Talk:Wales

message: Can a registered user please add to the 'Geography and natural history' section that 'Rocks found in a quarry near to the village Llangynog, Carmarthenshire, in 1977 contain some of the Earth's oldest fossils which date from the Ediacaran period, 564 million years ago, when Wales was part of the micro-continent Avalonia.' or words to that effect. See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68005838
Thanks 2A00:23C2:8B08:E501:EDD1:4289:671B:48B3 (talk) 23:42, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 21 January 2024 

message: Wales is a constituent country of the United Kingdom but it is not a sovereign country. It shares its political and social structure with the other countries of the United Kingdom—England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Wales has its own distinct culture, language, and traditions, and it has a degree of administrative autonomy, including its own parliament known as the Senedd. However, it does not have sovereign status and its international relations and defense are managed by the UK government. 80.194.154.230 (talk) 10:27, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. The article makes it quite clear that Wales is part of the sovereign state of the United Kingdom. Liu1126 (talk) 10:38, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 3 May 2024 

message: Is Wales.com Wales' official website? It was removed in this edit by . Unsure whether it should be considered the "official website" or ignored as mainly a tourism website? DankJae 10:51, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It's marked as © Welsh Government 2024, so I guess it is. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:09, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: @Martinevans123, I mean its obviously operated by Visit Wales, owned by WG, but what constitutes a country's "official website"? Does Wales.com meet that? Likely does, the editor didn't provide reasoning. DankJae 11:12, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The website parameter is meant for international organisations, it's odd to have a website for a country. A website might represent the government perhaps. CMD (talk) 11:14, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

text: If one regards the Welsh Government as the "official government" of Wales, how can there be any other? Looks like Scotland has scotland.org Not sure about England though. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:15, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: But the gov.wales site is the official WG one. Yes, Wales.com is owned by WG, and used by Visit Wales. It was obtained at the same time as Wales.org, which was used for many years for library.wales.org (managed by the National Library, but on behalf of Welsh Government). CyMAL (as was) was behind this, and also managed obtaining wales.com for WG from a private individual. But it seems wales.org was considered surplus to requirements (after all, we now have .wales and .cymru) and allowed to lapse, so that one is now in hands of a private company. Is Wales.com the website of the country? Perhaps. It seems likely that Visit Wales will continue to use it, but is that enough for it to be the country's website? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 11:55, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

text: I apologize for that. I removed the website because it appeared to be a tourism site that was operated by Visit Wales. However I am taking a look at the site again and now i'm not sure. Like there is a also a different dedicated Vistwales.com website so maybe it is Wales official website. Yedaman54 (talk) 01:31, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Website 

message: This sites lock prevents the correction in the intro that falsely states Wales is a country. Wales is not a country by international definition. In order to be a country, a nation needs to be independent, which Wales is not. Wales is a nation and a state. The belief that Wales is a country is derived from mulitple decades of British propaganda and misinformation for manipulative purposes.If truthfulness is the intention of wikipedia then the statement "is a country" should at least be replaced with "Wales is a federal state of the UK in which the UK considers to be a country" Edwiki2005 (talk) 00:29, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your opinion ..... I suggest you review Talk:Countries of the United Kingdom/refs. If there are academic sources currently refuting this please bring them forth. Moxy🍁 01:20, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

text: The UK is not a federation, so that's even more inaccurate. DankJae 11:09, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

text: Your suggested replacement sentence is not grammatically correct, i.e. does not make sense. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:13, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

text: Wales is not a state. It is a country. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 12:56, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The lock on this page protects propaganda that falsely asserts Wales is a country