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== Article now redirected here ==

A previous article [[Hawaii Territory]], now a redirect to this, said in its entirety:

:"The '''Hawaii Territory''' was a [[territory]] of the [[United States]] from [[February 22]], [[1900]] to [[1959]]. It joined the United States following the abolition of the [[Hawaiian monarchy]], during the brief existence of the [[Republic of Hawaii]].

:"During [[World War II]] the Hawaii Territory was governed by the [[United States military]]. 

:"On [[August 21]], [[1959]] Hawaii was granted statehood, and became the 50th [[U.S. state]]."

Note the disagreement about the starting date.

[[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] 18:12, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

== Confusion about dates of establishment ==

The Territory of Hawai'i was established by the '''Newlands Resolution''' signed by both chambers of Congress on '''7 July 1898'''.  The law legally ceded all Hawaiian lands to United States sovereignty thus establishing the territorial entity.  This is the date officially adopted as the establishment date by the State of Hawai'i, the Princess Pauahi Bishop Museum and the United States Congress.  It is the date taught in all mandatory Modern Hawaiian History curricula taught in Hawai'i public schools.

The date of establishment is '''often confused''', especially by mainland United States residents, as being '''22 February 1900''' or some other date falling within the year.  This was the date of passage of the Hawaiian Organic Act, more formally known as '''An Act to Provide a Government for the Territory of Hawai'i''' which merely codified a system of government for the already existing entity called the Territory of Hawai'i.

* [http://www.hawaii-nation.org/annexation.html Text of the Newlands Resolution]
* [http://www.hawaii-nation.org/organic.html Text of the Hawaiian Organic Act]
* [http://www.hawaii.gov/dags Hawai'i State Department of Accounting and General Services and Hawai'i State Archives]

[[User:Gerald Farinas|Gerald Farinas]] 18:40, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

:It seems that not only mainland residents were confused but also the Hawaiian territorial government itself. Just look at this image of the results of the Hawaiian vote on statehood: [[Image:Hawaiivotesinset.JPG|thumb|right|80px]] Look closely at the affixed seal of the territory of hawaii and you'll see the date "1900".[[User:72.27.62.58|72.27.62.58]] 17:47, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

==Delisted GA==
This article did not go through the current [[WP:GAN|GA]] nomination process. Looking at the article as is, it fails on criteria 2b of the [[WP:WIAGA|GA quality standards]]. No references are provided and the citation of sources is essential for verifiability. Most Good Articles use [[WP:IC|inline citations]]. I would recommend that this be fixed, to reexamine the article against the GA quality standards, and to submit the article through the nomination process. --[[User:RelHistBuff|RelHistBuff]] 12:24, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

==Hawai‘i==
Was the Territory of Hawai‘i a [[incorporated territory]], like other former territories on the North American continent before statehoods were granted? &mdash; [[User:Instantnood|Insta]][[User_talk:Instantnood|ntnood]] 13:09, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

==Military Governor==
What about [[Lt. General]] [[Robert C. Richardson Jr.]] who was [[Military Governor]] of the Territory of Hawaii during [[World War II]]? [[User:Kintetsubuffalo|Chris]] 21:25, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

== Move? ==
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:''The following discussion is an archived discussion of a [[WP:RM|requested move]]. <span style="color:red">'''Please do not modify it.'''</span> Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. ''

The result of the move request was: '''rough consensus not to move'''. [[User:Andrewa|Andrewa]] ([[User talk:Andrewa|talk]]) 03:00, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

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[[Territory of Hawaii]] → {{no redirect|1=Hawaii Territory}} –
* I have been subjected via my user talk page to contradictory move requests about this possible move. I better get the matter properly discussed and sorted out here. (If this move is rejected, then presumably move [[Hawaii Territory/version 2]] to [[Territory of Hawaii/version 2]] to be with it?) [[User:Anthony Appleyard|Anthony Appleyard]] ([[User talk:Anthony Appleyard|talk]]) 14:14, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

* '''oppose''' - no reason given. The burden of proof should be on the person proposing the move. Without any reason given, it should stay where it is and effort instead might go into making it more complete. [[User:W Nowicki|W Nowicki]] ([[User talk:W Nowicki|talk]]) 14:59, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
* '''support''' - use common name [[Hawaii Territory]] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodysworld1778/2094370943/] - instead of legally "Territory of Hawaii" as for 
** [[Massachusetts]] instead of legally "Commonwealth of Massachusetts",
** [[Hawaii County]] instead of legally "County of Hawaii",
** [[New York City]] instead of legally "The City of New York". [[User:HawaiiLibre|HawaiiLibre]] ([[User talk:HawaiiLibre|talk]]) 02:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

