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

Move logs: The Bahamas
Bahamas

Discussions:

RM, The Bahamas → Bahamas, No consensus, 26 May 2010, discussion
RM, The Bahamas → Bahamas, Not moved, 28 July 2014, discussion
RM, The Bahamas → Bahamas, Not moved, 6 February 2022, discussion
RM, The Bahamas → Bahamas, Not moved, 20 December 2022, discussion

"Crown Colony of the Bahamas" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Crown Colony of the Bahamas 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/2023 July 11 § Crown Colony of the Bahamas until a consensus is reached. estar8806 (talk) ★ 01:05, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Crown colony of the bahamas" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Crown colony of the bahamas 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/2023 July 11 § Crown colony of the bahamas until a consensus is reached. estar8806 (talk) ★ 01:06, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What is the name of this country?

The article uses "the Bahamas" and "The Bahamas" indiscriminately. Maproom (talk) 10:15, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The official name is "Commonwealth of The Bahamas". There have been a fair number of electrons spilled over whether Wikipedia should use "The Bahamas" or "Bahamas/the Bahamas" as the name of the country. I will note that official Bahamas government web pages are also inconsistent on this point. Donald Albury 15:25, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Population estimate

The source cited for the 2022 census population, [1], gives a preliminary population for the country of 399,314 on April 22, 2022. The article showed, until I removed it, a 2023 population estimate of 358,508. There was no source cited for the estimate, but the figure appears to have been taken from [2], which we usually treat as a reliable source. That estimate indicates a 10% reduction in the country's population in one year, an event that I think would have produced large headlines in the news. Since it has been only one year since the government census was taken, I do not believe that it is critical to have a 2023 estimate in the article for the time being. Any ideas? Donald Albury 22:35, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The limits of the Caribbean

The Bahamas is not in the Caribbean Sea, nor does it abut on the Caribbean Sea. The Bahamas is in the West Indies, but that is not synonomous with the Caribbean. Previous attempts to say that the Bahamas is a Caribbean country have been reverted to saying it is a county in North America. At this point, any change from saying that it is a country in North America will require forming a consensus to do so after a discussion here. Donald Albury 16:45, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]