Template talk:GB legislation

The form this template takes is highly unsatisfactory. The sections on "notable Acts" will become either inordinately long (they arguably already are) or a POV selection. The chances are that all or the overwhelming majority of the public Acts are notable, because the body of literature on them is enormous. I cannot endorse the use of this template in its present form.

It is also not clear to me why we want to exclude legislation from the other Parliaments that appeared in Template:UK legislation. James500 (talk) 09:36, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

I have removed the section on "notable Acts". I think this is an improvement for the reasons given above, and also on grounds that Wikipedia should not contain self-references (in this case to WP:N) because they are WP:CIRCULAR. James500 (talk) 11:34, 17 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I'd like to challenge the summary of your edit, "Not practical for a navigation template". I was pleased with this as it was, though I was thinking it might be better if automatically collapsed. If practicality is the test, then the main issue is to prevent large navigation templates from being intrusive. Cf the template below; such large templates are the rule in the area of education.


 * I find it easier to agree with your comments above about notability, which (as you say) is the wrong test. However, I see no harm in linking significant Acts of Parliament, that is surely a real help to navigation.


 * With regard to "why we want to exclude legislation from the other Parliaments that appeared in Template:UK legislation", Great Britain is distinct from the United Kingdom, and its parliaments are not UK parliaments. Navigation templates which cover all combinations of countries in the history of the British Isles will not be appropriate everywhere - for instance, in many Irish contexts; and yet the whole of Ireland was part of the UK for well over half of its history. Moonraker (talk) 03:58, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

I have striken certain remarks above. I'm not sure what criteria a list of the most significant Acts would employ. You might be better off with a series of templates for Acts that relate to specific subjects. James500 (talk) 09:46, 18 December 2013 (UTC)