*'''Oppose''' [[WP:Naming conventions (country-specific_topics)]] recommends the "Foo of Country (noun)" format. On the other hand, I should note that every other territory in [[:Category:Former organized territories of the United States]] uses the form "XYZ Territory". On the third hand, in the actual articles, the name is consistently given as "Territory of XYZ", both in the lede and in the box. [[User:Kauffner|Kauffner]] ([[User talk:Kauffner|talk]]) 02:45, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
** '''Comment''' : In "Foo of Country (noun)", "Country" refers to an independent state, which here would be the [[United States]]. The format applies to ''Foo of the United States'', e.g. [[Territories of the United States]]. But ''United States'' is not included in the title of Hawaii Territory. If it would be included, then it would be [[Hawaii Territory of the United States]].  The [[Hawaii Territory]] article is an example of a ''Non-country geographic area (name) Foo (type)''. All [[U.S. counties]] fall into that category, and they use "Foo County" for the title even if the official or legal name is "County of Foo", e.g. the seal has "County of Hawaii", but the title uses the short form "[[Hawaii County]]". [[User:HawaiiLibre|HawaiiLibre]] ([[User talk:HawaiiLibre|talk]]) 08:58, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
****The guideline says, "Articles which deal with an aspect of a country or region generally take the form "Foo of Country (noun)". So, no, independence isn't the test. It's always State of XYZ. Does anyone say "Hawaii State"? Why create a different usage for "territory"? [[User:Kauffner|Kauffner]] ([[User talk:Kauffner|talk]]) 11:58, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
***Let's recap:  You found a [[Flickr]] user by the name of "woody1778a" who uses the term.  That isn't a reliable source.  You also found a webmaster at the Library of Congress who informally uses the term on the "Today in History" webpage.  We generally don't use a webmaster as the source for encyclopedia articles, we use actual publications.  Try to find some more sources, and I'll consider supporting your proposal.  Until then, I haven't seen anything in the literature that supports the move.  Subjects and topics should ''not'' be forced into fitting into arbitrary Wikipedia naming conventions that have been imposed upon us without consensus. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 09:28, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
**** Yes, these are not official sources. They only document that people exist that use the designation "Hawaii Territory". I will have a look whether I can find something more official, but maybe I will not be able to. [[User:HawaiiLibre|HawaiiLibre]] ([[User talk:HawaiiLibre|talk]]) 09:40, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
*****On Wikipedia, we aren't concerned about people who use a term.  We are concerned about ''specific'' people who use the term, namely [[WP:RS|reliable sources]].  This does not entail something that is "official", but rather a publication that is considered authoritative, such as a type of book, scholarly paper, or even a newspaper article.  Do some research, and report back with what you find. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 09:42, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
****** The most official historic source I found so far is book from 1906 which lists states and territories and uses "Hawaii Territory". I am still searching for official sources that document the usage of the term "Hawaii Territory" after achieving statehood. I started a new section to collect findings, this section is listed below. [[User:HawaiiLibre|HawaiiLibre]] ([[User talk:HawaiiLibre|talk]]) 10:42, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
*******Again, I haven't asked you for a single "official historic source" (and I've already provided it on Anthony Appleyard's talk page).  I've asked you for a [[WP:RS|reliable source]].  Do you understand?  Not snippets of usage from random webpages, but actual articles, papers, books, encyclopedia entries, and essays on the subject—all of which are published by reliable sources subject to editorial review.  We really aren't interested in these websites you keep offering, so please stop linking to them. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 10:47, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
******** I changed the article and now the references for "Hawaii Territory" only include publications issued by the [[United States Department of Commerce]]. [[User:HawaiiLibre|HawaiiLibre]] ([[User talk:HawaiiLibre|talk]]) 11:03, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
*********I'm afraid you are confused.  There are literally 500-1000 reliable sources documenting the term "Territory of Hawaii" as the most common usage.  You haven't even offered one.  That ''some'' sources, for the sake of brevity or publishing convention (such as a style guide used by a particular publisher) ''might'' use the term "Hawaii Territory" isn't in dispute.  However, if you were familiar with the literature on the subject, or took some time out to visit your local library or simply do the research, you would find that the number of reliable sources that use the term "Hawaii Territory" is tiny when compared to "Territory of Hawaii".  That some statistical sources have used the convention "X Territory" for consistency in a few publications is practically insignificant when we look at the scholarly literature on the subject.  "Territory of Hawaii" is, by far, the common name.  Right now, all you are doing is cherry picking usage, rather than actually examining ''how'' the sources use the term when discussing the topic.  That is ''not'' how we do research.  Looking at the current sources, I'm seeing 500+ RS that consistently use the term "Territory of Hawaii" in a discussion about the subject, and less than 50 that use "Hawaii Territory" in passing mention. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 11:12, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::# When you wrote "''There is no such thing as Hawaii Territory''" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Anthony_Appleyard&diff=prev&oldid=433883344], it sounded as if you would deny the existence of the term in spoken or written language outside Wikipedia. I provided sources from outside Wikipedia.
::::::::# You complained the sources are not reliable [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=prev&oldid=434027478], which does not make sense, since they only were used to document usage. But I admitted they are not official, which is distinct from reliable, [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=next&oldid=434028113], you specified the kind of material you would like: book, scholarly paper, newspaper [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=next&oldid=434028749]. I went on with the research and I provided one such document from the DoC, 1906. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=next&oldid=434032565], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=next&oldid=434034972]
