Talk:Age of majority

message: From the table on this page it is clear that Northern Island, Wales, and England have an age of majority of 18, and Scotland (Scots Law) has one of 21. The map however leads to the confusing conclusion that there is no age of majority in the British Isles. Given that Scotland is governed by a separate, independent legal tradition, the best solution would be to colour Scotland as 16 and the rest of the UK as 18.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.94.133.4 (talk) 08:37, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rendering of map depiction of laws in UK should be updated  

message: Although these are British Isles they are not part of the united Kingdom but are Independent States under the British Sovereign in her capacity (I think - but am not completely certain) as Duke of Normandy.
I regret, I lack the ability to amend the main article but hope someone who reads this willknow how to arrange such an amendment. Tolkny 22:16, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Grouping clarified and ages reduced to 18. I wasn't sure what flag to use for the Crown dependencies, so I left that out. see this edit. 06:01, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK does not include, Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey 

message: This link should be removed. That link refers to the Dutch adult-wiki. As we all know the difference betweent being an adult and having reached the age of majority are very different things.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.171.61.28 (talk) 18:11, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to Dutch version 

message: This image shown in this article seriously conflicts with some data in the "Countries and subdivisions" section.
The examples are as follows:
* The Philippines: age of majority in photo: 21, in data: 18 (supported by source: )
* Argentina: age of majority in photo: 21, in data: 18 (supported by source: )
* United Kingdom: age of majority in photo: not supported, in data: differs from devolved country (supported by source )
* United States: age of majority in photo: 18, in data: differs from state (supported by source )
There might be many more of these but this is what I saw. It would be best to remove the photo completely or create a new photo with more accurate details or include a country's subdivision to provide even more accuracy.
stylus59 (talk) 16:11, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I would add Albania. The age of Majority is 18 .In the photo it is 20 Vargmali (talk) 15:05, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: And please, add the South Sudan. --201.211.229.106 (talk) 04:16, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed this picture from the article. I must add that it is a common error to use a color panel instead of a gradient, but color = quality and gradient = quantity, so such a map should be gradient. But the main problem is that mapping this data is irelevent.JackAttackFR (talk) 23:20, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discrepancies between photo and data 

message: According to article 4 of the translation of the Korean civil act, the age of majority in Korea is 20. http://www.moleg.go.kr/english/korLawEng?pstSeq=52674&rctPstCnt=3&searchCondition=AllButCsfCd&searchKeyword=civil It would be also good to know if it is "Western age" or "Korean age". Probably Western... --Christian140 (talk) 12:57, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: As a citizen of South Korea, I can give you an answer to your question. On the 1st of July, the amended Korean civil act was promulgated. According to article 4 of the amended law, one attains majority upon the completion of nineteen full years of age. (This statement is translated by me, so this is not the exact official translation. I could not find an updated version of the web site above and cannot provide an English source. Please add the address of the site if anyone found it.) In summary, the newly revised age of majority in South Korea is 19, in "Western age". --Tsmlee (talk) 14:12, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  South Korea 

message: The reference link currently provided for China is apparently only valid for Hong Kong, which as far as I know has a different legal system in many respects. The map shows PR China as having no fixed age of majority. Can somebody clarify? Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:05, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The civil law principle states "A citizen aged 18 or over shall be an adult. He shall have full capacity for civil conduct, may independently engage in civil activities and shall be called a person with full capacity for civil conduct.", so, the age of majority is 18. As well, Law of the PRC on Protection of Minors states that "Minors as used in this Law refer to citizens under the age of eighteen." and the constitution states that "All citizens ... who have reached the age of 18 have the right to vote and stand for election, ..., except persons deprived of political rights according to law." --Zhantongz (talk) 21:09, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  China? 

