Talk:Little red dot

A fact from Little red dot appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 September 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the apparent disparagement of Singapore as a "little red dot" by former Indonesian President B.J. Habibie has come to be used by Singaporeans with pride?

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Discussion by Fauzi, 2008[edit]

Should it be noted that while the Little Red Dot is a known epithet among Singaporeans, in reality, not all maps (with a sized projection such that Singapore would be hardly visible) represents Singapore with a red dot? I have seen Singapore represented with dots (or circles, squares, etc) of other colours, depending on the legend of the map. Most of the time Singapore is represented with a uniform symbol representing either City or Capital.
I am not asking that this article be made irrelevant. Just to put a note in case some people might really think that in all maps Singapore is always represented by a little red dot.--Fauzi (talk) 04:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I think the point is obvious and doesn't need to be mentioned in the article. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 22:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion by Ronggy, 2013[edit]

麻煩哪個人有能力考慮個中文版的翻譯榮兒 ronggy 05:23, 2 August 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronggy (talk • contribs)

Little Red Dot[edit]

[Relocated from "User talk:Jacklee".] Hi Jack, I had a concern with the definition of epithet in present-day use - "In contemporary use, epithet often refers to an abusive, defamatory, or derogatory phrase, such as a racial epithet.", which cited Webster. The nickname is no longer interpreted as such, so "it is an epithet" in the first line may not be appropriate, esp since Habibie has denied that he meant it to be disparaging. Thanks for creating it btw. Wrigleygum (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:05, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I had a look at the OED Online, and while the primary meaning of epithet is merely "[a]n adjective indicating some quality or attribute which the speaker or writer regards as characteristic of the person or thing described", there is a draft addition which states that the word also means "[a]n offensive or derogatory expression used of a person; an abusive term; a profanity". I haven't come across this use of the word before, but since it exists I have no objection if you want to avoid the term. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 14:50, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge with article Singapore[edit]

I am not entirely sure how to suggest a merge with the suggested merge template at the top of the article and such. I am looking for debate from the community as I am not sure if I think the article should be merged either. Thanks Nemoanon (talk) 20:52, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]