::::::::# Then you write "I haven't asked you for a single "official historic source", and you write "I've asked you for a [[WP:RS|reliable source]]" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=next&oldid=434035176]. I added two more documents [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=next&oldid=434035422], addressing the fact of "singularity". I changed the article references to only include official publications and told you so [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=next&oldid=434036363].
::::::::# Now you argue that the type of usage in the official reliable sources that I provided is not the correct type of usage. That it is only for brevity and style reasons. And you write about me as a person, saying " if you were familiar with the literature on the subject..." [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=next&oldid=434037019]. The subject is Wikipedia article naming, and the literature on article naming can be found at [[WP:MoS]]. For brevity and style reasons, Wikipedia would use Hawaii Territory, as did the [[Library of Congress]], [[Department of Commerce]], [[Federal Security Agency]]. Like them, Wikipedia would use the short name for the article title and the long name whenever it is most convenient. [[User:HawaiiLibre|HawaiiLibre]] ([[User talk:HawaiiLibre|talk]]) 12:16, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::Nope.  Wikipedia uses common names for article titles, and the majority of secondary sources ''do not'' use the term "Hawaii Territory" either in passing reference or about the topic.  Your own "research" on this topic disproves your hypothesis.  Unless you can provide a single source ''about'' the subject that uses the term consistently, I'm afraid this discussion is over.  We don't cherry pick terms that are rarely used and then argue that this ''uncommon'' usage is a good justification for moving an article title.  You've got it all backwards. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 13:06, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::: My research does prove what it proves: There is such a thing as "Hawaii Territory", something you claimed to not exist.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Anthony_Appleyard&diff=prev&oldid=433883344]. That "Hawaii Territory" is used more often than "Territory of Hawaii" in written documents may be your hypothesis, it is not mine and never was. You seem to confuse me with someone else or invented that claim to enhance your position. [[User:HawaiiLibre|HawaiiLibre]] ([[User talk:HawaiiLibre|talk]]) 13:39, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::::You haven't done any research yet, and I've given you the tools to do them in the section below.  So far, you refuse.  All you've done is cherry picked your chosen term from a Google search, and when one compares it to the use of the term in the secondary sources, one realizes that you are full of hot air.  You claim by default that the term "Hawaii Territory" is notable and important, but your own "research" demonstrates it is not.  The common name as shown in the literature is "Territory of Hawaii", not the abbreviated form "Hawaii Territory".  To remind you (since you seem to have forgotten), you started this charade when you requested that this article be moved to "Hawaii Territory", a term that is neither in wide usage or found in the majority of secondary sources on the topic.  When given the research tools so that you could see this for yourself, you refused to use them, preferring to continue to cherry pick the term from Google.  Facts. They are funny things. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 13:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::::: Do you have any reliable sources for all your claims about my person? Where did I claim "that the term "Hawaii Territory" is notable and important"? What is your source for "You haven't done any research yet"? What is the source for "one realizes that you are full of hot air"? Source for "When given the research tools so that you could see this for yourself, you refused to use them"? [[User:HawaiiLibre|HawaiiLibre]] ([[User talk:HawaiiLibre|talk]]) 14:10, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::::::That's easy.  Why did you ask Anthony Appleyard to move this article? Why are you still here requesting a move? [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 14:21, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
*'''Comment''': I'm assuming it is a coincidence that a SPA shows up to force this article to conform to arbitrary  naming conventions imposed by [[Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Snocrates]]. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 08:05, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
::Are you really? It doesn't sound like it. If you're accusing an editor of something, I think you should do it plainly. [[User:Rennell435|Rennell435]] ([[User talk:Rennell435|talk]]) 10:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''', per the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AAnthony_Appleyard&action=historysubmit&diff=433884879&oldid=433883560 arguments and sources] provided by Viriditas on the nominator's talk page. [[User:Rennell435|Rennell435]] ([[User talk:Rennell435|talk]]) 10:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
**I've never posted an argument or a source on the "nominator's talk page", so I assume your "support" should be counted as an "oppose". [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 10:42, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
***Facepalm! Changed the !vote. I added the diff to clarify. [[User:Rennell435|Rennell435]] ([[User talk:Rennell435|talk]]) 07:27, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

