Talk:Territories and Nations yet to send teams to the Commonwealth Games

Lord Howe Island doesn't belong on this page as it's not a separate territory. It's an integral part of New South Wales. JAJ 20:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Additionally:


 * Jethou and Lihou are not separate territories within the Bailiwick of Guernsey (unlike Alderney)
 * There's no evidence that Paternoster Islands is a separate jurisdiction within the Bailiwick of Jersey
 * Does Lundy count as a territory? JAJ 20:24, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

South Georgia entry in main body of page
South Georgia belongs in the main body of the page for a number of reasons:
 * (a) this is a speculative article
 * (b) removal to the second half has been suggested because South Georgia does not have a citizenship; this is a spurious arguement. A number of the territories which are in the main body of the article do not have separate citizenships (i.e. Nevis) and indeed a number of teams currently competing in the Commonwealth Games come from countries which do not have separate citizenships (i.e. Wales, Norfolk Island etc.)
 * (c) there has been genuine interest in participants taking part and representing South Georgia. The rules of the Commonwealth Games Federation state that you either have to be born in that country or territory, or your parents were born there, or you have lived there for 6 years.  There are people on South Georgia who have lived there for more than 6 years, and according to the Commonwealth Games Federation have the right to represent South Georgia (if or when South Georgia affiliates to the Commonwealth Games Federation).  There is nothing in the constitution of the Commonwealth Games Federation which would preclude a team from South Georgia taking part.
 * (d) there is more chance of a team from South Georgia taking part, then one from Herm, Alderney or Pitcairn Islands - yet I don't see a plea for those territories to be excluded from the main article Rhyddfrydol 00:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Original Research
I've redirected to the main Commonwealth Games page. It is quite obvious that the territories listed here will never send a team to the Commonwealth, as most are either not members of the Commonwealth, part of another territory that competes, or territories with no native populations. The rest is obvious original research. Astrotrain 20:41, 21 August 2006 (UTC)