Talk:List of anthems by country

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[edit] Archive and article rename

I noted that User:Gary King has renamed the article and archived the past discussion, but firstly) why was the article renamed? Surely something that important must have been floated on the talk page first? (I see now that there is discussion as to the whys, hows, and wherefores on your talk page, but are people going to think to look there? The reasoning seems sound and there are links to each other's page, so I approve. Secondly, where is the archive? I see the (old) comments page was removed in the rename with an "archived" note, but I don't see a link to the archive! --Canuckguy (talk) 01:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I've added it under the talk header now :) Cheers! Gary King (talk) 04:21, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What goes where?

Deciding what entities go on a list of countries and what doesn't is always a divisive and highly charged decision on Wikipedia (as elsewhere), I'm wondering what criterion is used here. For example, Republic of Somaliland was recently added to this list, but Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is in the List of anthems. My suggestion is to use the List of countries for anthems that appear on this list (except for the "non state countries", that is use just those that appear in bold and bold italic), and all other anthems appear on the other list. (Incidentally, both the Republic of Somaliland and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus appear in the List of countries.) --Canuckguy (talk) 19:10, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good Gary King (talk) 19:25, 4 May 2008 (UTC)