*'''Oppose''' per the official treaty and official incorporation, as linked by Rennell435. [[User:Softlavender|Softlavender]] ([[User talk:Softlavender|talk]]) 07:45, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
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== Hawaii Territory ==

Documentation for the usage of the name "Hawaii Territory"

[[United States Department of Commerce]]
* ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/wdc/geomagnetism/docs/publications/1906/Bauer_1906_44.pdf (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR, COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM RESULTS OF MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY BETWEEN JULY 1, 1905, AND JUNE 30, 1906, page 119)
* http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1933-02.pdf (Department of Commerce, Statistical Abstract of the United States, page 1)
* http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1939-02.pdf (Department of Commerce, Statistical Abstract of the United States, page 1)
* http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1948-02.pdf (page 5)
* http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-13.pdf ([[U.S. Census Bureau]], 2003, page III-1)
* http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc3-us-pt1.pdf  ([[U.S. Census Bureau]], 2004, page V-5)
[[Federal Security Agency]]
* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1997016/pdf/pubhealthreporig01139-0002.pdf ([[Federal Security Agency]], ca. 1949)
* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1997040/pdf/pubhealthreporig01147-0002.pdf ([[Federal Security Agency]], ca. 1950)
[[United States Department of Agriculture]]
* http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/pi_books/scans/pi018.pdf (1909 page 51)
[[Library of Congress]]
* http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec07.html
* http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov07.html
* http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd/gmd438/g4382/g4382p/ct003113.jp2 (Handwritten on the image)
* http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014685/
* http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_pearlhar_1.html
Others
* http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_mhm_cool-maps_tg_10-10-2001_92675_7.pdf (Teacher’s Guide)
* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1999046/pdf/pubhealthreporig02360-0067.pdf (page XVI)
* http://www.usmarshals.gov/district/hi/general/history.htm
* http://womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=173
* http://forbes.house.gov/news/email/show.aspx?ID=KHTRLAPKXNGLMNDNCH3GYV77A4
* http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/vnp/results.asp?rl=Hawaii&rt=State
* http://www.torranceca.gov/archivednewspapers/Herald/1947%20Feb%2027%20-%20Dec%2025/PDF/00000172.pdf
* http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-HPREC-DESCHLERS-V2/pdf/GPO-HPREC-DESCHLERS-V2-3-14-3.pdf Ch9 §48.2 (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-HPREC-DESCHLERS-V2)
If you find something more official, please add. [[User:HawaiiLibre|HawaiiLibre]] ([[User talk:HawaiiLibre|talk]]) 09:45, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
:Again, that's not how we use sources on Wikipedia.  We don't cherry pick from primary sources that abbreviate titles as a style convention.  We choose titles based on the most common usage by secondary sources first, then tertiary, then primary.  You are misusing sources to support your own personal POV.  That ''some'' sources might abbreviate the proper name for the sake of brevity or consistent style is not in dispute.  What is in dispute is proper naming convention, which the majority of secondary sources use as "Territory of Hawaii", not "Hawaii Territory".  I suggest you stick with Google Scholar, Google Books, and Google News as your baseline.  Another good starting point is [[ScholarSpace]] and the UH Library.  ScholarSpace roughly returns 160 hits for "Territory of Hawaii" and 30 hits for "Hawaii Territory".  The UH Library returns 1000 hits for "Territory of Hawaii" and 4 hits for "Hawaii Territory".  The UH [http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/research.html research] page will get you started on your journey.  Please take a look at it. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 11:31, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
::The standard way to determine common name is to ngram it, which I have done [http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=Territory+of+Hawaii%2CHawaii+Territory&year_start=1890&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=1 here]. [[User:Kauffner|Kauffner]] ([[User talk:Kauffner|talk]]) 12:07, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
::: What you did is ngram with Google Books Ngram Viewer, a tool, if the name is descriptive, that omits all non-book usage. [[User:HawaiiLibre|HawaiiLibre]] ([[User talk:HawaiiLibre|talk]]) 12:18, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
::::We write Wikipedia articles from secondary sources.  Ngram shows that the current article title ("Territory of Hawaii") is supported, and my suggestion that you use the ScholarSpace and UH Library tools to see this for yourself remains.  Please do so.  We don't use a Google search to pick and choose uncommon usage as you are doing. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 13:08, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

== Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, etc. ==

I happened to look at this article for the first time in a long while today, and noticed that the lead sentence says that the Territory, with the exception of [[Johnston Atoll]], was admitted to the Union. I haven't changed this, but it looks like a problem. This apparently dates back to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=prev&oldid=433875568 this] June 2011 edit and it's not something I have fresh in my mind, so I think that other eyes are needed.

As I understand it, in July 1898 the [[Newlands Resolution]] annexed the "Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies" (the [[Republic of Hawaii]]) to create the [[Territory of Hawaii]] (see http://www.bartleby.com/43/44.html). On April 30, 1900, the [[Hawaiian Organic Act]] was enacted, and article 5 of that Act made Hawaii an [[Incorporated territory]] (see http://www.hawaiiankingdom.org/us-organic-act-1900.shtml). 

As I recall, but I don't have details handy, [[Palmyra Atoll]] was incorporated along with the main Hawaiian islands. When Hawaii was admitted as a State, the [[Hawaii Admission Act]] explicitly excluded [[Palmyra Atoll]]. The act also (and separately) says that the state "shall not be deemed to include the Midway Islands, Johnston Island, Sand Island (off-shore from Johnston Island), or Kingman Reef, together with their appurtenant reefs and territorial waters." These had been (I guess -- but I don't have the details handy)  possessions of the Republic of Hawaii which had been annexed along with the Republic itself but which had become [[unincorporated territory|unincorporated territories]] (see http://www.hawaii-nation.org/admission.html and [[Territories of the United States#Incorporated unorganized territories]]).

The ''Statehood'' section of the article mentions the exclusion of Palmyra Atoll, contradicting the article's lead sentence.

It seems to me that this article ought to go further than it currently does to clarify the details about all this. [[User:Wtmitchell|Wtmitchell]]  [[User talk:Wtmitchell|(talk)]] <small>(earlier ''Boracay Bill'')</small> 04:42, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

:Also, the article was unclear about excluding the [[Stewart Islands]].  Hawaii was annexed in 1898 from the [[Republic of Hawaii]] (which had replaced the [[Provisional Government of Hawaii]], which had overthrown the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] in 1893).  In the records of the annexed Republic of Hawaii, the individual Stewart Islands are named as being part of the Republic of Hawaii: '''Ihi Kai Ana, Te Perena, Taore, Matua Ati''' and '''Matua Ivoto'''. (Hawaii State Archives, M-313).  The Stewart Islands had been ceded to the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1856 under King [[Kamehameha IV]], as [[Palmyra Atoll|Palmyra Island]] was similarly acquired by that Kingdom in 1862.  Since the annexation in 1898, the United States has not ceded the Stewart Islands by treaty to any country, and no U.S. or international court has addressed the sovereignty question.  I've added reference to the Stewart Islands (recently called [[Sikaiana]] in the [[Solomon Islands]]), and reworded the exclusion of Palmyra to conform to the language of the [[Hawaiian Organic Act]] and the [[Hawaii Admission Act]]. [[Special:Contributions/50.240.8.209|50.240.8.209]] ([[User talk:50.240.8.209|talk]]) 14:46, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

{{od}}I had forgotten making this comment. I just came across it again today, and added some info to the article's lead section with [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Territory_of_Hawaii&diff=549610175&oldid=542721577 this edit]. [[User:Wtmitchell|Wtmitchell]]  [[User talk:Wtmitchell|(talk)]] <small>(earlier ''Boracay Bill'')</small> 02:01, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

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I am looking into adding a few key componenets to the portion of the article titled Tourism. First off, I believe the economic gains from tourism in this state should be highlighted and explained. Lastly, I believe this portion should include soemething explaining how technological advancements throughout the years has made for a better or worse economy in Hawaii.  <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Blakec25|Blakec25]] ([[User talk:Blakec25#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Blakec25|contribs]]) 00:24, 13 September 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->