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Maldivian Culture
Any Maldivian here? Please add more about Maldivian Culture. Most of the information under Culture is irrelevant. Please add more!

Hello! Sources relating to Maldivian Culture are mainly in Dhivehi, which has not yet been officially translated. I have doubts about how to cite those sources, as some of them are physical sources. Lamaaya (talk) 16:41, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

"Maldivian Australians" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Maldivian Australians and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 July 17 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. signed,Rosguill talk 16:18, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

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First sentence "in the arabian sea" is wrong, in my opinion
I was quite surprised to read the first sentence, according to which the Maldives are situated "IN the Arabian Sea". According to the article Arabian Sea, it is limited to the east by India, which is in accordance with the map (see right). However, the Maldives (north end) are located at least about 100 km (see Google Maps) south of the southern end of India. Clearly, the Maldives are situated way south of the Arabian Sea, according to the written description of WP-AS and as well regarding the map. Shouldn't this be changed? I am, of course, open to any counter arguments, but there also seems to be no source for this statement in the article. Pittigrilli (talk) 11:08, 9 April 2021 (UTC)


 * The map is wrong on every border, if we go by the definition of the IHO (PDF, P.20). The Arabian Sea goes all the way from the Horn of Africa via the southernmost point of the Maldives, around the Laccadive Islands to the Indian cost. The border to the gulf of Oman also goes to Pakistan, not Iran.
 * I've replaced the map with a better one in the English and German articles, but it's still used in many other languages and should imho be retired on all of them. MaligneRange (talk) 06:06, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Addition: Maybe this helps: The French WP article says (Google translation): "The western atolls have their west coast bathing the Arabian Sea while the eastern atolls entirely belong to the Laccadive Sea." ( I left the term 'bathing' though probably a translation error). Pittigrilli (talk) 11:18, 9 April 2021 (UTC) Comment: Heavily edited my post on 11:51. Pittigrilli (talk) 11:53, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Further information: I played a bit on Google maps and found that the absolute northernmost island of the Maldives is about 130 km more southern than the southernmost spot of India. Pittigrilli (talk) 13:51, 9 April 2021 (UTC)


 * I changed the respective sentence some days ago. Pittigrilli (talk) 17:52, 2 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Is there any IHO definition? 218.250.76.126 (talk) 13:11, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Deforestation
this is a major problem in maldives 43.231.28.185 (talk) 09:12, 14 October 2023 (UTC)