Talk:Honiara

Honiara was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 17, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed
May 1, 2025	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 2, 2012.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Honiara (pictured), capital of the Solomon Islands, contains a College of Higher Education, an international school and a branch of the University of the South Pacific?

Current status: Delisted good article

This article is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

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Spelling

I take it "Melanaisna" is the correct spelling since it's repeated, but what language is it? (Is it Pijin for Melanesia?) Thanks, Manytexts (talk) 01:29, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Honiara/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Pleasant1623 (talk · contribs) 13:42, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Will post comments tomorrow. Regards, ----Plea$ant 1623 ✉ 13:42, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay, posting comments:

Lead

"Conditions became so bad in Honiara that in July 2003 Australian military and police units moved into the country to restore order" --> "Conditions became so bad in Honiara that in July 2003 the Australian military and police units moved into the country to restore order."

Done

"... destroying part of Chinatown and displacing more than 1,000 Chinese residents" --> "destroying a part of Chinatown and making more than 1,000 Chinese residents homeless"

Done

"The commercial heart of Honiara was virtually reduced to rubble and ashes, devastating the town. As a result tourism in the city and islands has been severely affected." --> "The town eventually got devastated due to the riots and also severely affected the tourism in the city and the islands."

Done

Modern development

Link leprosy

Linked

Economy

"Honiara has a harbour from which ferries depart to the various other parts of the Solomon Islands." - Citation needed

Slightly changed the sentence and fixed a reference

Schools

"In 1979, following independence in 1978 from British rule" --> "In 1979, following independence in 1978 from the British rule"

Done

"Since 2007, the management has started an ambitious programme of enhancing the building and other infrastructure facilities of the school..." --> "Since 2007, the management has started a programme of enhancing the building and other infrastructure facilities of the school..."

Done

Hotels and restaurants

"... which replaced the former hotel which was gutted during the 2006 riots". Which hotel? The King Solomon Hotel?

Done

Culture

"... and are copied from the 'You Got Served', 'Step Up 1 and 2' and 'Stomp the Yard'". You're talking about the movies, right? If yes, then please link all three.

Done

Weird, in one sentence harbor is written in British and in another one American. Please change any one of them for the sake of uniformity.

Done

When these comments are addressed, I will pass the article. Regards, ----Plea$ant 1623 ✉ 15:18, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Plea$ant 1623, thanks for the review. Dr. Blofeld and myself have collaborated on most articles including this one. Hope all issues raised by you are addressed.--Nvvchar. 18:17, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Final analysis

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Good job, passing the article. Thanks, ----Plea$ant 1623 ✉ 14:18, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:30, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Pleasant1623.--Nvvchar. 17:48, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"administered as a provincial town"

I asked for a citation here. The French wikipedia article (much briefer than ours) says something quite different, that Honiara constitutes the "Capital Territory" and is not a part of any province. I guess it's possible that whoever wrote "administered as a provincial town" meant to say what the French wiki says, but that's not the normal meaning of the English phrase "provincial town". Andrew Dalby 15:38, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Article review

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, and I noticed that there are uncited statements and paragraphs, including most of the "Hotels" section. Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 03:00, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Honiara

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Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:10, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are uncited statements in the article, including entire paragraphs. The "Administrative divisions" table should be updated with the latest population figures. Z1720 (talk) 22:26, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Funny, I was only thinking that yesterday! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:39, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. Concerns remain. Z1720 (talk) 00:42, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.