Talk:Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942

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[edit] Capitalisation

As it happens, when referring to one of the British Dominions, capitalisation is necessary because it refers to a particular type of territory, that is, one with the British monarch as head of state but represented by a Governor-General. This is opposed to lower-case dominion, which can refer to any territory. You think they'd just use a different word, but that's the British for you. --bainer (talk) 09:20, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Sounds like a matter that doesn't need to be followed in this context; why does a 'necessary' British usage govern an article that is primarily to do with Australia? Who says it's 'necessary'. It looks odd when the generic has upper case as well as the specific. You don't seem to see the point, and neither do I. Tony 14:23, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

The phrase "dominions" would refer to all the territories of the British monarch. The United Kingdom is a "dominion". Dominion with a capital D refers to certain types of British territories - those that are self-governing, and have a Governor-General. The term has gone out of use, but it is relevant to the context here. Only the capital-D Dominions signed the Balfour Declaration. Only the capital-D Dominions were affected by the Statute of Westminster 1931. The article on Dominion describes this in detail. --bainer (talk) 23:38, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Move Article?

I suggest that this article be moved to Statute of Westminster Adoption Act (Australia). There has (obviously) never been another Statute of Westminster Adoption Act in Australia, but there was a Statute of Westminster Adoption Act in New Zealand, in 1947. Given the proximity of the two dates (and countries), it could be confusing. Thus, the move to the proposed place could separate this article from one on New Zealand's Act (which I will write). I just want to be sure of the nomenclature in Australia, i.e. whether the '1942' is ever considered an essential part of the name. Bastin8 02:36, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

There isn't a formal naming convention about legislation, but the general convention is that the short title of the legislation should be used as the article title. There can certainly be a disambiguation page at Statute of Westminster Adoption Act, and I think this is a specific enough topic that people are likely to know which article is meant. --bainer (talk) 12:26, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

OK. Will create NZ article at Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947. Bastin8 14:58, 4 November 2005 (UTC)