Talk:Dewan Rakyat

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 Dewan Rakyat was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Reviewed version: February 9, 2006
Did You Know An entry from Dewan Rakyat appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 9 February 2006.
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[edit] Failed Good Article

The does not need a separate article. I requested a merge. joturner 22:30, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

I agreed with joturner. --Suryasuharman 04:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I hate to break out the systemic bias argument because it's way overused, IMO, but if the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda or New Zealand House of Representatives get their own articles, why can't the lower house of the Malaysian Parliament? If the argument is that most of the information is already in Parliament of Malaysia, well, in the future this article will need to be broken out again, making this a rather pointless merge, IMO. Johnleemk | Talk 10:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

The idea of separate houses in the real Parliament of Malaysia was obviously derived from the one in Westminster. But the Federal character of this Nation was decided to feature prominently in the Dewan Negara not only to safeguard the interest of the states (negeri-negeri) but also to allow their participation in governing the whole nation (hence the word Negara). Unfortunately that did not happen thanks to long standing one party rule, which also happened to rule the states as well. People just used to this and they suddenly can't quite see the different. From my POV we either dissect the article on Parliament and gave the parts to articles on both houses, or merge articles on both houses into the one on the parliament. Luckily current political climate in Malaysia will not permeate in reality the merge of both houses into one, so I suggest why should not stick to current one. Enrich articles on both houses, while leave the article on the Parliament as a feeder, portal or anything wth the same function. --Tikar aurum (talk) 06:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know...

From the main page "...that the Dewan Rakyat is prohibited from discussing the repeal of certain articles of the Constitution of Malaysia?"

I seriously doubt the validity of this statement. If it's true, then why isnt it in the article? KI 21:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

"Under the Act, all public discussion of repealing certain Articles of the Constitution dealing with Bumiputra privileges such as Article 153 is illegal. This prohibition is extended to all members of both houses of Parliament." It's been there for a while already -- certainly before this made it to DYK. Johnleemk | Talk 10:47, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How is the size of the dewan Rakyat determined?

How the size of the Dewan Rakyat is determined isn't in the article. Someone should include it. --Novelty 08:42, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dewan Rakyat in English

Here the word Representatives is used. Can someone tell me why? Since the Dewan Rakyat was obviously a copy of the British House of Commons I believe the word Commons is more suitable. Commons=Subject=People=Rakyat. And Representatives means Perwakilan in Malaysian --Tikar aurum (talk) 06:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)