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The article was kept by User:Marskell 13:18, 13 September 2008 [1].

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council[edit]

Review commentary[edit]

Contacted User:DrKiernan, Wikiprojects Spoken Wikipedia and Politics of the United Kingdom

This article needs more citations, as it has only a few, meaning that large parts of the article are totally unreferenced. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 00:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll see if I can hunt up some references. Might be a little while, since I'm quite busy at the moment. Dr pda (talk) 11:47, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FARC commentary[edit]

Suggested FA criteria concern is referencing (1c). Marskell (talk) 07:40, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Still working on this...slowly. Dr pda (talk) 11:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FYI I will be away, without internet access, for the next week or so, but I'm still working on the referencing. Dr pda (talk) 10:59, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~Remove~~ - Not sure this article would pass a WP:GA review at this point in time, let alone a run at WP:FAC. Cirt (talk) 17:26, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hold, Dr pda says he wants to work on this one. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:32, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Struck out my comment above pending further work and input from Dr pda (talk · contribs) - but I reiterate my stance that at its present state this article is not up to current WP:GA standards. Cirt (talk) 16:10, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've asked Drpda for an update. Marskell (talk) 11:23, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still going with this, have just added another bunch of references tonight in fact. As for how long it will take me to finish, it's hard to say; depends on how easy the remaining facts are to source, and how much time I have available. I'll try to make an push this weekend and see how far I get. Help is of course always welcome :) Dr pda (talk) 13:02, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good work so far Doc. Along with the referencing, I think this needs to be checked over for prose and orthography: capitalization, italics, quotation marks, brackets. I'll try and at least help with this sort of thing. Marskell (talk) 09:20, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am catching up from travel, way behind, but will try to peek at the article in a few more days. Sorry I can't be more help just now. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:02, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I realized reading over the lead that the last three paras really needed their own section as they were in no way a summary of the article. This means building a new lead summary. It need not be too long. Marskell (talk) 11:28, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Thanks, Doc. I've expanded the lead. DrKiernan (talk) 08:02, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the lead DrK. I would still like one more ref flyover from Drpda, specifically for the end of the History and the new Forms of Address section. Also, in the latter section, we have one paragraph italicizing titles and another placing them in quotations. What's proper? Marskell (talk) 13:58, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know. As quotes are used more often, I have switched the italics to quotes but I don't mind either or neither. DrKiernan (talk) 07:59, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, everything's cited now, except for a couple of sentences in the History section relating to Charles I. Anyone is free to try and find a reference, or otherwise rewrite this paragraph. A couple of other refs could be improved; I couldn't find a reliable source stating that Australian Prime Ministers are no longer appointed, or that other Commonwealth Prime Ministers are (only "Commonwealth spokesmen and judges"). It would be nice to have a better ref for the Rt Hon vs PC thing for peers as well. Dr pda (talk) 11:07, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ref 36 suggests Australia severed its ties to the Council in 1986, so I think that safely covers the fact they are no longer appointed. I don't see any of these last points as deal breakers so I'll go ahead and keep this. Marskell (talk) 12:34, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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