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Thank you! I'm testing the for tildes thing now.

CanelaQuill (talk) 03:37, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Ah, you shouldn't copy and paste from the welcome message. You are currently causing nowiki tags around the 4 tildes, which means they aren't actually signing (or at least, I presume that is what is causing it). 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 03:45, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello new editor, I noticed your contribution and you are welcome to Wikipedia!

Please keep your editing helps a lot. Nicedudebro (talk) 03:36, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Much appreciated!~~~~ CanelaQuill (talk) 03:38, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

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Hello CanelaQuill, welcome to Wikipedia. As you have stated you have access to sources in Timor-Leste, would you happen to be aware of any good sources on the early history of Dili, and perhaps also on the Culture of Dili (specifically of the city, rather than Timor-Leste as a whole). These are two topics where I have had difficulty finding detailed sources. Perhaps they don't exist! CMD (talk) 14:28, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

This is a decent book that gives a general overview of the history of TL. It talks a bit about Dili as well as the power dynamics between the capital and other places. https://books.google.tl/books/about/History_of_Timor_Leste.html?id=Ef5evgAACAAJ. If I still have the hard copy at home, I could scan some pages for you to read.

I will look for some other sources and ask my colleagues as well. CanelaQuill (talk) 01:58, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Oh, also, have you looked at https://xgrrlibrary.org/? It is part of the Xanana Gusmão Reading Room, which is the go-to real library in the capital. CanelaQuill (talk) 02:01, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Power dynamics, now that's a very interesting subtopic. If you don't have copies I can inquire at WP:RX if a particular source/chapter is identified. CMD (talk) 09:16, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

I do have the book as it turns out. Not sure how people share things via Wikipedia as I'm a newer contributor. Here's the TOC text, scanned from my phone:

Part 1: Ancient Times

1 Prehistoric Timor  10

2 Major External Contacts before the Portuguese  20

3 Traditional Societies    27

Part 2: The First Contacts with the West

4 The Beginning of Western Influence, 1512-1642  -37

5 The Rise of the Portuguese and Topasses, 1641-1769  45

6 Alliances and Confrontations in Eastern Timo r, 1769-1852   56

Part 3: The Colonization of the Mid-nineteenth Century

7  Colonial Wars of the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century  63

8  The Manufahi Wars, 1895-1912   69

9  Political and Economic Transformations and Final Border Demarcation  77

Part 4: The End of the Colonial Period, 1941-1975

10 World War II and the Japanese Occupation, 1941-1945   88

11 The "Submissive" Alliance between Timorese and Portuguese, 1945-1974  95

12 Political Awakening and Failure of the Decolonization Process, 1974-1975     102

Part 5: From Indonesian Occupation to Independence, 1975-2002

13 The Years of Armed Struggle, 1975-1989     111

14 From Popular Demonstrations to Referendum, 1989-1999  122

15 From Referendum to Independence, 1999-2002     131

Historical Chronology of Timor-Leste    141

Bibliography 179

Additional Sources of Maps and Illustrations 188 CanelaQuill (talk) 22:37, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

I also came across this recent PhD thesis. Although it isn't a peer-reviewed work (afaik), it has similar information and you can easily read it online. It also has an extensive bibliography: https://dspace-prod.anu.edu.au/items/4882cdf3-9793-4d94-868f-ede9945e3cc3/full CanelaQuill (talk) 22:44, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try and get around to these. Generally people share sources via WP:Emailing users. I am planning to ramp up Timor-Leste editing towards the end of the year to get things in place for a Timor-Leste main page on 20 May 2027, to mark the 25th anniversary. I did it recently for Papua New Guinea. The challenge to improve on that is getting a featured article in place. Currently the easiest option is getting special permission to rerun Timor-Leste Defence Force or INTERFET logistics, while more lengthy options would be improving another article. Currently the highest-rated options are Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Timor-Leste, or Dili. CMD (talk) 04:09, 6 March 2026 (UTC)