Talk:Waerebo

Pbm with...
Hi, thanks for your corrections, well done.

I have a pbm with "The village was founded in 1920.[2] As of 2017, 19 generations have lived there.[3]" Can't be possible, one generation roughly 20 years so that should bring the foundation around 1640. Or a bit later but in any case well before 1920. Sourcing is correct - doesn't mean that the source is correct (Beeh 2019 p. 55). English not first language obviously, quite often not clear but this one is downright contradictory. I find nothing on the matter in English, French or Spanish and I don't read anything else that could be useful here. There's bound to be something in Indonesian about the origin of this village, now that it's become famous. Would you by any chance read Indonesian? Or know someone who does? Anyone willing to straighten that up properly would be most welcome.

I'd put some template on it to signify the ludicrousness of the statement ('contradictory' or smthng) but no time to look for it, templates = jungle. I'm supposed to be revising a translation on Flores and the passage on Waerebo was so disgraceful that I had to do all that research. Using wiki as a memo but above all it saves me having to repeat to my editor where i got all my infos: i just give her a link to the ad hoc page here, with the sources.

Sorry for the edit summary at the wrong place: forgot to paste it in the summary when I had to reopen a new edit page after you fiddled in it. (no pbm, the academia link is much better, reported it in the new edit. and your other fiddlings.) I Must get back to the job that started me on this, won't touch this page again (I think), it's got all I need. You're welcome to fiddle in it to your heart's content. And great if you can do smthng about that above mentioned stupidity. Have a good continuation. Pueblo89 (talk) 16:37, 12 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I saw that also, saw it sourced, and didn't investigate further. You are right the math makes no sense. Even assuming 20 years for a generation ie. on average everyone has a baby when they turn 20: baby is 0, mother is 20, grandmother is 40, etc.. that's about 5 generations since 1920. The source actually says 19 generations "since Empo Maro" arrived (page 52). The 1920 date is probably when it was incorporated in the modern state, but the village is probably much older ie. 19 generations. What is a generation? It could also be a lifespan, which if 80 years, would be 1,520 years old. There is a lot of uncertainty, needs investigation. -- Green  C  17:11, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * On page 54-55, it says the buildings were constructed in 1920, after the location had been abandoned by an ancestral people who had lived there for 19 generations. How long between the abandonment and the reconstruction is uncertain. The buildings now there were built in 1920. -- Green  C  18:58, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * , I'm being told that i must clarify this for my editor, so I'm back! Thanks v. much for your looking into it and your modif, saves me much precious time. What you've put also fits better with the dim glimpses I remember having seen in one or 2 places (some abandonment of the place before coming back to it, but there was no date not even a period indicator so I had passed). Pueblo89 (talk) 20:38, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * P.S. I don't think generation is to be taken as a lifespan here. More likely some 20 yrs. Pueblo89 (talk) 20:44, 12 June 2024 (UTC)