Talk:Diego Garcia

Edit request 29 November 2023
If any admin has a moment, I think the following change to the lead should be made: The new passage is referenced in the body of the text, contains more detailed dating on 300 years of the island's history, and reflects that the island featured both transitory European and more permanent enslaved populations. I think this change also addresses some of the concerns that resulted in this page having to be locked in the first place. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:31, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Replace sentence in first paragraph that reads "The Portuguese were the first Europeans to find it and it was then settled by the French in the 1790s and transferred to British rule after the Napoleonic Wars."
 * New passage: "Portuguese sailors under Pedro Mascarenhas were the first Europeans to discover the island, finding it uninhabited in 1512. After a 1786 British colony failed, the French began using the island as a leper colony and, starting in 1793, coconut cultivation by enslaved labor. It was transferred to British rule after the Napoleonic Wars."
 * Just going to do this myself, seeing no opposition and the full-protect having expired. ~ Pbritti (talk)

Marooned asylum seekers
There is presently no mention in this article (Diego Garcia) of the the people mentioned in the British Indian Ocean Territory article in the section British_Indian_Ocean_Territory. I think they should be mentioned in this article as well, as they are in Diego Garcia.

I think the simplest thing would be to add something short to this article, in the Inhabitants section, with a link the existing section British Indian Ocean Territory article. I am not sure of the best thing to do. FrankSier (talk) 17:36, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * These people are still there, as of 18 Feb 2024, as shown by this article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-68326365 "Diego Garcia asylum seekers feel unsafe on remote British island territory". FrankSier (talk) 10:49, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I have now done what I have suggested. FrankSier (talk) 18:29, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Who is David Vine?
A David Vine is quoted in the section Diego_Garcia, and as they are quoted I think there should be some information about who they are. I am pretty sure they are not the person who presently has a WP article: David Vine who was an English television sports presenter. There are no other David Vines that I can find who have a WP article.

I am guessing that they are the same person as mentioned as "David Vine of The Washington Post" in the Territories_of_the_United_States article, and as mentioned 4 times in the references of in Marshall Islands article. They probably deserve an article of their own. A Google on "David Vine of The Washington Post" brings up lots of hits. FrankSier (talk) 18:17, 18 February 2024 (UTC)