Talk:Lanai/Archive 1

Lemurians?
Where does this information about Lemurians being from Lanai come from? This wikipedia article is the only place I've seen mention Lanai as their origin.
 * It sounds completely bogus, but I'm assuming good faith for the moment. I've asked Zora to take a look, too. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 10:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * It is completely bogus. I reverted to an older version. Lemuria is right up there with tinfoil hats and Erik von Daniken. Zora 11:12, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

64.75.209.2's edits, from February 4, 2006
64.75.209.2 made sixteen edits to this article on February 4 (his additions that day: ), and a lot of them seemed to be of substance, wikifying and adding content, and at first glance do seem to be original (no phrases hit on Google). I think CambridgeBayWeather was thrown off by 64.75.209.2's one weird edit on February 5th, which was a formatting edit understandable for a user unfamiliar with wikipedia. However, 64.75.209.2 had a few bad edits, changing 'Lānaʻi' to 'Lanai' and replacing old population estimates with less precise modern ones. I'm boldly reverting to 64.75.209.2's last edit on February 4 and adding. Feel free to discuss further.

History
For some reason the "first discovery by Europeans" sentence under history gets added, changed to erroneous facts, then deleted. I did the last delete until it can be confirmed how Capt. Clerke (not Clark!) was both off Lanai (as stated here) and in Kealakekua Bay on February 11 through February 14 (when Capt. Cook was killed). Marshman 18:33, 5 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I deleted what to me appear to be advertisements. If somebody thinks it should be put back, please do so:
 * I agree this is not the right place. Appears to me just to be a tourists attempt at describing what he enjoyed. I will move to Tourism in Hawaii, and can be edited, improved, or replaced as better stuff comes in Marshman

This statement: "Life on Lānaʻi remained relatively calm until King Kamehameha I or Kalaniʻōpuʻu-a-Kaiamamao took control, slaughtering people on every part of the island. So many were killed that when Captain George Vancouver sailed past the island in 1792, he didn't bother to land because of Lānaʻi's apparent lack of villages and population." appears to be incorrect. Kamehameha did not even invade Maui until 1795, and thus it is unlikely that he would have killed many people in Lanai before 1792. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.238.243.210 (talk) 15:08, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

sites?

 * "... Many of the island's landmarks and sites are reached by dirt roads ... " Did the author mean "sights"?  Or "historic sites"?  Or something else? --Treekids (talk) 20:20, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

98%
It is mentioned that 98% of the island is being purchased. Who owns the other 2%? US Government? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.37.244.76 (talk) 19:02, 21 June 2012 (UTC)


 * well, some of the residents own the land under their homes. --Treekids (talk) 20:20, 21 June 2012 (UTC)


 * This article says that the remaining 2% is owned by the state. Fnordware (talk) 00:27, 22 June 2012 (UTC)


 * It's all a mistake. Larry wanted a place with a lanai and got the Lanai. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:10, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Origin of Name Paragraph
I found this paragraph confusing. 1) Why was the sentence offering a translation changed to tell us that the name "literally means" exactly the same word that was just used? One would be better off removing the reference to the name's meaning entirely. As is this is a redundant piece of information.

2) Are Akua-ino supposed to be equated to ghosts and goblins here, or are they haunting the island at the same time as the ghosts and goblins?

Suggested rephrasing (assumptions - previously offered English rendering was accurate, Akua-ino haunted the island in addition): The name Lānaʻi is of uncertain origin, but the island has historically been called Lānaʻi o Kauluāʻau, which can be rendered in English as "day of the conquest of Kauluāʻau." This epithet refers to the legend of a Mauian prince who was banished to Lānaʻi for some of his wild pranks at his father's court in Lāhainā. The island was haunted by Akua-ino, ghosts, and goblins. Kauluāʻau chased them away and brought about peace and order on the island, and was in consequence restored to the favor of his father. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.204.141.208 (talk) 14:05, 25 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Seeing no responses, I will implement my suggested text. 198.204.141.208 (talk) 14:23, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Big NY Times article on Lana'i's history
There's a big article in the NY Times that would help source and expand this article:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/magazine/larry-ellison-island-hawaii.html

AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 17:11, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Lanai
Is "Lanai" not also a term for a covered porch or patio?
 * Googling yields mixed results as to the macron and okina in lanai for porch, so I can't say for certain how it should be written and pronounced, but in my experience without the okina & pronounced as two syllables is the porch, and with the okina & pronounced as three syllables is the island. I'm gonna add a DAB at the top of the page, since Googling for the island   yields about 120,000 hits, whereas the other meaning gets 500,000+ . -- Severinus 05:55, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Lāna'i is the island, lānai is the porch/verandah/patio. Zora 09:40, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Zora is correct on the proper spelling. Lanai, without kahakō and `okina, is NEVER a correct spelling for the island and should be deleted- particularly from the article heading! Also, stating that there was an island wide pineapple plantation is incorrect- the plantation occupied only the central crater. 184.88.97.172 (talk) 02:37, 12 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello, there seems to be the same problem as there was on Kauai with the removal of the Hawaiian [ʻOkina] from this article. After reading this old talk page section, I thought a more experienced editor should look at this article. Regards, Fettlemap (talk) 17:46, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

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Okina in the article conforms to MOS
Please refer to Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles. I have reverted the edits that removed the ʻOkina from the article. The ʻOkina conforms to the MOS for Hawaii articles. Questions? - Please discuss at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles, and do not alter individual articles. Thank you. — Maile (talk) 17:52, 30 November 2017 (UTC)