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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

Discussions:

RM, Oahu → Oʻahu, No consensus, 2 July 2020, discussion
RM, Oahu → Oʻahu, Not moved, 10 July 2023, discussion

Quick driving facts?

I'm trying to figure out why this section exists? Zarcath (talk) 10:37, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's not there anymore. ICE77 (talk) 05:03, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Old comments

To mention something of non-trivial importance, I don't see the geographical latitude and longitude of Oahu given here. Of course, this is important for all geographical locations, but especially for islands in the midst of the ocean... These should probably be rounded off to the nearest +/- 1/10 of a degree, which corresponds to six nautical miles. No need for degrees,minutes,seconds.

There is a correct way to do those codes, but this was not it. I agree to reverting the "boxes" - Marshman 30 June 2005 04:46 (UTC)

I believe Gilgamesh has replaced all ‘okinas with ʝokinas. Unfortunarely, they don't always render correctly on Windows (they do on Mac BTW). NoPuzzleStranger would then proceed and delete most of these incorrectly rendered 'okina. Should they not be restored to their original state before Gilgamesh's changes? Jbetak 30 June 2005 16:53 (UTC)

My sources say yes. Avriette June 30, 2005 23:30 (UTC)

I didn't remove the ‘okinas because they didn't render correctly, but because this is the English Wikipedia, and they aren't used in English. NoPuzzleStranger 1 July 2005 15:34 (UTC)

Inserted Unicode macrons on all place names and restored all ‘okinas using the non-Unicode left single quote ‘ . I also removed the following "wrestling" note which 147.31.4.46 inserted. Does anyone want to salvage this?

What happened to the reference to the earthquake? Oahu is the worst island of the island.

Population

There is three differents stimations of inhabitants for the island:

1. 781345 (2007) on the square of the right. 2. 876151 (2000) on the second paragraph. 3. 900000 on the third paragraph.

Wich is correct??

--Bentaguayre 20:49, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Updated population: 998,714 (2010) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melehamasaki (talk • contribs) 23:27, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

Could someone in the know include an international phonetic alphabet version of the island's name. Thanks Bswee (talk) 19:32, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure how to type those special characters. See this resource [1] for the IPA and a audio pronunciation. --travisthurston+ 23:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Better map needed

This article needs an atlas-type map that shows the island's key points of interest. I propose to add this one, but don't know where in the article it should be placed. Image:Oahu blank map.svg

M. Frederick (talk) 10:14, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

US-oriented or not US-oriented

In my opinion this article isn't US-only oriented. Because it may be an oblect of interest for readers from all over the world. SkyBon^{Talk\Contributions} 06:11, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then nothing is US-oriented. According to your logic, for some small US community, the interest will be from within the US, therefore US units. Then for the state and the country, the interest will be primarily worldwide, therefore SI units. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE! WP:UNIT and WP:ENGVAR are pretty clear. If it's US, spell it "center". If it's Canada, spell it "centre". It's the article's subject, not who reads it. HkCaGu (talk) 06:52, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to your logic if the article is about some territory located in the US then it is automatically US-oriented. And that makes no sense because the number of people reading an article outside US matters. For example Sarbanes-Oxley Act is clearly US-oriented. But Hawaii is an object of interest for readers from all over the world. And the world uses SI. Only Americans can understand U.S. Customary and no-one else. SkyBon^{Talk\Contributions} 07:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Where does it say "readership" matters? The MOS says "US-specific" and that means just that. People there use US units, your sources are going to say US units, and that's it. HkCaGu (talk) 15:10, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hawaii is obviously a US state and SI units are not used anywhere on the island. Your "readership" argument does not hold weight. Are there any references to support that SI units are used in Hawaii? Even if, they'd be listed second and converted from the primary US usage. --Travis Thurston+ 17:40, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

US units should be listed first. SI units should be listed afterwards. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:54, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments on the article

This article could be expanded and improved with more information. Here are some comments:

1. "Oahu is also known for having the longest rain shower in history with over 200 days spent with continuous rain. Kaneohe Ranch, Oahu, Hawaii reported 247 straight days with rain from August 27, 1993 to April 30, 1994." The two statements are contradicting each other.

2. I don't understand why some films need to have a description. Also, many dates are missing and entries are not in chronological order.

3. "Many of the show's stars still call the island home". I don't see any relevance with this information. I would remove the sentence.

4. For the top beaches, I would say the one at Māʻili is one of the best I've seen.

ICE77 (talk) 05:20, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles

Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles states,

Use of the kahakō and ʻokina, as used in current standard Hawaiian orthography, is preferred in Hawaiian language words, names and usage in the body of articles dealing with Hawaii on the English Wikipedia. The online Hawaiian Dictionary or a similar reference work should be used as a guide for proper spelling and diacritic usage. The {{Hawaiian Dictionaries}} template is useful for citations. Please see the sections below for more guidance on a few special cases or specific topics.

Why is this page not at Oʻahu? Ogress _smash! 09:55, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Because (in this context) this is not a Hawaiian-language word. Article titles and English-language running text USE ENGLISH. Oahu is by far the most COMMON English spelling of this island. See also the annual move discussions at Talk:Hawaii, which usually fail unanimously.

