Talk:New Caledonia

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de bancoule''', can anyone shed some light on this? (WT-en) GSchjetne

Hiéngène
I deleted an article for one "Hiéngène," for which I found scant evidence indicating that it should have an article. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 18:31, 30 July 2011 (EDT)

Referendum
Did the referendum on independence happen? I suppose not. Has it been scheduled? Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:05, 11 May 2017 (UTC)


 * An exact date hasn't been scheduled, but the government has promised to hold it in 2018. President-elect Macron has committed to sticking to that timetable. I've updated the article accordingly. —Granger (talk · contribs) 12:23, 11 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Super! I checked New Caledonia and it didn't appear to have been meaningfully updated since 2011 or so. Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:32, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

12 or 24 hour clock here
Do we put 12 or 24 hour clocks in NC? Spelling is definitely Australian english but I'm unsure of the time. SHB2000 (talk) 22:32, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * New Caledonia is part of France, so it's likely that the 24-hour clock is used. Australian spelling is identical to British spelling.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 22:42, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It's half British, half American. I'll still put Australian English as that's what's most used in NC. SHB2000 (talk) 22:48, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Really? What American spellings are used Australia, apart from the "Labor" Party?--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 22:51, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It's confusing with the -se and -ze. We say commercialise but we also say sanitize. It's probably the hardest type of English to learn, and it's near impossible unless you studied primary school in Australia. --SHB2000 (talk) 22:53, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Also with infrastructure as well. Doesn't this look like a Californian Freeway in LA except the this is the other side of the road? And this is a a sign that looks like a US city freeway (next three exits, User:Ikan Kekek can confirm this), The use of very high freeway route numbers as well as culturally being closer to America than Europe overall. (La Perouse may be an exception ;) )SHB2000 (talk) 23:09, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Those signs do look like U.S. highway signs. Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:27, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Never seen them in NSW or Qld but I wish they were here as well. Only seen them in Victoria (and they exist in WA - including link, according to my mum who's a frequent visitor to WA). SHB2000 (talk) 01:01, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Are the interstate routes called “freeways” in New York? In California they are freeways, but on the East Coast I’ve heard “highway” and “turnpike” instead. --Comment by Selfie City  ( talk  |  contributions ) 01:24, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
 * In the west coast, I've always called it the Interstate, but when at the east coast, always call them freeways (including for good interstates like I-95 or I-4). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 03:27, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Funny, the opposite. --Comment by Selfie City  ( talk  |  contributions ) 02:57, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
 * :) SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 03:30, 5 August 2021 (UTC)