Talk:Commonwealth realm/Archive 7

message: Proclamation Declaring that the Colony of New Zealand shall be called and known by the title of the Dominion of New Zealand.
London, September 9, 1907.
(Source: The London Gazette, Numb. 28058., p.6149, Tuesday, September 10, 1907)
By the KING.
A PROCLAMATION
Declaring that the Colony of New Zealand shall be called and known by the title of the Dominion of New Zealand.
EDWARD R.& I.
Whereas We have on the Petition of the Members of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of Our Colony of New Zealand determined that the title of Dominion of New Zealand shall be substituted for that of the Colony of New Zealand as the designation of the said Colony, We have therefore by and with the advice of Our Privy Council thought fit to issue this Our Royal Proclamation and We do ordain, declare and command that on and after the twenty-sixth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the said Colony of New Zealand and the territory belonging thereto shall be called and known by the title of the Dominion of New Zealand. And We hereby give Our Commands to all Public Departments accordingly.
Given at Our Court at Buckingham Place, this ninth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and in the seventh year of Our Regin.
GOD save the KING.
ArmchairVexillologistDon 05:05, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Proclamation of the Dominion of New Zealand was never repealed

message: Normally I wouldn't feel the need to justify a fairly minor reworking of two sentences, but given the heat this article has generated to date... 
I felt the original bald statement "A referendum held in 1999 was defeated" was rather misleading, even allowing for the qualification that "republicans felt...". In context, the sentence implied (to me) that the proposal was for a republic, which is was not. It was a proposal for a particular model of republic. The misinterpretation was not greatly relieved by the "clarification" so I reworked the section accordingly.FrankDynan 16:37, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Australian Referendum

message: The large picture of the queen at the top of the article I belive is not a fair impression of her, due to the unfortunate exression she was wearing when it was taking. To make it fairer I ask someone replace it with a better looking picture? Tom walker 19:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queen Picture 

message: Quite a lot of mixed up information, with countries listed as having ceremonial presidents when they have executive ones (like Kenya) and vice versa, like Malta. Most African countries adopted presidential systems of government when they became republics, although some, like South Africa, Nigeria and Uganda, initially did have ceremonial presidents.  
The flag of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) changed to the existing design twenty years before it became a republic, while using the colonial ensign for Trinidad and Tobago is just silly -  that was replaced by the existing design at independence.Quiensabe 20:51, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former Commonwealth Realms  

message: TharkunColl, while I have nothing against your removal of "kingdoms", I don't agree that "official citations" are needed to keep the term. According to Merriam-Webster, a kingdom is "a politically organized community or major territorial unit having a monarchical form of government headed by a king or queen". That applies to them all, and applying a dictionary definition is hardly original research. -- Jao 12:30, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kingdoms 

message: I thought that table should not be listed alphabetically, but by the order of precedence implied in this statement from the page on Queen Elizabeth II
Traditionally, Elizabeth II's titles as Queen Regnant are listed by the order in which the remaining original Realms first became Dominions of the Crown: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (original dominion), Canada (1867), Australia (1901), and New Zealand (1907); followed by the order in which the former Crown colony became an independent Realm: Jamaica (1962), Barbados (1966), the Bahamas (1973), Grenada (1974), Papua New Guinea (1975), the Solomon Islands (1978), Tuvalu (1978), Saint Lucia (1979), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979), Antigua and Barbuda (1981), Belize (1981), and Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983).
Do please leave your thoughts on this. If no-one raises a serious objection in the next week or two, I'll change it accordingly. Cheers Nudge67 21:12, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems fine as it is & actually a person could see it chronologically via the DATE by clicking on the >< symbol beside it in the boxed frame it's in. That-Vela-Fella 11:34, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

text: I'll make a note of it above it then for others who may not be aware of it also. That-Vela-Fella 01:53, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current Commonwealth Realms 

message: And still retain the Queen as its head of state? TharkunColl 23:17, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting concept, but it's not outside the realm of being impossible. Although it just seems very improbable due to the connections any of them currently have from a historically, culturally, etc. stand. The advantages of staying in also outweigh those of going out. That-Vela-Fella 06:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

text: I suppose the Pope could also excommunicate himself.  Jonathan David Makepeace 17:41, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Could a Commonwealth Realm leave the Commonwealth