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Could his behaviour be characterized as "erratic"? That is how Australian media is trying to portray him.
I'm pretty sure that "Ratu" should not be used throughout the text in all of the places that it is currently. Please see WP:MOSBIO#Honorific prefixes, which says, Styles and honorifics which are derived from noble title... should not be included in the text inline but may be legitimately discussed in the article proper. I believe this applies to "Ratu" as well; the Ratu article does not say that it is part of a name and all journalistic sources I have seen for Bainimarama omit the title (even Fiji Times online). Mike Dillon 15:42, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Frank does not 'opt' to use his military title instead of 'Ratu'.
He is not a Ratu.
His father was and his two elder brothers are.
All his sisters have the female title, 'Adi'
Being the third son, he is not entitled to it and neither are his descendents.
It is the ancient Fijian way of preventing the 'too many chiefs, and not enough Indians' syndrome.
In their household he has no say, and in family meetings he is given the menial tasks.
He waited for his father to die before he could have his coup. Had he done it when his father was still alive, he would have got a good telling off, a clip around the ear, and sent to bed with no dinner!
He has a minority complex, hence the coup to try to make a name for himself (Comment added by anonymous user 61.88.183.103).
I know this sounds like a problem with browser cache or something, but when I look at this page in Internet Explorer (v6.0.2) it displays differently from how it does in Firefox.
The whole section within 'Political controversies' from 'The Main reason of the conflict ...' to 'See main articles: Military unrest since the Fiji coup of 2000; Military unrest in Fiji, December 2005 - January 2006; 2006 Fijian coup d'état plot;' is missing when I browse this page in IE. I opened the page in both browsers within a minute of each other, and have cleared my cache in both browsers. Does anyone else see this problem, or is it just local to me?
Also, in the Firefox browser, the quote from the New Zealand Herald 'Two bills are at the centre of the dispute...' does not wrap inside the box, but is just one long line going off to the right (which is why I wanted to see how it was in IE in the first place, and how I noticed the other difference.
Anyone else see these problems? (am using monobook as my skin in both browsers) --Bwmodular 09:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Rather than discuss this on several different pages, please see Talk:2006_Fijian_coup_d'état#Genocide_Potential.-gadfium 23:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
I clicked on the Fijian military website link just now. "This page cannot be found". Hmm. Totnesmartin 10:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
If Bainimarama is a Commodore, why does he wear the tailcoat shoulder-boards of a mere Captain - and on a SHIRT - and an admiral's hat? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.68.132.19 (talk) 14:55, 13 December 2006 (UTC).
He is wearing the insignia of a Real Admiral (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy_officer_rank_insignia). As David has stated, he was promoted to Real Admiral - but this was later revoked. Note that Fiji has retained Royal insigna (e.g. military insignia, flags, colours etc.) - even though Fiji is now a republic.
Interesting! You're right - he is wearing the rank of a captain - crown, anchor & star - but the hat is that of a flag officer (as it has two sets of gold oak leaves). What's up what that ?!
On 20 December 2007, user Bigredtoe edited the article and inserted what follows, regarding Bainimarama having apparently forced Mara to resign in May 2000. I've removed the question from article page, and I'm putting it here instead. Aridd (talk) 17:31, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I can't get any sense of what he believes in and why he is doing what he does... we need some analysis in the article, not just a list of dates and actions. Is he trying to prevent the Fijianisation-by- force attempted by Speight and others ? If so, why ? He isn't an Indian, so what motivates him ? Rcbutcher (talk) 11:32, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
The news media seems to have no idea at all what Bainimarama's religion is. I have read dozens of conflicting reports in the media - some of them quoting members of his family - claiming variously that he is "Methodist" or "Catholic".
The evidence that he was Catholic-educated is pretty clear.
In this Fiji Sun interview, Bainimarama declares, "You must remember I'm a member of the Methodist Church." That appears to settle his present religious affiliation. What remains unclear is whether he formally converted or informally switched his church attendance, and when. <POV> Publicly declaring himself to be Methodist seems curious in view of his repeated attacks on the Methodist hierarchy. </POV> David Cannon (talk) 23:34, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
In the video "Bainimarama speaks out" here, he has said again "I am a member of the Methodist Church". Aridd (talk) 20:52, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
This source (from 2010) also indicates that he's a Methodist. And since he said so himself in 2012, I'm going to edit the article accordingly. Aridd (talk) 14:31, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons says that "Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion". Thus I've removed a section on allegations of threats and intimidation supposedly committed by Bainimarama. I'm less sure what to do about the "Political controversies" section, most of which is unsourced. For now, I'm added ((cn)) tags, but the material which can't be sourced should probably be removed altogether. Aridd (talk) 13:09, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Your article about Fiji's dictator contains a lot of lies. A number of Fiji citizens have said that they tried to update it with facts but you have consistently removed their edits. They even added two reports on Bainimarama, which does not show. One report by the RFMF Board of Inquiry into the involvement of soldiers in the 2000 coup and another report by Col Mara, a compilation of affidavits and statements from soldiers and CRW soldiers who had acted under orders from Bainimarama and Bainimarama then had imprisoned to deflect blame from himself.
therefore, they see no reason why they or their constituents and contacts should be donating any funds to a medium that supports a dictator who has killed his own soldiers, killed citizens and an unborn child by jumping on the back of its mother who Bainimarama himself had forced to lay face down on a cricket pitch.
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Information about place of birth and family origins should be placed higher up, near the top of the article. Details about his parents should be provided. And his primary-school's name is missing.
I don;t have any sources and I appreciate that written reliable sources are not always easy to find for that period in Fiji. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.22.252.68 (talk) 16:27, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
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