User talk:StrangeBanana
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Hello, I'm Doug Weller. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Honour, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 20:28, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
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[edit]Since it seems like you're new here, you should be made aware of WP:BRD, WP:EDITWAR, and WP:3RR. ₪ MIESIANIACAL 04:23, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- Ok, I suppose it was somewhat belligerent. If you want to keep the edit, I won't change it back. StrangeBanana (talk) 13:03, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- I've thought about "The role is a Queen-in-Council appointment, made by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister." However, I'm hesitant to implement that as it might be confusing. Indeed, having "a Queen-in-Council" appointment in the lede and "the Defence Act states the CDS is appointed by the Governor-in-Council" in the body would also be confusing. I undertand Governor-in-Council and Queen-in-Council are effectively the same thing, since the governor is the monarch's stand-in. However, if both terms are used in one article, the meanings would have to be explained and I wonder: is an article on the chief of the Defence Staff the place to get into that? --₪ MIESIANIACAL 17:31, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- True. I suppose what would be more useful is if the 'King-in-Council' article were itself explicit in describing the fact that the offices perform the same function, rather than just describing the same technical processes (as it does now). And then we can keep 'Governor-in-Council' in this one, with the link. StrangeBanana (talk) 20:15, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- How about "it is a Crown-in-Council appointment, made by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister"?
- The wording of King-in-Council#The Commonwealth does seem a bit of a mess. --₪ MIESIANIACAL 23:22, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- That sounds reasonable. The other article's wording may have to be revised slightly anyway, but that's another matter. StrangeBanana (talk) 23:33, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- True. I suppose what would be more useful is if the 'King-in-Council' article were itself explicit in describing the fact that the offices perform the same function, rather than just describing the same technical processes (as it does now). And then we can keep 'Governor-in-Council' in this one, with the link. StrangeBanana (talk) 20:15, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- I've thought about "The role is a Queen-in-Council appointment, made by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister." However, I'm hesitant to implement that as it might be confusing. Indeed, having "a Queen-in-Council" appointment in the lede and "the Defence Act states the CDS is appointed by the Governor-in-Council" in the body would also be confusing. I undertand Governor-in-Council and Queen-in-Council are effectively the same thing, since the governor is the monarch's stand-in. However, if both terms are used in one article, the meanings would have to be explained and I wonder: is an article on the chief of the Defence Staff the place to get into that? --₪ MIESIANIACAL 17:31, 26 July 2022 (UTC)