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Need someone to fix grammar in a sentence - I'm not sure of original intent.

The sentence, "Subsequently, the Bahamas became a haven for freed African slaves; the Royal Navy resettled there the Africans liberated from illegal slave ships, North American slaves and Seminoles escaped here from Florida, and the government-freed slaves carried on US domestic ships that had reached the Bahamas due to adverse weather conditions." has a grammar problem. There are three phrases after the semicolon. The first two of them have verbs, whereas the final one does not. I can't tell if the solution is as simple as removing the hyphen between "government" and "freed" or if a verb needs to be added. I leave it to better editors than I. Techguy95 (talk)

Recent reversion

Hey @Eyer: Why'd you do that? SchreiberBike | ⌨ 04:53, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Section on hurricane Dorian

I think there should be section about hurricane Dorian in the history section in the article since hurricane Dorian was a significant event in the history of the Bahamas.

population size

Is the much lower figure on https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bahamas-the/#people-and-society unreliable? --Espoo (talk) 15:36, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You mean the one with an estimated population of 352,655 for July 2021? The citations in the article for the 2010 census and the 2018 estimate are opaque, leading to a UN site with no clear indication of where the figures for the Bahamas are listed. It looks like one would have to download some data tables to find that information, which I am not inclined to do. The World Bank estimates the population of the Bahamas to have been 389,482 in 2019.^[1] The Britannica has an estimate of 381,200 for 2020.^[2] I don't really think the population has been dropping that fast. I'm not sure which reliable source we should go with. Maybe some discussion will help. - Donald Albury 20:43, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Population, total - Bahamas". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
^ "The Bahamas | History, Geography, & Points of Interest". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-08.

Discussion of capitalized "The" in the official name

A discussion is taking place at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Capitalization of The on whether a capital "T" is allowed in the phrase "Commonwealth of The Bahamas" when used as the official name of the Bahamas. - Donald Albury 14:39, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Of course it should be the capitalised "The". It's a part of the official name of the country. James Ker-Lindsay (talk) 11:10, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion has been open for quite a few months, and it appears that a consensus has been reached. If anyone else wants to comment there, please do so. Heddy10 (talk) 03:36, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Population, total - Bahamas". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-04-08.

[2] "The Bahamas | History, Geography, & Points of Interest". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-08.

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