Talk:Bougainville Island

Part of Papua New Guinea or Solomon Islands?
Aren't the Solomon Islands an independent nation, not part of Papua New Guinea? The lead says that Bougainville is part of both Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Badagnani 01:52, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Politically and administratively it is a part of PNG. Geographically it is a part of an island group called Solomon Islands. I agree the lead should and could be better. - Darwinek 19:47, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, if you could elucidate that in the lead it would be extremely good. Badagnani 19:47, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Cocoa or Copra?
The next-to-last paragraph in the History section says: " Local villagers were encouraged to harvest and dry coconuts for ultimate sale to soap manufacturers and eventually a thriving cocoa industry developed, ..." is 'cocoa' supposed to be 'copra,' which is dried coconut, or did a the villagers also plant and harvest cacao trees (Theobroma_cacao)? Stargzer (talk) 22:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It was both, as stated. Cacao does best when planted in the shelter of coconut trees.Masalai (talk) 01:11, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Quare meter or km²
please fix Flagman (talk) 07:56, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Pronunciation?
How do you pronounce "Bougainville"? RJFJR (talk) 16:29, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
 * In reference to this island -- formerly the name of the province of PNG which gradually evolves alternate status -- long O for ou; short I for ai; short I in "ville"; lle pronounced simply as L. Masalai (talk) 03:21, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

History
"The first human settlement of Bougainville occurred some 3,000 - 4,000 years ago when Australian people arrived, bringing with them domesticated pigs, chickens, dogs and obsidian tools." No, absolutely incorrect. Bougainville has been inhabited for at least 33,000 years. Its people speak languages belonging to three language families, the northern and southern Bougainville families, whose origins are unknown and presumably ancient, and languages of the Austronesian family, which arrived with the more recent Lapita culture from the west three millennia ago. See Douglas Oliver, A Solomon Island society: kinship and leadership among the Siuai of Bougainville, Cambridge, Massachusetts": Harvard University Press, 1955; Bougainville: A Personal History. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1973. Black Islanders (1991). Masalai (talk) 16:06, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Human Rights Claims
The Source used for the Human Rights claim is being used in a shaming way. The UN Study was a Survey: http://unwomen-asiapacific.org/docs/WhyDoSomeMenUseViolenceAgainstWomen_P4P_Report.pdf of around 1,000 Home in Bougainville with 85% responding to the survey.

But the way it was portrayed on Wiki it appeared to be a condemnation of the whole Country. I added context: including the Numbers with the percentage and highlight the number of people who responded the survey. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.203.36.3 (talk) 03:53, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Native name
What is native local name of this island?--Kaiyr (talk) 15:39, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't think there is a general name? The languages are diverse and probably each language has its own name for the island. The native population seem happy enough with the existing name. My father was stationed there for a while during WW2, and he said the native people did a number on Japanese via ambush. I don't think the cannibalism of Japanese soldiers seen in some of the other islands happened in Bougainville - the population was heavily Christianized. 50.111.41.216 (talk) 06:47, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Bougainville will do Geographynerd123 (talk) 08:48, 16 October 2022 (UTC)