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= Queensland Defence Forces =

The Queensland Defence Forces was the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Colony of Queensland between 18??-1901. Queensland Volunteer Force

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On ,  the separation of Queensland occurred, splitting the Colony of Queensland from the Colony of New South Wales

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On 26 January 1788, the First Fleet commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip

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The

Swan River Colony

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= South Australian Military Forces = The South Australian Military Forces was the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Colony of South Australia South Australian Volunteer Military Forces - South Australian Militia

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The

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= Victorian Military Forces =

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The Colony of Victoria

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= Arguments against WPJOBTITLES = G'day, in August of 2021, my attention was drawn to an extremely absurd oddity within Wikipedia.

That oddity was the Policy of WP:JOBTITLES (WPJT).

I will shorten the policy to WPJT for ease of use.

Guide:

= Wikilinks

{} = Article

Let me show you two examples of this policy.


 * Richard Nixon was the president of the United States
 * Richard Nixon was a president of the United States

Lets break it down in my interpretation. In my opinion, WPJT applies to the last example, as it describes a non descript president. However, the first example is specifying a specific title/office. This is because the specific articles changes how the sentence is constructed. With another example this can be explained, for instance:
 * (Richard Nixon) was {the} (president of the United States)
 * (Richard Nixon) was {a} (president) of the (United States)


 * (Scott Morrison) is {the} (prime minister)
 * (Scott Morrison) is {a} (prime minister)

These two make grammatical sense, but one makes more sense in Wikipedia. In my opinion the latter sentence would be right as it describes that he is a prime minister; that is his job. The former, does make sense, however, if the viewer does not know what country you are talking about - its a moot point: that contribution has failed to live up to this encyclopedia's expectations. Let me expand this example:


 * Scott Morrison is the prime minister of Australia
 * Scott Morrison is a prime minister of Australia

Officially, the title of the 'office' of the prime minister (reason for quotations is due to whether the prime minister actually exists (he does exist just legal debate)) is the 'Prime Minister of Australia'. If we expand the preceding linguistic argument then the first would include this official title whereas the latter would not. Additionally there a not multiple prime ministers of Australia inhabiting the Governor-General's favour.

I propose that if is a descript title or office of a single current serving person, or similar historical position, that WPJT change its position to allow capitalisation. If still non descript or refering to multiple positions in the country or world, keep the current system.

= Colony of Western Australia =

Short Titles Act
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