Talk:United Kingdom

Word correction

On the section “Culture” and then “Literature” correct Scottush literature (Scottish) 2.86.220.209 (talk) 13:06, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Template:Done thanks! ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 13:08, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 July 2025

Template:Edit extended-protected In the last sentence of the first paragraph, "The cities of Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast are the national capitals of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland." should have the word "respectively" at the end. The sentence should be changed to, "The cities of Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast are the national capitals of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively." DanyMations (talk) 21:11, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Template:Done LizardJr8 (talk) 22:08, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 July 2025

Template:Edit extended-protected The UK's manufacturing sector in 2023 was the world's 11th largest and the 4th largest in Europe.[298] Due to a period of high domestic inflation caused by covid (should be COVID-19), high energy prices and supply chain shocks, the UK imported and exported less physical goods in 2023 than in 2018.[299][300] At the end of 2024 manufacturing in the United Kingdom accounted for 8 per cent of the workforce and 8.6 per cent of national economic output.[301] As reported in 2017 the East Midlands and West Midlands (at 12.6 and 11.8 per cent respectively) were the regions with the highest proportion of employees in manufacturing. London's manufacturing sector had the lowest at 2.8 per cent.[302] 2A0A:EF40:E7C:9401:619D:32C4:1462:320E (talk) 22:02, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Template:Done Day Creature (talk) 22:25, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain has two official languages not one

This article is wrong, there are two official languages in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, English and Welsh, all legislation must by law be produced in Welsh and all courts in England and Wales must be able to hold hearings in Welsh. 2A02:C7C:BDE6:9300:2172:390D:455:8C24 (talk) 21:13, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Welsh is not used in Scotland and Northern Ireland, so it's not on equal footing with English. GoodDay (talk) 22:16, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Neither Scottish or Irish Gaelic have a native speaking population, those 2 languages have become extinct. Welsh does have a native speaking population where Welsh is the first language, and is a living language. Therefore, Welsh is on an equal footing with English and is, I repeat is, one of two official languages in the UK. The authority in your response needs to be reviewed. 2A02:C7C:BDE6:9300:2172:390D:455:8C24 (talk) 23:19, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

"The Welsh language has official status in Wales",[1] not the in the United Kingdom. This article is about the United Kingdom. DeCausa (talk) 23:24, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Second paragraph somewhat inaccurate & incomplete, too-England-centric

It should read:

"The UK has been inhabited continuously since the Neolithic. In AD 43 the Roman conquest of Britain began; the Roman departure was followed by Anglo-Saxon settlement. In 1066 the Normans conquered England. With the end of the Wars of the Roses the Kingdom of England stabilised and began to grow in power, resulting by the 16th century in the annexation of Wales and the establishment of the English-dominated Kingdom of Ireland. The Kingdom of Scotland resisted repeated English attempts at conquest until 1603 when its monarch acceeded to the thrones of England and Ireland, after which the establishment of the British Empire began in earnest. By the end of the 17th century the power of the monarchy had been greatly reduced, particularly as a result of the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution. In 1707 England and Scotland united under the Treaty of Union to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In the Georgian era the office of prime minister became established. The Acts of Union 1800 incorporated Ireland to create the present-day state as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. After most of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922 as the Irish Free State, the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 gave the UK its current name." SarahWJones (talk) 20:28, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Full official name in the LEAD

I was going to just be bold and make this edit myself, but it seems like it's something that's probably been argued about here before. Isn't the full official name "His Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" rather than just "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"? Should the LEAD be changed to that instead? SI09 (talk) 11:43, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi SI09, I searched the archives for "His Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" both with and without citation marks and I came up with nothing. So it seems that this wasn't discussed yet. If you have a good source confirming that full name, I cannot see why you shouldn't make the edit! Lova Falk (talk) 13:08, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Note l - Britian

I suggest specifying in Note l that "Britian" is also commonly used to refer to the Island of Britian specifically, rather than the UK as a whole (excluding Northern Ireland) Jdftba (talk) 11:50, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi Jdftba, please write the text that you would like us to add, and give a good source confirming your text! Lova Falk (talk) 13:10, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Lead revisited

Seeking clarification. An editor recently changed the lead, adding "four countries" to describe England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I've reverted that change, with the understanding that the consensus is

"...comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland."

in order to avoid confusion with the UK's description. Is this still the consensus? GoodDay (talk) 19:33, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Yes, seems fine to me. Dgp4004 (talk) 19:34, 25 July 2025 (UTC)