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| I'm really interested in the Portuguese language. You can put a watch on my user page and talk page if you want to. :) ] 00:39, 1 October 2007 (UTC) | I'm really interested in the Portuguese language. You can put a watch on my user page and talk page if you want to. :) ] 00:39, 1 October 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| So, it looks like Misplaced Pages is spreading ignorance (in this case, a product of systemic changes by a well-meaning high school student to virtually all country article intros by adding this questionable "officially"), to the extent that some, seemingly more lazy government websites have copied the error whereby the conventional longform is somehow deemed "officially" versus the shortform. Observe; English-speaking ]'s lead reads: <tt>The '''Commonwealth of Australia''' is a ] in the ].</tt> It does not, however, say: <tt>'''Australia''', officially the '''Commonwealth of Australia'''...</tt> Conversely, the article for the ] reads: <tt>The '''United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''' (commonly known as the '''United Kingdom''', the '''U.K.''', or '''Britain''') is a ] to the north-west of ].</tt> Likewise, the article ] (two words) starts out with the three word conevntional longform <tt>'''United States of America'''</tt>, and that's it, no "officially," no nothing. That's as per the three countries with most editors, especially established ones, and thus, country articles where amateurism would be most limited. If we look at ], for example, we see again, the "officially" monolith. What makes India and Australia so different? ] 08:45, 4 November 2007 (UTC) | |||
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Regarding your comment
About medical advice on the Ref Desk. The legality of is is not really the issue, that it is potentially dangerous and against our guidelines (Misplaced Pages:Reference desk/guidelines/Medical advice and Misplaced Pages:Reference desk/guidelines) is much more germane. Rockpocket 02:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
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I wanted to award you a barnstar for making me laugh, but unfortunately it was eaten by a bear. Rockpocket 08:05, 10 September 2007 (UTC) |
I'm really interested in the Portuguese language. You can put a watch on my user page and talk page if you want to. :) learnportuguese 00:39, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
The incompetence of non-English speaking government/s
So, it looks like Misplaced Pages is spreading ignorance (in this case, a product of systemic changes by a well-meaning high school student to virtually all country article intros by adding this questionable "officially"), to the extent that some, seemingly more lazy government websites have copied the error whereby the conventional longform is somehow deemed "officially" versus the shortform. Observe; English-speaking Australia's lead reads: The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the southern hemisphere. It does not, however, say: Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia... Conversely, the article for the United Kingdom reads: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the U.K., or Britain) is a country to the north-west of mainland Europe. Likewise, the article United States (two words) starts out with the three word conevntional longform United States of America, and that's it, no "officially," no nothing. That's as per the three countries with most editors, especially established ones, and thus, country articles where amateurism would be most limited. If we look at India, for example, we see again, the "officially" monolith. What makes India and Australia so different? El_C 08:45, 4 November 2007 (UTC)