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Western Hemisphere

How can it be the oldest legislative body in the Western hemisphere when the House of Commons was formed in C14? Surely, that is ~200yrs older? 86.63.24.72 (talk) 22:51, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See the unsourced comment about "rhetoric" in Western Hemisphere, noting that the sources disagree on the boundary, and that the British source would include England, while the American source does not. This is an American topic, using American sources and terminology. TEDickey (talk) 00:28, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia includes the UK in it's definition of "Western Hemisphere" so I guess that deals with this point nicely.

It still wouldn't be the oldest (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tynwald) in the Western hemisphere. Isle of Man is not part of England & is across the GMT line to the West, so whatever way it is looked at Virginia is not the oldest legislative body in the WH. So why say it is? Just because the subject & text is US-centric doesn't mean facts should be ignored, changed or worked around. The fact is it isn't the oldest in the WH, it may be the oldest in the Americas but that includes more than the US! 86.63.24.72 (talk) 10:04, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"This is an American Topic" does that mean they invented vaccination, the steam engine, and discovered electricity now?. The UK parliament is West of the Greenwich Meridian, i.e. the only definition of "Western Hemisphere" which is based on demonstrable fact. Wikipedia shouldn't be a place where loose use of language is permitted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.16.253.107 (talk) 13:14, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RS is where to start a discussion. Searching on the phrase comes up with lots of hits - on Virginia, such as this [1] - and none on UK that I can find TEDickey (talk) 10:15, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]