Talk:Seychelles

Seemingly incorrect exports in graphic

The graphic in the econemy section shows the main exports of the Seychelles as being salmon and anologue computers. This sounds wildly unlikely and does not correspond with the text. I'm wondering whether the graphic has either been wrongly generated or relates to a different country? 86.13.121.19 (talk) 12:58, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

It appears to be based on this. Rivertorch's Evil Twin (talk) 20:17, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

That graphic is wrongly labelled, as already pointed out in Talk:Seychelles/Archive 1#Salmon?. Since it now also is outdated, I proposed it for deletion. — Sebastian 04:10, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Dubious

This article needs some attention and fact-checking. I'm marking some particularly dubious spots. --L235 (talk) As a courtesy, please ping me when replying. 10:47, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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Island count: 115 or 155?

Different places in the article gives figures of 115 and 155 for the number of islands. Which is it? Might there be two different schemes for classifying and/or naming? The article should address this issue. Feline Hymnic (talk) 17:11, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

The figure of 115 seems to have disappeared now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23D0:E61:CF01:A5FF:529C:631B:EE80 (talk) 10:05, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Problem of 115 or 155 is still there. 84.66.246.64 (talk) 18:23, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

The Seychelles' Constitution names 155 islands as making up the national territory. I do see 115 frequently stated (including on official Seychelles government sites), so there must be some definitional difference being made, but it's not clear what. I've cleaned up the text to remove the 115 number absent any explanation of why it differs from what's in the constitution. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 18:48, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Styles

Why is the term "Creole heritage" italicized? Xofg (talk) 17:28, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

I have eliminated the italics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23D0:E61:CF01:BC48:D967:E2E0:E34D (talk) 17:09, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 January 2024

Sinshell Minshell 2406:D00:CCCF:D389:A530:B062:EED7:E821 (talk) 05:23, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 05:33, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Misleading phrasing in the History section

This lengthy paragraph in the Early history subsection of the page within the History section specifies which people among the group were slaves, but splits the information across two far apart sentences.

In 1770, Brayer du Barre obtained permission from the authorities in Ile de France (today known as Mauritius) to set up a post in Seychelles. It was on Monday August 27, 1770 that the ship named ‘Thélémaque’ under the command of Captain Leblanc Lécore and his Second Captain Faucin de Courcelle disembarked 28 persons – 15 white men, seven black slaves from Africa, five Indians, one black woman – on Ste Anne Island to start a community there. After the ‘Thélémaque’ had arrived 4˚ 36’S 55˚ 30’E and dropped her anchor off the coast of Ste Anne Island after a voyage of less than ten days from Ile De France (Mauritius), the passengers first stepped into a small rowing boat which landed them on the beach of Anse Cabot, on the North Coast of Ste Anne Island. The 15 white men were: Delaunay, Anselme, Berville, Drieux, Bernard, Lavigne, Jean-Jacques Boab and Michel Boab, Jean-Marie Fustel, Charles Aumont, Joseph Bonne Avoine, Jean Thomas Gorineau, Louis Verdière, Claude Givart and Larue. The eight Africans including the woman were: Miguel, Fernand, Ignace, Jouan, Le villers, Matatan, Matadoo and Marie. The five Indians were: Charvy, Moutia, Cormara Mienate, Corinthe and Domingue. The Indians and the Africans were slaves.

The sentence in the middle of the passage implies that only the black men from Africa were slaves, to the exclusion of the Indians and the black woman. It is the very last sentence that then asserts that all of them were slaves.

I think there is merit to rewording the entirety of this passage for clarity. Tiger Basilisk (talk) 05:37, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

That whole bit needs to be removed and (if reinserted) rewritten. It's directly copied from the source at the start of the paragraph. (It was added in this edit by an IP editor.) —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 19:18, 3 July 2024 (UTC)