Talk:Postal Order

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This the correct spelling, with a capital O. See talk page of 'Postal order'

I intend to revert this page and make 'Postal order' the redirector.

Lincolnshire Poacher 16:57, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

This should be merged with Postal Orders of Great Britain. - (Aidan Work 10:20, 30 December 2005 (UTC))

It appears from the article that postal orders are not exclusive to Great Britain. Hu 06:13, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Postal Orders are used outside of Great Britain, so these topics should not be merged, although this topic could be expanded on. Gnj 16:41, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't see why the information in the Postal Orders of Great Britain article shouldn't be integrated into the general Postal Orders article, which to me should take precedence. The Postal Orders of GB are not so unique as to get their own article, but are merely a subcategory of Postal Orders. Their status as the "original" postal orders can surely be sufficiently addressed in the history of postal orders.

I think it's also worth mentioning that this topic could also be better linked to Money Order Cpastern 17:19, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

I disagree with the merge suggestion. The Postal Orders article is about Postal Orders in general but the Postal Orders of Great Britain is specific to that country and if expanded can be a great article in its own right just like the Postal Orders of Ireland already is. It would a waste of time to merge and then have to de-merge later. If the merge should take place then the logic is that you should also merge the Postal Orders of Ireland into the general article too. I don't think there is any viability in that. ww2censor 14:23, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Language

I think "sketchy" is too casual a word for this entry. I would suggest changing it to "inconclusive" if that is what is actually meant by that sentence. (Kirsten 17:20, 6 June 2007)