Talk:Fort Siloso

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Hi, Is Fort Siloso really from a Filipino word? I would think it would be from a Malay word, or even Indonesian. Filipino influence on a British colony with Chinese, Malays and Indians would see little Filipino influence in the early 20th century I would think Renelllope 13:07, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 18:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Article contents not focused on its subject

Hi, this is an interesting little article. However it does not focus on Fort Siloso itself, which is the article's topic. Can anyone please help improve this article?
Thanks & regards, DPdH (talk) 16:45, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Confusion

I'm rather confused:

1. In the opening statement above, the Filipino connection to the fort's name is questioned.
In the article's lede, we have: "Siloso comes from the word 'Seloso', a Filipino word meaning "jealous person." But in the 'History' section: "The word 'Siloso' is derived from a Malayan word meaning rock."
I'm inclined to agree with Renelllope. As far as I know, Great Britain, as the colonizer, had very little to do with the Philipines; certainly not enough to influence the choosing of words in Singapore. I would say that the Malayan connection seems more likely.
We need a Filipino or Malayan speaker who might be able to get to the bottom of this conundrum.

2. "The fort was built to defend against sea invasion from the south. However, during World War II the fort's guns were turned 180 degrees inland to defend against the Japanese Army in the west."
From south to west is only 90 degrees (or 270 dgrees if one goes the 'long' way round). 180 degrees would mean that the guns pointed north.
Besides, I always thought that the invading Japanese forces came from the north, down the Malayan peninsula and the guns, facing the wrong way, could not be turned.

RASAM (talk) 21:54, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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