Talk:List of forms of government

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[edit] sapienocraty

its not a mispelling its correct you write it like this

It is a hoax. Check out the article: Sapienocraty. Example: "if you are fat you do not deserve food" - Tεxτurε 15:23, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Big list notes

I agree with Lowellian. Some invented names were really jokes, with few Google hits at best. Feel free to add new ones but give at least one source where the name is used. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 16:17, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I added the term Particracy a few weeks ago. It's widely used in Belgium and Italy, but not much outside of those 2 countries. Wouter Lievens 09:27, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Other forms of oligarchy

Could the form of government "ruling clique" be added to this page? I wrote a page about the ruling clique system of government. I think it would be useful to set up a link here for it.

Sure, it deserves a note as a subtype of oligarchy. I will add it in. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 09:42, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Sociocracy

I suppose sociocracy deserve a place here. At least in the etymology section (where I added it). But I'm not sufficiently into the subject to categorise it above that, so I didn't add it there. DirkvdM 10:42, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Authoritarianism = Autocracy

They both mean 1 thing rule of a single entity(person, group etc.). Why are they separated.

Answer: Authoritarianism is a subgroup in Autocracy.

[edit] Remove “For Kids and starters” section?

The title of this section is POV, and the contents appear to be inaccurate (capitalism and socialism aren’t forms of government, and the remaining classifications refer to several different aspects of a government). Is there some reason that such a section should exist at all, or should it be removed? —Altales Teriadem (talk) 22:55, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

This is not a simple wiki. If you think simple renaming and/or cleanup will not salvage it, then let's delete it.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 23:55, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anarcho-Capitalism from Anarchism

Next to Anarchism it says "best described as a system that rejects hierarchy" or along the lines. Because of this and the fact that Anarcho-Capitalism sets up an intentional hiearchy between workers and employers/business owners, amongst other thing, it cannot be seriously considered a school of Anarchism, thus I'm removing it.

Anarchy is most accurately described as "without ruler(s)." Arbitrarily designating one end of a trade (i.e., money for labor) as the "ruler" is flawed. 12.47.123.121 20:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Anarcho-Capitalism from Anarchism

I am gona put it back with (disputed) like the articles do.

[edit] Republic

Unknownj removed republic from the list. But that's a form of government isn't it? It is categorized as such and defined as with references to monarchy (a form of government). I'm reinserting it. --C mon 22:30, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Does anyone know where Discussionism comes from????

Does anyone know where Discussionism comes from????

[edit] Media-ocracy?

That sounds like something made up by someone who doesn't like the media. The actual article has nothing of substance (no references,) and has been nominated for deletion as of Nov 2, 2006. I'm going to remove all references to it as a form of government here on Nov 8 if there are no objections. (Since the actual article on "Media-ocracy" will likely be deleted then, anyway.) Ehurtley 01:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stupid

This is kind of stupid, because it generalizes too much. For example, I could have a autocratic-democratic-oligarcic-monarchy (or autodemosolimonarchy). The people elect a noble family (from a set of say, fourteen), who rule unquestioned until one member dies. Then there is another election. What would you classify that under, hmm? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.72.50.20 (talk) 20:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Diarchy

Should diarchy be in this list? --HappyDog 20:11, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gynecocracy

I've added Gynecocracy to the list. It doesn't have enough articles linking to it. If it is merged with Matriarchy (There's an ongoing discussion curently), I'll remove it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Millancad (talk • contribs) 08:57, 18 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Etymology

If -archy means 'leadership' then this list of '-archy's should say 'leadership by...' rather than 'government by'. There is a subtle, but etymologically distinct, difference. Bristoltrolley 11:52, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] contradict tag

If Anarchism should be removed from the list Forms of government, then it certainly must follow that Black should be removed from the List of colors. After all, black is even more clearly precisely the lack of all colors, just as some will argue that Anarchism is the lack of all government. However, just as I don't think that it is helpful to the user of Wikipedia to delete black from the list of colors, I don't think it is helpful to remove Anarchy from the list or template or category Forms of government. It's probably worth noting that it appears that black has been included on the Wikipedia list of colors since its inception over 4 years ago. Also see here [[1]]and here [[2]]for more discussion. Cheers, Doright (talk) 07:10, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Noocracy

Anyone here more in tune with political sciences that would know where noocracy would falls into the list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by IdealisticRealist (talk • contribs) 21:53, 17 April 2008 (UTC)