Template talk:Politics of the United Kingdom
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Offices
I didn't realize this baby existed. Emsworth, do you think we might add a page that lists offices (rather than departments, and list it here?
Changes
I made several changes for a clearer arrangement; but I have to admit that I was stumped about where to put the Privy Council. It didn't really belong in any of the boxes; but it wasn't really important enough to get its own box. So, on the premise that the bottom box was a catch-all, I put it there. Comments? Doops 02:50, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I have reverted it because I do not see any precendent for
- If you are so particular, then I am sure you would not mind shifting all these series boxes back to the top of the page. I had shifted them all to the bottom of the page, where these would look better. -- Emsworth 02:19, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- And, incidentally, I think that this format is not a very good one. It definitely intrudes into the text: see the example of the first section Lord Chancellor. To have the entire box at the bottom of the page, in the format I had proposed, appears to me to be a more reasonable solution.
I don't follow. Why would the boxes look better at the bottom of the page? If the box is at the bottom the page is extended accomodate the table, creating a large white space to the left of the page (see
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- I think it works best as a vertical pane at the top of the pages, rather than as a tiny horizontal wedge at the bottom.
- I'm happy to edit the couple of dozen pages to move it up, if you want...
- James F. (talk) 13:38, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- We could also remove the Royal Arms, which I do not believe we are supposed to be able to use under such circumstances. -- Emsworth 17:36, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Well, it's in general about HMG and the associated institutions, and so the 'correct' one would be the Royal Arms for some (PC, amongst other things), and the Parliamentary Arms (or whatever they're called - do we have them around?) for others (such as Parliament itself, and all the Departments and so on. Perhaps we could have both, with the two types split slightly?
- James F. (talk) 18:11, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Actually, I meant that we were not allowed to use the Royal Arms, especially when we are not merely showing them to illustrate what the Arms of the Sovereign look like. Perhaps a Union Jack would be better. -- Emsworth 21:04, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- We're not? Why? Is the image copyrighted, and used under Fair Use? If so, we really should see about getting a replacement drawing of it...
- However, I still think that the Parliamentary Arms would be the best single image for the template, though the Union Flag will do for the time being, at least.
- James F. (talk) 21:57, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- I certainly think the portcullis would be better than either the flag or the royal arms. —Ashley Y 09:39, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC)
The Crowned Portcullis
The Crowned Portcullis is the best symbol to use for this template. However, there may be legal issues. From [1]:
- Use of the House emblem, the Crowned Portcullis, is governed by the following statement:
- The principal emblem of the House is the Crowned Portcullis. It is a royal badge and its use by the House has been formally authorised by licence granted by Her Majesty the Queen. The designs and symbols of the House should not be used for purposes to which such authentication is inappropriate, or where there is a risk that their use might wrongly be regarded, or represented, as having the authority of the House.
It's not clear to me if this refers to copyright law (which would apply to a particular image) or to some kind of trademark or heraldic law (which might apply to any representation of the badge). There's more on that page, in any case. —Ashley Y 04:34, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)
Lord Speaker
The "Lord Chancellor" bit (and the connected "Lord Falconer" line) will soon have to be removed/moved, to make way for the new office of Lord Speaker, which will have a newly elected Lord as its incumbant.
David 19:31, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Royal Arms in templates
As detailed by OPSI (previously HMSO) in all copyright notices issued, while the Royal Arms are covered by Crown Copyright, they are not to be considered free use, and can only be used with Fair Use/Dealing rationales. As such, the Royal Arms should never be placed in templates or onto user pages as discussed at
- As a reference, the exact wording of the terms of use for Crown Copyrighted material is as follows (though individual departments may add their own requirements.)
