parli and mace distinction the article attempts to distinguish british parliamentary and mace formats on the premise that the british schools' mace competitions follows a different format which i believe it does the article goes on to outline a mace format which is identical to the british parliamentary or world universities debating championship format this is accurate too as i understand it mace is not one unified format more a unified style practised over a few formats for example the john smith memorial mace competition run by the english speaking union who are also the organisers of the school competition mentioned is conducted in british parliamentary format which is described under the mace sub section if there are no changes and no objections when next i return i will remedy though that may not be soon