Talk:Self-denying Ordinance

A little confusing...
"A second Self-denying Ordinance was agreed to on April 3, 1645, whereby all the persons concerned were to resign, but without prejudice to their reappointment."

Does anyone else feel that this is a little confusing? Maybe I'm being a little dense but I wouldn't consider myself a stupid person and as Wikipedia is for all surely there are going to be other people confused by this..

Help! I have no idea what is meant by this line. Timbokid (talk) 19:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Where's the definition?
I, a non-lawyer, came here looking to be enlightened as to what a self-denying ordinance was - only to be given an example of one with no definition  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MacBoyUK (talk • contribs) 18:24, 21 June 2010 MacBoyUK (talk) 18:27, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: moved. ErikHaugen (talk &#124; contribs) 15:21, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Self-denying Ordinance → Self-denying ordinance –

Per WP:MOSCAPS ("Wikipedia avoids unnecessary capitalization") and WP:TITLE. The term is used generically in this article: it's a common term, not a propriety or commercial term, so the title and the item within the article should be downcased. The sources are mixed, but where caps are used, mostly the D is capped too: Self-Denying Ordinance. It shows that usage is mixed, so I believe it's appropriate to go with sources that do downcase, as WP is used to doing. Most tellingly, usage is mixed even within the article text, with all downcased in at least one instance. Tony  (talk)  15:17, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * REname to Self-Denying Ordinance. This is a proper name for a legistative act.  The article needs to be split with the French material being moved to a separate article.  Peterkingiron (talk) 14:30, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Mild Support. If it's about a (small) class of self-denying ordinances, it should be lowercase. If it's split into separate articles about each act, they would be each capitalized, although the current cap variation "Self-denying Ordinance" appears to be more common in the first couple of pages of Google Books results when talking about a specific act. But either way the lede(s) should be reworked. -- JHunterJ (talk) 10:51, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Support, per generic sense logic. The "S-d O" capitalisation would seem preferred for, at least, (the?) British ordinance, but having the generic sense lower case would distinguish and better serve comprehension. ENeville (talk) 14:43, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
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