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British Empire

After World War II, so many colonies became independent that it was not an empire anymore. The correct term for the country would be "United Kingdom", but Hong Kong was not part of the kingdom--it only belonged to the kingdom. HkCaGu (talk) 21:20, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Due to Hong Kong's special history, the most appropriate and common notation is simply "Hong Kong", which is the most non-controverial form. The next most acceptable form is "British Hong Kong". In Ma Ying-jeou's case, I say just "Hong Kong" because whether it was British or not has no bearing in his life. HkCaGu (talk) 08:03, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Linking & overlinking

Greetings. I have undone some of the wikilinks you added to the article Solar energy that cross the line into overlinking. You might find it useful to look at WP:LINK, particularly here. Hertz1888 (talk) 18:10, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

England

Hi Chongkian.

I can see why you want to change English in Great Fire of London to something less Anglocentric. Kingdom of England is rather old fashioned. Just England would be better.--Charles (talk) 08:47, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I've reverted the edits you made to this article because of overlinking (see the message from Hertz1888 above). It is generally agreed that for readers of English Wikipedia, there is no need to link "England" or to explain that it is part of the UK. Cheers. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Similarly on Tay Bridge disaster and Wootton bridge collapse.--Old Moonraker (talk) 10:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)