What that guideline is actually talking about is genuine haw-{{lang}}-wrapped Hawaiian text in an article. For example, at Hawaiian hibiscus, the article is not at Hawaiʻian hibiscus and does not discuss the flora of Hawaiʻi but does state that H. arnottianus is known in the Hawaiian language as kokiʻo keʻokeʻo and glosses that as "kokiʻo that is white like the shine of silver". —

Llywelyn II

02:29, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 2 July 2020

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: No consensus. There is clearly no prospect of a consensus here, like at Talk:Kauai#Requested move 5 July 2020, for a move to a title with the ʻokina. MOS:HAWAII should ideally be clarified because it does appear to be rather muddy on this issue, and any consensus regarding the ʻokina in article titles should ideally be made at WP:HAWAII, not on disparate talk pages. Additionally, as obiter dictum regarding WP:USEENGLISH, that article doesn't actually say we should use the English name of any subject, it says we should use the name that's most used in English. It's an important distinction when it comes to articles regarding subjects in bilingual territories, and is why we use Taoiseach instead of Prime Minister of Ireland. (non-admin closure) Sceptre (talk) 18:46, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oahu → Oʻahu – we use the ʻokina throughout the article, and this conforms to USGS orthography. (Note this is not an argument to move the main Hawaii article, as the USGS does not use the ʻokina for the state.) — kwami (talk) 23:11, 2 July 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. (t · c) buidhe 08:38, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:USEENGLISH. I'd need to see some evidence that the proposed spelling is the most common spelling in English. Rreagan007 (talk) 23:43, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Rreagan. Checking a random recent news article, it seems to use Oahu with no okina. SnowFire (talk) 07:37, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support, as I have for years (see section above); Hawaii is bilingual and this is not the state name. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles has some discussion about this: "A good source for geographic names is the Geographic Names Information System, a resource developed by the United States Geological Survey.[10] Many of the island names have the special characters in them, but the major ones are likely to appear in English dictionaries, so both forms are acceptable (for example, Oahu or Oʻahu). The "Place Names of Hawaii" and "Hawaiian Place Names" databases in Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of {{{q}}}". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. are also good sources." Ogress 16:35, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Umm, yes, that's correct, this is not the state name; the state name is Hawaii. Red Slash 23:13, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support, Hawaii is bilingual and this is the more correct name. The base name will redirect so absolutely no loss to anyone by full orthography. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:23, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose. Hawaii as a state may be bilingual but we as a Wikipedia are not (WP:USEENGLISH). I would love to know who appointed In ictu oculi the King of "More Correct Names". As per Rreasan007 - "I'd need to see some evidence that the proposed spelling is the most common spelling in English", since, you know, WP:COMMONNAME and all. Red Slash 23:13, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per User:Rreagan007. — AjaxSmack 02:06, 14 July 2020 (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.

In Popular Culture ... No Mention of "Hawaii 5-0" ?

Two versions of the television series "Hawaii 5-0" were filmed on Oahu. The original in the 60s/70s, and the reboot in the 21st century. Yet ... it's absent from this article. How does "Lost", with a much shorter legacy / lifespan , get mentioned but not "Hawaii 5-0" ? ( And, ironically, several cast members are noted under notable people! ) I'll be the first to admit, it's only television, but, the show(s) added a lot to pop culture! 75.106.219.197 (talk) 18:23, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about O’ahu,

From the Name section: “The city of Honolulu—largest city, state capital, and main deepwater marine port for the State of Hawaiʻi—is located here. As a jurisdictional unit, the entire island of Oʻahu is in Honolulu County, although as a place name, Honolulu occupies only a portion of the southeast end of the island.”

Since the main subject of both of these sentences is Honolulu, it sounds like it should be in the article about Honolulu. It needs to be reworked if it is left in this article on O’ahu. TacosAndSpag (talk) 08:37, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

economy?

surely there must be a more varied economy on this populated island compared to the opportunities available on the other islands. consider this user interested in a section besides "tourist attractions" ! 2603:9001:7C00:3026:D1FD:2C16:EBB4:20CE (talk) 19:42, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This may be of use.

"Honolulu, HI Economy at a Glance". U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2022-12-06.

Peaceray (talk) 20:50, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 10 July 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – Material Works 18:39, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

– Maintains a consistency with Kahoʻolawe, which was recently moved from its anglicized version on Jaunary 2023. For Lanai, I'm not sure if it should be moved to Lanaʻi or Lānaʻi. Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk) 18:15, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Consistency is a weak argument; place names are not named identically nor are they consistent. The main newspaper media source in Hawaii is the Star-Advertiser: site:staradvertiser.com Oahu has tons of hits including stuff from 11 minutes ago as of this writing, while site:staradvertiser.com Oʻahu is much rarer and mostly just proper names like "Oʻahu Cemetery". Okay, fine, maybe the Star Advertiser is weird. I checked with the Washington Post, and... Google gets weird, because it thinks Oahu is a synonym for "Hawaii" now? Zuh. Anyway, some browsing of Hawaii articles in general shows the likes of this article with a "last year" criterion, and it uses "Molokai" not "Molokaʻi". It seems that the WP:COMMONNAME in the media is still to omit the Okinas and use Anglicized forms. SnowFire (talk) 19:21, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:35, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:USEENGLISH. This is the English language Wikipedia, not the Hawaiian language Wikipedia. The most common name in English his what should be used. Rreagan007 (talk) 00:02, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as per WP:COMMONNAME policy & WP:USEENGLISH naming convention. Peaceray (talk) 17:28, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Common name, major publications don't generally use the diacriticals: [2][3] and the ones above. --Cerebral726 (talk) 17:42, 17 July 2023 (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.

Inhabited since 3rd century AD?

The history section claims that Oʻahu has been inhabited since the 3rd century AD, but I don't think that's right. As I understand it, archeological consensus is that most of Polynesia wasn't settled until after around 1000 AD. I don't have access to the cited source, Ancient Sites of Oahu: A Guide to Archaeological Places of Interest, but I'm hoping someone else here does and could check if it actually backs up this claim? Justin Kunimune (talk) 18:31, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]