message: Ommitted? Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 22:01, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mozambique 

message: I was curious to see what the age of majority was in the United Kingdom and came here but found it listed under three different age sections. That inconsistency is also true of the United States and I did not check further as to others. I can see how that that might even be technically correct – that it might depend on majority for what purpose, or maybe it varies by state or other division, but then not explaining how it varies and just listing a country in three different places is really quite useless.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:52, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Some countries like the US, Canada, and the UK have political structures that give the individual states/provinces/territories/nations control over civil rights issues like the age of majority.  For the UK the age is 18 except in Gibraltar where it's 17.  The structure in the article reflects this by listing the country with an indented sublist of the regions of the country where that age applies. JMJimmy (talk) 16:12, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some very confusing material here 

message: Dispute was listed as "contradicted by http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/10/09/iran-saudi-arabia-sudan-end-juvenile-death-penalty re bulugh and hodud"  The above article applies the Convention on the Rights of the Child definition of a minor, not the country's own definition.  In addition it discusses it in relation to the Age of criminal responsibility which is not the same as the age of majority.  Added citation for ages, which are based in Shari’a.  JMJimmy (talk) 16:53, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed Accuracy Dispute  

message: Per previous discussions it was left that intentionally creating synth for the purposes of the list is what was best(?).  As such, Colombia does not specifically define an "age of majority", however, constitutional courts have interpreted the law as meaning a minor is age 18 or younger in case Sentencia T-015/94 (Section 3.2 "Therefore, the Charter protects the right of children-on the basis that the child concept is applicable to every human being below 18 years").  note: previous citation was not dealing with age of majority, instead ages related to criminal sexual assault and "youth" rights legislation which included provisions for post secondary students up to the age of 26  JMJimmy (talk) 17:07, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creating Synth 

message: *Colombia will need to be re-checked within 6 months (Jan 2015).  There's reports of the age going from 18 to 16 but has not been made into law as of yet.  JMJimmy (talk) 14:11, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
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message: Currently the overview says 16 for females and 18 for males in Pakistan. However, Youthpolicy states that this is only for marriage age. Other aspects of majority seem to be strictly 18. I think keeping both at 18 is a better representation of the factual situation. effeietsanders 01:33, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pakistan 

message: Why isn’t Alabama, Nebraska, and Mississippi 18 like the other states? NDEdminson (talk) 21:20, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Because states get to pick whatever they like even if it complicates things.–Collinanderson (talk) 23:55, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  USA 

message: The age of majority in Singapore is set at 18, not 21, according to the civil law. 128.194.2.11 (talk) 20:57, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Singapore 

message: This should be updated. Coronaverification (talk) 00:25, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: This is incorrect. The age of capacity in Scotland is 16, the age of majority is 18. See age of Majority (Scotland) Act 1969WikiWonderful (talk) 13:26, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The age of majority is 16 in Scotland. 

message: The map indicates that the ages of majority in Indonesia and Myanmar are 16, but under the "Civil law" section of the page, it says the ages of majority in both of those countries are 15.
--Fladoodle (talk) 21:41, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion 

message: The age of majority in scotland in 18, the age of legal capacity is 16 but this is not synonymous with age of majority. 2A02:C7E:42BB:C900:D5A9:2EF7:6CBA:3425 (talk) 15:22, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age of majority in scotland is not 16 

message: I was evaluating this article and I think it's really well-written. There isn't a bias undertone, I didn't catch any grammatical mistakes, and the visuals and appealing, relevant, and easy to understand. However, as I looked at the sources, I noticed that some of them are outdated. With a few of the sources being from 1993, and similar dates like that, I think it might be helpful to update those sources, if at all possible, to any that might be more up to date incase there is any recent legislation regarding majority of age, or anything similar to that. Overall, it's a well-written article and readers can tell what is going on and what's important. SeeeBeee (talk) 20:03, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add relevant sources 

message: Edit: this was supposed to be published in the age of consent thing. Ignore it.
age of majority in bahrain is marked as 18 but it is 21. 01:50, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bahrain is wrong