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Non-notable. What does this society do? Does it have events, members? What is it?--Couter-revolutionary 22:37, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How childish of youRepublicUK 20:04, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's not being childish. I am wondering if it does anything? Does it? You ought know...--Couter-revolutionary 20:15, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is a campaign for an elected head of state.RepublicUK 20:20, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes and I'm head of the "Campaign to Make Counter-Revolutionary Wikipedia Head of State", is my organisation notable. Clearly not. What makes this one notable. --Couter-revolutionary 20:22, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It has been mentioned in the media several times, It has been mentioned in the British parliament several times and has many notable supporters.RepublicUK 20:28, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

At the end of the day it is, of course, up to the given Admin. to take the decision, I have, however, seen articles fulfill those requirements be deleted.--Couter-revolutionary 20:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ack! NOPE - the Wiki community decides. Yikes. 50.111.31.194 (talk) 15:15, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What is far from notable is just what the Royals do FOR society? Apart from opening a some (cheaply-built) public building - what is their role? (P.S: Does their home meet the Decent Palace Standard?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.147.153.126 (talk) 16:28, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Serious article

This is a topic of very significant consequence. People are advocating the replacement of the British monarchy with a republic, talk that would have gotten them spedily into prison in the nineteenth century and much of the twentieth century. The issue of republic versus monarchy is one that stocked the conservative ancien regime reaction against liberalism in Britain and on the European continent throughout the nineteenth century. It is rather remarkable that editors are hurling charges such as sock puppet. This organization is a bona fide organization with dozens of supporters among political and cultural figures in British society. The BBC had given reference to it in a series of articles in 2003. Dogru144 17:50, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Farcical, oxymoronic title

This makes no sense: a republic that is linked with the United Kingdom. Dogru144 00:03, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New, non-POV title

The very title (Unted Kingdom) as part of the article name, Republic (United Kingdom) is biased by its very nomenclature toward the monarchy, the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom is a state. It is not a culture or people. Great Britain is the land over which it governs. Great Britain is the place. British is the appelation for the people. No one, not even the most stalwart monarchists use the adjective United Kingdom for themselves. Both Republic (United Kingdom) and Republic (Great Britain) are inappropriate. There is no organization associated in name with either place. Furthermore, nowhere in the homepage for the organization are either phrase uttered.

If anything, one can scroll to the bottom and see the note that the organization is "Republic is a democratic organisation." Dogru144 00:28, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a nation, Republic the campaign is based in the UK. You are clearly out of your mind if you think that an organisation can't exist in a country with a different style of government than they would prefer.RepublicUK 14:55, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that depends on the country.99.152.117.108 (talk) 17:10, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not a nation; a state

Look up nation; study national identity and other factors of nation-ness; by contrast, look up state. Indeed, see what the former article says re the UK and state.

The UK a nation? Try telling that to many Scots. Clearly, you have no expertise on the subject if you are calling the political entity a state. Keep them separate.

Again, did they make any mention of the kingdom as their place of being? No.

Desist from personal attacks. Dogru144 22:16, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you saying we should be mindful that North America should be called the USB - the United States of Being? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.147.153.126 (talk) 16:47, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The petition

The number 3000 is presented in the article as being something rather significant, yet it sounds on the whole rather small for a large-scale petition (there were more people in my (much smaller, mind) home town opposed to the introduction of a particular shopping mart). Is this number on-par for such petitions in the UK? -Senori 04:39, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

House of Lords

"However, under the Human Rights Act 1998, the Law Lords have held that although the Treason Felony Act remains on the statute books, it was incompatible with the Human Rights Act." This seems to exactly the opposite of what the House of Lords in fact said, which was that they refused to send the case back to the high court for a declaration that the ban breached human rights law.[1] Instead they said that there was no prospect of anybody being prosecuted for advocating moving to a republic by peaceful means; nobody had been prosecuted for over 100 years; nobody had avoided advocating republicanism as a result of the Act; and the Guardian had wasted time and money by even bringing the case in the first place. --Rumping (talk) 14:30, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Republic UK.PNG

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Supporters

I see Paul Merton is listed as a supporter here, but Republic UK do not list him as a supporter. Is there any evidence that he has specifically lent his support to this particular organisation (as opposed to republicanism in general, his support for which indeed I cannot find evidence on the internet)? (92.8.34.21 (talk) 15:33, 19 July 2009 (UTC))[reply]

History needs sources

I will delete the history section if good sources cannot be provided for all the information in there. Cheers SaintDaveUK (talk) 13:22, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It has been months and nobody has provided sources for the History section. As such, I have deleted it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SaintDaveUK (talk • contribs) 16:43, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:Bevo74 has posted a citation for the first paragraph regarding the formation of Republic. The others (which remain deleted) still need citation if they are to be included in the article. Cheerss SaintDaveUK (talk) 18:23, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Category merge proposal

Please see my proposal at WP:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_May_2#English_republicans AusLondonder (talk) 15:13, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Carmilla: Not Our Queen! ==

Does not Republic have a section on the underhanded way the powers-that-be changed the title 'Queen Consort' to the 'Queen'? Has Republic any opinion as to why nearly all British media outlets supported this dodgy change - without question or presenting any convincing historic background? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.69.169.42 (talk) 18:42, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Given that none of the standard Royal cheerleaders seem interested in answering this question, when might not a section about it be useful? Then again, perhaps BBC presenters (such as Jenny Bond) might stop banging on about the wonders of the Royal Coach and talk about issues of interest to many people - such as the cut backs in local bus services or the impact of the closing of ticket offices at railway stations?