Talk:Bioko (13 Fallen Stars)

Renamed
I have recently renamed the article (and entity) from New Netherlander Guinea to Biafra. The obvious reason is because I feel the name is too long, and having "New Netherlander" in front of it makes it sound more complicated than it should be (and that is saying something because I thought "Equatorial Guinea" was an overcomplicated name).

But I have other reasons for doing so. I have been noticing (thought it seems to be more the "luck of the draw" than anything) that all of New Netherland's colonial possessions are given unique and simple names. This was also something that was done in OTL USA, explaining why there isn't too many areas beginning with "American" or "United States" (with the exceptions of Samoa and the Virgin Islands). I would feel New Netherland would follow a similar formula: being called Fiji instead of NN Polynesia, Micronesia over NN East Indies, and now Biafra over NN Guinea ( would be a modern term to combine the historic "Territory of Curazao" [now two states in NN], and [at the moment at least] I don't think there is much to call Antarctica aside from "Roosevelt Land" or something like that [though that may have a nice ring to it]).

The other reason also comes from OTL and ATL. There are multiple areas called "Guinea" (one of which is in the Pacific). Most of them are further west than where Equatorial Guinea is.

I chose "Biafra" because of the, which is a body of water which separates Bioko and Rio Muni (seeming like a good idea). The only downside to this would be that "Biafra" is already in use OTL. A former name used for British Nigeria, it would also be the name of a from Nigeria. My argument for having it here is because... it just seem like a better name for Equatorial Guinea than Nigeria/'Biafra'. Also because there would (most likely) be no separatist movement in ATL (even if it was, they could also call it "Bonny" (which originates from the region). But also because this wouldn't be the first time I recycled a name from OTL that is not in the same geography (i.e., Oklahoma in Carolina, and Wyoming in Pennsylvania). --NuclearVacuum (Talk) 18:34, February 14, 2013 (UTC)