- "The material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. The Crown copyright protected material (other than the Royal Arms and departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Where any of the Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged." GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 19:43, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
- As opposed to the Royal Arms currently featured in the template and explicitly copyrighted by the above statement there are the State Arms: the difference being they are surmounted by a simple St Edward Coronation Crown (commonly called a "Queen's Crown") as opposed the the helmet, lion, crown and surrounding paraphernalia. There is an example on the front cover of EU pattern British Passports (I'm not sure which arms older British Passports use). There used to be readily found examples of both coats of arms on the internet but I'm having trouble locating them today. The only example I can find is http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/crowned-lion.htm (near the bottom). 194.203.110.127 11:06, 10 June 2006 (UTC)]
- I have changed the flag to the state arms as it is used in the British Government stub and on the template for the court system in talk 12:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC)]
- I have changed the flag to the state arms as it is used in the British Government stub and on the template for the court system in
Counsellor of State
Similar to the question as to put the Privy Council, where would you put the Office of Counsellor of State as it has been part of the British constitution since 1937?
Advice, guidelines? (Stephennarmstrong 22:55, 1 February 2007 (UTC))
- Only 14 years later, I'm going to add Counsellor of State to the infobox! I believe that it has actually been part our constitution since before 1937, just in its current form since the Regency Act 1937. FollowTheTortoise (talk) 18:59, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
- I've actually added "Counsellors of State". FollowTheTortoise (talk) 19:06, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown is still in the meeting with the Queen so he could still technically refuse the position - therefore he is not Prime Minister yet. 03swalker 13:11, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia is NOT a crystal Ball. He can still refuse the permission while the meeting is going on 03swalker 13:23, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Lib Dems
Should not the alleged third party have at least a one-link mention? Directly under the Tory Cabinet link?
editrequest
In re The above section about fair use images and the image in this template,
Duplication
In some places, such as Greater London Authority, the UK navbar is used alongside the English navbar. No of course there are articles where both are necessary, but why not include all the UK data into the sub-national navbars (as they shrink down, we can put as much as we want in them) and so we have two-in-one. That way we de facto have the UK bar there as well as the English/Scottish etc. without double the clutter. Similar variations could be done for London etc. should the need arise.- J.Logan`t: 17:01, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 21 March 2014
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Please replace the current version with the following. The main changes are in formatting (primarily to ration the use of bullet-points) while the only substantive changes are the addition of some more election year links and a {{clear}} before the "See also" template. (The <pre> and </pre> tags will need removing.)
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== See also == {{Politics of Europe templates}} [[Category:United Kingdom politics sidebar templates| ]] [[Category:Politics by country sidebar templates|United Kingdom]] [[Category:"Part of a series on" templates]] [[Category:Exclude in print]]
Thank you,
213.246.116.115 (talk) 16:01, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
- Not done: please make your requested changes to the template's sandbox first; see WP:TESTCASES. There is a lot of changes here, and I actually think that changing some of the vertical list points into horizontal list points and mixing the two styles looks very bad. As such, I would be hesitant to make such a change without some discussion and a consensus. — {{U|Technical 13}} (t • e • c) 12:26, 22 March 2014 (UTC)]
- Thanks for your attention. How do I access the template's sandbox? As regards the mixed vertical/horizontal lists, that's because some sections' content is hierarchical, while others isn't. 213.246.116.115 (talk) 09:40, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
- PS I reactivated the request template above – hope that's correct/okay.
- Not done for now: The template's sandbox can be found at WP:TESTCASES. Also, you still need to get a consensus and discuss the change as I'm resistant to make the changes without some discussion. Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} (t • e • c) 15:55, 23 March 2014 (UTC)]
Image size fixes
Apologies for the multiple edits. I was trying to fix the broken image but changes weren't showing up in the preview. Seems to be fixed now! Farleysmaster (talk) 16:06, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Bank of England
I'm not sure how relevant the Bank of England is to politics of the United Kingdom, particuarly to less-expert readers. If nobody has any problems with me removing it, then I'll do so in seven days. FollowTheTortoise (talk) 19:02, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
- Done FollowTheTortoise (talk) 12:28, 12 May 2021 (UTC)