Talk:Stamp act
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Act not act
[edit]This article should be called the "Stamp Act" not the "Stamp act". Both words should be capitalized. Thanks IQ125 (talk) 18:09, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
Disagree The article is for stamp acts in general (lowercase A). Any Stamp Act in particular (uppercase A) has its own main article, and those are hotlinked in the article. — Molly-in-md (talk) 15:10, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
Agree The word "act" should be capitalized as "Act". The Stamp Act is a statutory law document and is normally capitalized. IQ125 (talk) 12:32, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
Disagree I think you're missing the point. Articles on specific statutes are indeed capitalised, because those are their proper names – e.g. Stamp Act 1712, Stamp Act 1765. This article, however, is about generic stamp acts in a variety of jurisdictions. It's therefore a common noun, and is not capitalised. It's like the difference between "King George VI" and "there were six kings named George". See MOS:CAPS. GrindtXX (talk) 20:58, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Needs more global information
[edit]This article needs more information on uses of stamp acts around the world. Specifically,
- In the lead, the article says "Stamp acts have been enforced in many countries, including Australia, Canada, People's Republic of China, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America." However, the article contains no info on
China, Ireland, India, Malaysia,or Israel, and only incidental info on Canada (in the Stamp Act 1765 section). - The lead also says "This system of taxation was first devised in the Netherlands in 1624 after a public competition to find a new form of tax." This is an intriguing sentence, but it needs follow-up in the body. How about a History section, or a section on taxation in the Netherlands. I was unable to find anything in a few quick searches on-line.
Please feel free to expand if you have information and citations to back it up. — Molly-in-md (talk) 17:31, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
Some done
[edit]I added sections for China/PRC and Israel. — Molly-in-md (talk) 15:22, 27 November 2017 (UTC)