Talk:Southeast Asia

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Western New Guinea
I'd like to propose the orthographic (globe) map be updated to disclude Western New Guinea (along with associated islands Biak & Yapen, Raja Ampat and Aru) as, regardless of Indonesian administration, the island is widely accepted as being geographically a part of the Australian continent. Such a change would also make the SE Asia map consistent with the equivalent maps used on the overall Asia and Australia (continent) pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flagler32 (talk • contribs) 22:33, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Geographical regions tend to be defined by politics. The majority if not all maps of Southeast Asia include Western New Guinea. CMD (talk) 01:11, 10 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Basically, it comes down to the same old political geography vs physical geography stuff. I reckon the most neutral way to keep everyone happy is using a light green colour to represent Western New Guinea and the Aru Islands and inserting a note explaining that this region can be considered either a part of Southeast Asia or Oceania.


 * Furthermore, even though Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands have some cultural connections with Southeast Asia, they are no longer considered parts of Asia in both political geography (see the United Nations geoscheme) and physical geography (remote oceanic islands on the Australian Plate, south of the Sunda Trench). N. Mortimer (talk) 04:55, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

History overview in article lead
I believe the current lead does not appropriately sum up the history of the region. It focusses disproportionately on the region's interaction with foreign powers (Mongols, Europeans, Japanese) and also on more recent events. If others agree, I think the final two paragraphs of the lead should be rewritten to briefly summarise the major historical periods in the penultimate paragraph, and include an overview of the current situation in SE Asia in the final paragraph. GeorgmentO (talk) 03:37, 11 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I disagree with your assessment. The current lead provides a comprehensive overview of the region's history, including its interactions with foreign powers and recent events. It's important to maintain a balanced perspective, and I believe the lead accomplishes that. 207.96.13.213 (talk) 18:59, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Lowercase asia
Wikipedia titles are supposed to be sentence case so Asia needs to be lowercased in the title GenZenny (talk) 02:31, 23 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Asia is a proper noun, and so is upper case when used in sentences. CMD (talk) 05:40, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

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