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Improving Mindat.orgBorneo Island

8th Sep 2016 20:46 UTCJohn Betts

Why do the Mindat locality listings for Borneo, call it "Borneo Island?"

They should be labeled as "Borneo" which is the formal name of the island.

Mindat localities for Tasmania do not say Tasmania Island.

Mindat localities for Sicily do not say Sicily Island.

Unless the word "island" is part of the formal title, like Prince Edward Island, Mindat should not use Island as part of the name. Same for Crete Island

9th Sep 2016 02:25 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert

I agree, but is the NYC borough called "Bronx" or "The Bronx"? Mindat uses the former for the county and the latter for the borough (parenthetically at the same level), but is the "The" really official? My experience is that the "The" is informal speech. My Hagstrom NYC atlas does not use a "The" for either the borough or county. Is there an official gubmint source for these names?

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15th Sep 2016 18:45 UTCJohn Betts

Yes, "the" is part of the formal name of the borough The Bronx. It is not part of Bronx County, nor the city Bronx.

Borneo is still Borneo.

16th Sep 2016 13:54 UTCKeith Compton 🌟 Manager

Hi John

What is more important is that Borneo is not just an island. While most of the island of Borneo belongs to Indonesia, the island also contains the country of Brunei and a small part that belongs to Malaysia (being the East Malaysian states of Sabah, Sarawak and the Federal Territory of Labuan which is off the coast of Borneo).

I agree that it is totally mislabelled to the extent that the word island is used.

I think that the two that are included in Mindat should simply remove the reference to island both after Borneo and after Kalimantan

Eg: Indonesia

Kalimantan (Borneo)

* Kalimantan Barat Province (West Kalimantan Province)

** Ibu prospect

** Kapuas River

The same for Malaysia

Malaysia

*Borneo

**Sabah

**Ranau

**Bongkud Cu-Au deposit

**Tuaran

**Mamut Mine

**Nungkok Cu-Mo deposit

I note that we only have one quarry under Brunei !! And of course there shouldn't be any Borneo as part if its name or sub-localities.

I also think that the name of Brunei should be Brunei Darussalam (which is what the UN calls the country).

Cheers

Keith

16th Sep 2016 22:23 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager

OK i changed them all back to Borneo.

17th Sep 2016 10:20 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Sulawesi Island and Java Island also fixed.

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