section of the article caught my eye. I just changed that back to Hirohito, as it was prior to this 2019 edit which changed that to Emperor Hirohito (Shōwa) and introduced the term Shōwa to the article.
I am no expert, but I glean a bit of background info from the first few paragraphs of the Shōwa era and Heisei era articles. IMO, using Hirahito in that table cell (with a wikilink to the article with that name) best serves the interests of WP readers. Most of those readers are probably not likely to be so well schooled in Japanese customs that they will make the connection between the term Shōwa and the emperor of Japan during the time period relevant to this article. If you disagree, please discuss below. Wtmitchell  (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 21:52, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shōwa