Talk:Addu Atoll

Name?
Why Seenu and not Addu? Addu seems to be more common. Ashibaka tock 03:54, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Because thats the official administrative name of the atoll. See Atolls of the Maldives. Even in maldives, addu is used commonly to refere to the atoll. --Oblivious 04:44, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Higher relevance of the Traditional Names
The traditional names have a higher historical, cultural and geographical relevance. Burying them under the administrative nomenclature only adds to the confusion of those who don't know the Maldives well and seek genuine information. NOTE: Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Shaviyani, Noonu, Raa, Baa, etc. are code letters assigned to the present administrative divisions of the Maldives. They are not the proper names of these divisions or atolls. The order followed by the code letters is from North to South, beginning with the first letters of the Dhivehi alphabet. These code letters are not accurate from the geographical and cultural point of view. However, they have become popular among tourists and foreigners in the Maldives who find them easier to pronounce than the true atoll names in Dhivehi, (save a few exceptions, like Ari Atoll).

The title of this page should be 'Addu Atoll'. Then there should be a secondary page under the title 'Seenu' in another link. Mohonu 09:52, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't think that there should be a secondary link. I think that the pages should be merged under the name "Addu Atoll" and that Seenu Atoll be a redirect, not a secondary page.  Of course, both names should be mentioned, though Addu should be used throughout. Spencer (talk) 00:19, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes 124.195.217.208 (talk) 05:25, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Seenu Atoll
Concerning Folks at 137's change: (Undid revision 118934656 by Mohonu (talk) reverted as last edit removed most of article)

I didn't remove the article, I only transferred it to Addu Atoll, which is the Atolls true name. The introduction of code-letter names has been a source of much puzzlement and misunderstandings, especially among foreigners. Many people have come to think that the code-letter of the administrative atoll is its new name and that it has replaced its geographical name. Under such circumstances it is hard to know which is the correct name to use.

As a reference I always quote relevant Maldivian sources, like M. Luthfee and Hasan Maniku, which are local historians and geographers with clear ideas about names in the Maldives. Mohonu 06:42, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Wrong name of Island
The small island in the NE of Addu Atoll is called Hikahera and not Hikihera. Hika is a wrasse, a kind of fish.

Stop proposing mergers
Please stop proposing mergers between Addu Atoll and Seenu Atoll. One refers to the natural geographical atoll forming the country and the other to an Administrative Division of the Maldives. These are two distinct categories, both necessary in Wikipedia.Mohonu (talk) 07:56, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Historical anachronism
"Seenu Atoll" is a recent administrative division. The references to the British air base have been removed from this section because the administrative division "Seenu Atoll" was created only after the British had left. That part of the article is to be found in Addu Atoll in order to achieve historical consistence.Mohonu (talk) 03:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I see your point, and I also see that the text of that section is entirely duplicated under Addu Atoll. I reduced the section to a stub and included a "For more details" link to the other article. // Macwhiz (talk) 03:25, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Contradiction in article
This article contains a sentence that contradicts itself: "The islands of Meedhoo and Hulhudhoo share a large island in the east." Meedhoo and Hulhudhoo cannot simultaneously be islands and yet share a singlular island. Which is it? Are they two political subdivisions of one island, two islands, or something more subtle? // 24.161.98.61 (talk) 01:06, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It appears, from the text later on in the article, that these are political subdivisions of one island. I've corrected the text appropriately. // Macwhiz (talk) 02:23, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Copy edit
I performed the requested copy edit. I truncated the section on the RAF base, referring readers to the Addu Atoll article, which had the identical text—and, as discussed above, that seems to be a better place for it. I moved the note about the names of the administrative regions to a footnote; it was distractingly prominent at the top of the article. Throughout the article, I removed text that clearly violated WP:NPOV. I adjusted the formatting to match WP:MOS. I added some information I uncovered via Google search to the Transportation section; that section mentions sea links, but doesn't provide any examples. I updated references to current citation standards.

I note that the reference for the current atoll chief points to an address that doesn't appear to resolve any more, so I modified the citation to use web.archive.org. This should be checked by a local expert; does the Ministry of Atolls still exist? // Macwhiz (talk) 03:25, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

'AREA' in Infobox is NOT INCORRECT. DONT WORRY!
Here is what it says:

130 km2 (50 sq mi)  (lagoon)

15 km2 (5.8 sq mi) (land area)

In most Maldives island infoboxes, only the land area is given. In an atoll like Addu, the land area is the part that is above water, but for example an atoll like Fuvahmulah has no inner lagoon like Addu, so only land area can be entered. However, the 'AREA' section for Addu Atoll should include all 'AREA' belonging to the atoll which includes the lagoon. Which is why I included a lagoon area (this only includes all water inside the atoll, but does not include land area). All areas were calculated on February 2019 using Google Maps and Daftlogic Area Calculator; I have carried out simple experiments to test both of their accuracy.

RAAISn (talk) 11:51, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

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