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I propose that
Dutch Caribbean be merged into
Netherlands Antilles. I think that the content in the Dutch Caribbean article can easily be explained in the context of Netherlands Antilles, and the Netherlands Antilles article is of a reasonable size that the merging of Dutch Caribbean will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned.
Laurel Lodged (
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22:17, 5 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Perhaps this article might be improved in the history section, which begins about 1815. Is there additional Spanish history to any of these islands, individually or as a designated group, (without getting too deep into the 80 years war). Indigenous history too. — Preceding
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144.183.224.2 (
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00:16, 9 February 2017 (UTC)reply
Dutch West Indies
Dutch West Indies redirecting here is slightly inaccurate as historically it included
Suriname. While "Dutch Caribbean" is mostly used to reflect the present set-up of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it was not a term much used either in the Netherlands or internationally during the period that Suriname was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1954-1975), as far as I know.
Appolodorus1 (
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13:54, 7 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Are there any sources on this? The Guianas were prominent mostly for their coastal settlements so they were included in coverage of the Caribbean. Even today Suriname is part of the
Caribbean Community. Caribbean and West Indies are mostly interchangeable.
CMD (
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20:32, 9 September 2022 (UTC)reply
This rewrite would be more factually accurate I feel:
The Dutch Caribbean are the current constituent countries and special municipalities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea. They are located in the north and south-west of the Lesser Antilles archipelago. Together with Suriname, which gained independence from the Netherlands in 1975, these territories were historically also referred to as the Dutch West Indies.Appolodorus1 (
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13:33, 13 December 2022 (UTC)reply