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Pls see Talk:Switzerland#Removal of cannabis consumption and mental health data from 2012 Moxy🍁 04:50, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated India for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. JDiala (talk) 08:28, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries/Article attributes should have alt text on the icons in the table so they can be read by screen readers, per WP:ACCIM. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 04:54, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries/Article attributes is a redirect the leads right back to this page. Which page did you mean? Largoplazo (talk) 13:13, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There doesn't appear to be any legislation in Antigua and Barbuda establishing an official national anthem, wether it be Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee or God Save The King. There are no proclamations or laws even mentioning these songs (https://laws.gov.ag/), neither are there any references to the anthem in the Constitution. In case the government laws website was missing information, I also decided to check an official law book which did not appear to have any information on the subject. While the government website does have lyrics to Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee (https://ab.gov.ag/detail_page.php?page=26) there are no references to the song God Save the King anywhere on the website. As there appears to be no standing for God Save The King as having any sort of status in the country, should it be removed from the note on the article? Also, should it be noted that Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee has no legal status as the official anthem and is simply the de facto national anthem similarly to how God Save The King is listed on the anthem note in the United Kingdom article? It should also be noted that the Governor-General is greeted by the tune Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee and not God Save The King at official occasions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjLqI8MzJw4 1:36; this being a video of the Throne Speech). This is also a video of Prince Harry being greeted in Antigua by Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee while the Royal Standard was flying (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIG-T9efXsA 1:30; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfOaIDK4dIQ). CROIX^talk 05:38, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is often an overconflation of "not mentioned in the constitution/laws" and "not being official", things can become official through their use by officials or by other methods. If God Save the King is unsourced it should be removed, but if a government has a webpage saying "this is our official anthem" we shouldn't second-guess them because it doesn't meet some specific meanings of "official". CMD (talk) 09:04, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee is definitely the official anthem by custom, but I do feel that there should at least be a minor note stating that the song has not been adopted by law as the national anthem, as is custom on other country articles with a similar situation. God Save the King being put as the royal anthem on the article appears to have been a mistake though. CROIX^talk 17:37, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would put such a note only if I found it in a high-quality source. Royal anthems in general are I suspect falling out of fashion, and in Commonwealth countries even literal country names (Dominion of Canada, Federation of Malaysia) can simply disappear without an 'official' end point. CMD (talk) 02:22, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 August 25#Culture sidebars part 3 Moxy🍁 17:04, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is going to be a cluster f*#k in the long run. Wondering if we should metion this in our guide - basicly going to have to deal with merged templates by thoses noit fammilar with our goals as a project. Moxy🍁 12:57, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Will have to be careful no navboxes end up in the sidebar position. CMD (talk) 13:39, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My main concern is we're headed down a path of merging all the sidebar templates into the country topics by those not familiar with what we do for country articles..... that is linking main parent articles and not all sub articles in a template to make them accessible. I'm assuming next we'll have the history then foreign affairs then economy etc all merged into one template making it useless.

. It's too bad the opinions of those that actually create the content isn't more valid than random flyby recommendations. I would assume those at the deletion discussion are unaware that we do mobile versions and desktop versions of pages... {{If mobile|[[File:Maple leaf - panoramio - Mario Hains.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Perhaps the most prominent symbol of Canada, the [[maple leaf]] has been a de facto symbol since the 1700s.]] | {{Culture of Canada sidebar}}}}Moxy🍁 19:34, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is an ongoing discussion on the state and quality of the article List of wars involving Pakistan. To editors, please join the discussion at Talk:List of wars involving Pakistan#Why I removed content. KashanAbbas (talk) 09:37, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is an ongoing RfC on adding a EU Member Infoboxs: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_European_Union#RfC_on_EU_Member_Infobox. Moxy🍁 02:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]