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The redirect Indonesie has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 15 § Indonesie until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 15:35, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[]

Please, respect the contributions of other Wikipediawan, so we make the content updated with better upgraded information and appealing vision. If anyone want give enough care of hope better version. We all make it together, we're gonna make it with god faith and tolerant view as core value. All criticisms are natural appreciation with preserving intentions, yet any deletion is not favoured by all. Discern well. Anppasew (talk) 02:21, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[]

@Anppasew: I believe AdaCiccone explained clearly their reasoning in the edit summary when making that change. If you disagree, please raise the issue on the talk page (WP:EPTALK). Ckfasdf (talk) 03:04, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[]

@Ckfasdf: Wait a minute, their? an account of multiple humen? Anppasew (talk) 03:14, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[]

See Singular they. Ckfasdf (talk) 03:24, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[]

heard a buzz American language, Sorry but sinking out of topic for one moment here for beyond rhetoric, are no linguist among thee? are you American or Brit, who the holding master on advanced technology and explorative innovation all everywhere on this planet, then at the same earth cannot discover & give a neutral gender third party entity? for yo' wise way, in Indonesia, we have word Dia, (shortened Dia =) Ia, Beliau (for respected ones), Dirinya, and others. but ironically I heard a lot fresh slank or vernacular idiom of thine Inggleis, while core language could not refreshed? may multi-billion bankmails (ye know $) for NASA should hire to fix and create their own coin American language departed from English language mother? as Spanish language departed from Latin language with almost retaining grammar and Latin rules. { } Oke, Just imagine. If no he can affirm himself, nor she can affirm herself, is the one posses identity crisis? I might Indonesian 'dia' in English as "nohns" (not he not she) Excuse me for blabbering.

Back on Image issues, AdaCiccone began the debate on my selection of pictures. nohns reasoning of I and all Wikipedia-one need to understand his elaboration so no wrong understanding here. Thank Ckfasdf for response. Anppasew (talk) 03:57, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[]

The singular "they" is a standard part of English. As for the images, images are meant to complement the text and not be decorative. It would be helpful if you could explain how the image you switched improved understanding or was of generally better quality with the same improvement on understanding. As for the second image, it squished the text between itself and the existing picture which is generally something the Manual of Style suggests to avoid. CMD (talk) 04:06, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[]

If you guys don't mind, I indented all your comments for better viewing. :D Anyway, Anppasew I'm interested in seeing this article receive the Good Article badge in the near future. My reasoning for the removals isn't about rejecting contributions but about ensuring that illustrations and any visual objects directly support reader understanding and remain consistent with layout guidance in the Manual of Style.

You can see yourself that the article is already quite image-dense, so some trimming is sometimes necessary to avoid layout congestion and to keep visuals focused on explanatory value rather than decoration. Like I said, the longer-term aim is to move the article toward Good Article quality, where image relevance, placement, and restraint are part of the review criteria.

Hope this clears things up. AdaCiccone (talk) 01:53, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[]

Reasons for British English:
Proximity to Malaysia and Singapore?
Consistency?
Proximity to Australia?
ASEAN English? ~2026-14907-06 (talk) 19:35, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[]

Do you have a request here? Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 22:32, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[]

Yes. I have a request here. ~2026-14998-12 (talk) 06:22, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[]

What is your request? It's in the English it was written in, is there a reason to change it to something else? Are there particular words or phrases which seem odd in this context? CMD (talk) 06:50, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[]

I don't understand, so i don't have a request here. ~2026-24358-84 (talk) 06:15, 21 April 2026 (UTC)[]

The first sentence of this article should be updated to describe Indonesia as "an Archipelagic state" to bring it in line with other island/archipelagic countries, such as Japan, thePhilippines, and New Zealand. Brettopia (talk) 02:50, 9 April 2026 (UTC)[]

IMO, lede already cover that point. The second sentence explicitly states that Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state, so repeating the term in the first and second sentence would be make unnecessary redundant word. Ckfasdf (talk) 03:45, 9 April 2026 (UTC)[]

I just want to know why Sonnwäg H (talk) 04:09, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[]

If you have questions, you can ask them at the WP:reference desk instead. Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 04:45, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[]

Capital of Indonesia is a bit sketchy on this question, but the project to relocate the capital seems to be falling behind schedule despite being a priority of the Prabowo administration. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:47, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[]

My removal for the names of the House Speaker, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court is about infobox discipline, and summary needs of this particular article.

• MOS:INFOBOX says that an infobox should summarize key facts that appear in the article. These names and additional officeholders aren't in the body. If you read the Government and politics section, it is primarily about the structure of the executive, legislature, and judiciary.
• In this way, the infobox is more concise. At the same time, this preserves key political information about the country, that it is a unitary presidential republic, and that the President and Vice President are the country's principal national executive offices.
• Comparisons with other country articles can be helpful yes, but that alone shouldn't decide the issue. I'm of the opinion that each article ultimately should stand on its own merits. For this particular article, the infobox content should be based on this article's own summary needs.

TL;DR, infobox shouldn't include those officeholder details when the body doesn't treat them as an article content. AdaCiccone (talk) 04:34, 16 June 2026 (UTC)[]

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