Talk:Sedudu
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Move?
[edit]By WP:COMMONNAME, we should not move to Sedudu unless English has adopted the name; but it's been ten years. I don't know; has the name changed yet? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:44, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Seeing the island is part of Botswana (in terms of an ICJ judgment), it does seem rather strange to use the Namibian name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.14.140.72 (talk) 18:37, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
A quick search of Kasikili on the BGN website lists "Sidudu" (with an "i") as the approved name and "Kasikili" as a variant. It would seem most logical to use the Botswanan name since it is officially part of Botswana. The text of the page could reflect the alternate name as it does now to aid in searching. Moerster (talk) 09:21, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Stating ownership
[edit]The article states that the ICJ determined that the island belongs to Botswana. Did Namibia accept this judgement? If so we should state that it is a Botswanan island in the first sentence. If Namibia disputes the ruling we should state that clearly. Robert Brockway (talk) 04:55, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
Splitting proposal
[edit]I propose that the section about the ICJ judgment be split into a separate page called Kasikili/Sedudu Island (case). The article now mainly consists of information about the delimitation dispute and the ICJ case, and I think this would benefit from being transferred to its own page. That would make the article on the island considerably shorter but more concise and topical, and it would allow referencing the court decision specifically (instead of the island in general). Palaeontolawgist (talk) 09:15, 21 July 2025 (UTC)
- Upon looking at other articles for ICJ cases named after entities, I think the more consistent name for the proposed new article would be Kasikili-Sedudu Island case (i.e., without brackets). Palaeontolawgist (talk) 11:06, 21 July 2025 (UTC)
- Here is the link to the new page: Kasikili/Sedudu Island case Palaeontolawgist (talk) 19:06, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
- Since there has been no discussion about this splitting proposal in almost two weeks, I will proceed with the split as per WP:SPLITCLOSE. Palaeontolawgist (talk) 18:58, 2 August 2025 (UTC)