Talk:United Kingdom/Archive 1

message: *IMPORTANT - Just want to make it clear what make up Britain and the UK.
**Britain is an island, divided into 3 countries: England, Wales and Scotland.
**The UK is Britain plus Northern Ireland. It does not include Jersey, the Isle of Man or any other territory. These are crown dependencies/colonies of the UK, not part of it. Grunners 04:51, 17 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK / GB / etc confusion 2

message: Found this: http://www.observer.co.uk/readerseditor/story/0,8224,515149,00.html
Another reader, who suspects that some of our contributors are 'either arrogant, ignorant or Celtic agents provocateurs' , pleads that we learn the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and the British Isles. So, here goes (deep breath): the United Kingdom is a contraction of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the official title of the political union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; Great Britain is the geographical name for England, Wales and Scotland, including those adjacent islands governed by the mainland (i.e. excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands_ are you still with me?); the British Isles is a geographical name describing Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Orkney, the Shetland Isles and the Channel Islands; Britain is another name for Great Britain or the United Kingdom.
Phew.
::Actually, Great Britain is just one island - not the adjacent islands as well. PML.
:::Anglesea? Andy Mabbett 14:20, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK / GB / etc confusion 3

message: Will someone add the Scots name on the table in the article United Kingdom, please? --Kaihsu Tai 22:07, 2 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scots language name 

message: "Welsh and Scottish Gaelic have equal status with English in Wales and Scotland respectively (see Languages in the United Kingdom). "
So English is not official... If Welsh and Scottish have equal status with English, that doesn't make it official either. Either it is official or it is not. Why are we listing this here?
Is Welsh and Scottish Gaelic de facto too? Does anyont speak these in the Welsh/Scottish parliaments? --Jiang 02:37, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  languages 

message: I'm sorry - but we do not need to have all those blue boxes at the bottom of this page. A simple link to the larger bodies that the UK is in would be fine, but listing every member is getting silly now - when do we stop - which groups should we list at the bottom of this page? What about members of the UN? Or the WTO? Tompagenet 19:49, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally, I agree. See discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries Matthewmayer 15:36, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Blue boxes

message: I always think that the outstanding thing about the British is the number of inventions that we have brought to the world. What about adding a couple of sentences on this. We could mention Michael Faraday, Frank Whittle, Charles Babbage, Robert Baden-Powell Alexander Fleming, John Logie Baird, William Caxton, Richard Trevithick, Humphry Davy Robert Watson-Watt, John Logie Baird, Henry Bessemer, Tim Berners-Lee. There are even more here.
David Thrale 21:45, 1 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Inventions 

message: ====Europe====
* Keep. Definitely. -- EuroTom 21:09, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Good points - there is large overlap with EU membership box. Support removal instead. -- EuroTom 23:29, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

text: Also persuaded - would like to see in a 'summary box', but not as a seperate footer. -- EuroTom 23:31, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

text: In this case category is probably sufficient. Change to Remove. -- EuroTom 23:33, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

text: I would also support inclusion in a summary box as an alternative. -- EuroTom 23:36, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Votes for Footer Inclusion

message: * Keep. Definitely. -- EuroTom 21:09, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Good points - there is large overlap with EU membership box. Support removal instead. -- EuroTom 23:29, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Europe

message: * Keep. Moderately in favour. -- EuroTom 21:09, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Also persuaded - would like to see in a 'summary box', but not as a seperate footer. -- EuroTom 23:31, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: OECD

message: * Keep. Definitely. -- EuroTom 21:09, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: EU

message: * Keep. Moderately in favour. -- EuroTom 21:09, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: In this case category is probably sufficient. Change to Remove. -- EuroTom 23:33, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Monarchies

message: * Keep. Strong preference. -- EuroTom 21:09, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: NATO

message: * Keep. Moderately in favour. -- EuroTom 21:09, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I would also support inclusion in a summary box as an alternative. -- EuroTom 23:36, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Commonwealth

message: * Keep. Moderately in favour. -- EuroTom 21:09, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Overseas UK territories