Template talk:Infobox vice-regal

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[edit] Crest/shield images

What is the logic behind the current set up of the template? As far as I know, Canada is the only Commonwealth realm where the Governor(-)General has a distinctive crest. It makes sense to display the emblems featured on the flags of Lt Governors of Canadian provinces, which include the shield of the provincial arms, but the emblems are not simply the shield. Even if "shield" is a fair description in this case, it shouldn't be applied in other situations, such as Australian states. The emblem displayed at Governors of New South Wales doesn't even include the shield from the arms, but is a crown over the state badge. I am not even aware that this emblem is used apart from in the flag - perhaps using the flag would be better, but in any case, the infobox should not insist on a "shield" just because the Canadian emblems include them. JPD (talk) 10:57, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Style

I have removed "The Right Honourable" from the Australian style, in line with comments left at Talk:Governor-General of Australia. While I can see the attraction of automatically generating the style based on the status of the realm/state/etc., the fact that we have to go to the level of country by country cases does sort of defeat the point of a template. Why not leave the style field to be filled in by the editors of each article? JPD (talk) 10:39, 28 November 2007 (UTC)