Talk:Diplomatic rank

message: What about pussy? I heard this was a rank somewhere. --Sobolewski 21:00, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Proconsul

message: How did it appear? Is it used now? What does it mean? Can an ambassador be either extraordinary or plenipotentiary only? Samnikal 03:24, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaning of "Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary"? 

message: Is there any reason that the modern explanation of rank should not be at the top, with the historical ones relegated below? I know many references are to the historical versions, but the article should be about the most current explanation of the term.
Sarcasmboy 12:12, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ordering of Sections

message: The United States does. The United States do not do.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.167.130.245 (talk) 18:08, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Grammar Convention

message: The Holy See appoints Nuncios where the British Commonwealth countries appoint High Commissioners and everybody else appoints Ambassadors. Shouldn't this fact be mentioned in the article? I don't find the word nuncio anywhere in it. Tom129.93.17.195 (talk) 01:18, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Nuncio

message: The third-to-last bullet under "Diplomatic_rank#Special_envoys" starts out by saying The Secretary-General of the United Nations personally mandates special envoys for a particular field, including:and then there are 5 sub-bullets under that, listing various UN positions, and the last one of those isUnited Nations Special Envoy for Refugees
However, now I am wondering if that (that last sub-bullet entry) is old (obsolete) information. I have recently seen the phrase "Special Envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees" ...which suggests that, either 
# The "United Nations Special Envoy for Refugees" is different from the "Special Envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees" -- which only makes sense if one's goal were to make it pointlessly difficult to figure out this stuff; or else, (more likely),  that 
# the position [formerly] called the "United Nations Special Envoy for Refugees" -- (and which used to be "personally mandated" by the Secretary-General of the United Nations) -- has changed, and is now called the "Special Envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees" ... which sounds like it means that the title is NOT for a "Special Envoy of the Secretary-General" ("personally mandated by the Secretary-General") ... but instead, is for a position that is mandated by or "via" someone else ("someone else" being the "UN High Commissioner for Refugees"). 
But, if "2." is true, then that last sub-bullet is wrong (/slash "misleading"), because being mandated "by" or "via" some other person is different -- (isn't it?) -- from being mandated "personally" by the Secretary-General. 
((Source: this specific version (the "15:01, 9 August 2016‎" version) (last edited by 49.224.239.186 (talk)) of the article ["Diplomatic_rank"].)) 
Any comments?  
--Mike Schwartz (talk) 21:32, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Has this [position] changed? or what?  

message: Blymey.  This article starts and continues to confuse dopes like me.  HELP!Longinus876 (talk) 13:21, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accredited? 

message: Just added two of these for Australia. The new Prime Minister has created two "special envoys" positions. Ive added links to media reporting this. Timeoin (talk) 05:54, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australia