Talk:Wales

The issue whether Wales is a country or not has been repeatedly raised. The result of all these debates is that Wales is indeed a country. This has been confirmed in formal mediation. The discussion is summarised in this archive here. Further information on the countries within the UK can be found at Countries of the United Kingdom, and a table reliable sources can be found at Talk:Countries of the United Kingdom/refs.

== Welsh Motto == year whatever what im asking is when did whales join the uk?

A Welsh friend of mine says the English translation of the motto is 'Long Live Wales', instead of 'Wales Forever'. Shall we edit that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.19.85.162 (talk) 17:18, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

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Edit request from Mulberry212, 25 August 2011

Information about the Presiding Officer still reads Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas when it should read Rosemary Butler of Welsh Labour. Thanks!

Mulberry212 (talk) 15:43, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

actioned --Snowded ^TALK 15:54, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Tabulabells, 13 September 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} In the 'dance' section of the 'Wales' page I suggest that the sentence "while the country's traditional dance lie in folk dancing and clog dancing" be changed to "while the country's traditional dance lie in folk dancing, Morris dancing and clog dancing"

And a link be added to the 'Nantgarw tradition' page through the added words 'Morris dancing'.

Thank you. Tabulabells (talk) 11:47, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Most references to morris dancing that I can find - including our article - refer to it as an English tradition. Clearly morris dancing teams are established in Wales, but I'm not convinced it should be added as a Welsh dance tradition. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:25, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Ah - OK, maybe. I'm still not sure it's worthy of mention in this article - other opinions would be useful. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:34, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Our friend may have a point. The Encyclopaedia of Wales does brush with this fact. In their section on dance it mentions two notable importance sources that helped revive traditional dance in Wales. Those being the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod and the recalling of the Nantgarw dances by Catherine Margaretta Thomas. That is as big a call as the tradition gets in the book and the 'M' word is not mentioned. Now we are trying to keep the main article tight and not overflowing with minutia, but it does have a foothold here. The original dance section in the Wales article was penned by myself, and I have little knowledge of the subject apart from what a few books in the house, but it may be worth someone with a better understanding of the subject (hint,hint) to create a Dance of Wales article to tag underneath as a 'see also' to allow the topic to flourish there? FruitMonkey (talk) 16:55, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

I'm no expert, but I do dabble in a spot or (Welsh) folk dancing. I think 'Nantgarw' is a name of a well known dance 'routine' in the Welsh folkdancing tradition, in tribute to the Nantgarw Dance Fair, and there's a well know dance group called Dawnswyr Nantgarw. There may be a Morris Dancing group who perform a dance they call the Nantgraw dance, but I imagine it's not that well known and we need to be carefull we do'nt mix the two up. Llok like self-promotion to me.--Rhyswynne (talk) 09:37, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Talk:List of countries that border only one other country

There is a discussion at the above talk page in which some contributors have expressed the view that Scotland and Wales should be excluded because they are not "independent sovereign states". Any views one way or the other? --TraceyR (talk) 19:42, 19 September 2011 (UTC)