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The article as it stands is misleading and opinionated as well as being inadequate. A total rewrite would seem to be the only possible remedy. [[User:Nick Gardner|Nick Gardner]] 12:44, 24 August 2009 (UTC) | The article as it stands is misleading and opinionated as well as being inadequate. A total rewrite would seem to be the only possible remedy. [[User:Nick Gardner|Nick Gardner]] 12:44, 24 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
: yes. [[User:Sandy Harris|Sandy Harris]] 03:46, 6 May 2012 (UTC) | |||
== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
Revision as of 21:46, 5 May 2012
The bibliography was prepared by RJensen for Wikipedia Richard Jensen 22:15, 3 September 2007 (CDT)
Maps
I switched it the section to a gallery format to help the visibility some - it does make them smaller, but there is less whitespace. These could always go on a gallery subpage too. Feel free to revert. --Todd Coles 08:58, 4 September 2007 (CDT)
- I'll put the maps in proper place when the main text gets written--I hope this week. Richard Jensen 12:43, 4 September 2007 (CDT)
Rewrite needed?
The article as it stands is misleading and opinionated as well as being inadequate. A total rewrite would seem to be the only possible remedy. Nick Gardner 12:44, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
- yes. Sandy Harris 03:46, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Definition
"independence was granted to the dominions of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in the 1920s"?
In what sense, if any, is this true? Politically, it seems to have been understood that dominion status was in fact independence, subject to a few anomalies. Thus the dominions made separate declarations of war in 1914. Legally, there was no difference between a colony and a dominion until the Statute of Westminster 1931. Peter Jackson 09:50, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
- What I was taught in a Canadian high school history class was that the Statute of Westminster marked the end of our colonial status. In WW I, there were Canadian regiments under British generals, but no Canadian generals or divisions; we were a colony contributing to the defense of the Empire. In WW II, there was at least one Canadian general (McNaughton) and separate Canadian divisions. We were an ally. Sandy Harris 03:41, 6 May 2012 (UTC)