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Most commonwealth countries on wikipedia that have god save the queen as a anthem/royal anthem/special occasion anthem usually have it listed under the anthem of the coutry.

EX. Canada's wikipedia page and New Zealand's wikipedia page. Not a large request more rather a simple one— Preceding unsigned comment added by IHeartVeronica (talk • contribs) 23:47, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This has been discussed on numerous occasions, see Talk:Australia/Popular topics#Anthem, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus to include it. --Canley (talk) 00:14, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Australia is one of the most well known members of the Commonwealth of Nations. I understand with India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Singapore et cetera either they don't use the royal anthem or their membership is only nominal. At least include it in name only without the play button, like the New Zealand page. The lack of consistency is strange.Mantr33r (talk) 02:37, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps it is strange. But as the link above and as a search in archives shows, it has been discussed multiple times, with no consensus to change. Nickm57 (talk) 02:47, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's worth noting that at the end of the line naming the anthem, there's a little "N 1" in brackets. Its link takes you to a note at the bottom of the article that explains that God Save the Queen is the Royal Anthem. HiLo48 (talk) 02:50, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That is very worthy of pointing out Hilo48 but it should be more visible on the article like Canada or at the very least new zealands page. This should get a conesus soon due to it being soooo simple. User:IHeartVeronica

Exactly why should it be more visible? It's of virtually no interest to the vast majority of Australians, and says nothing special about the country. HiLo48 (talk) 08:48, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Do independent WP:Reliable sources accord the royal anthem that much visibility? CMD (talk) 08:49, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it probably should depend on its prominence in the RS. But just a comment from a non-Australian: it is a piece of information that maybe most non-Australians wouldn’t be aware of and might find interesting. And we are here to provide information. I for one had assumed Advance Australia Fair had completely replaced God save the Queen in all respects. DeCausa (talk) 09:41, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is a note. It's prominence is at as least as high a level as the Royal Anthem in most people's minds. Do you not read such notes? HiLo48 (talk) 21:59, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No. Why would a reader hunt that down? “As high a level as the Royal anthem in most people’s minds”. WP is about providing information to people who don’t already have it not validating editors’ views. DeCausa (talk) 22:11, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The information is there. HiLo48 (talk) 21:55, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW - It should be included in all the commonwealth realms' infoboxes -or- included in only the United Kingdom's infobox. GoodDay (talk) 03:04, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Or perhaps in the monarch's Infobox. The royal anthem, is in fact, attached to the monarch, rather than the individual countries who still have that monarch. HiLo48 (talk) 21:57, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Don't tell that, to the United Kingdom. GoodDay (talk) 09:23, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to change some grammar, spelling and formatting so that it makes a bit more sense. Thank you. Kind Regards. 121.208.220.54 (talk) 04:40, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. IP, you may either tell us specifically which sentences to fix, or create an account, get autoconfirmed (10 edits and 4 days), and come back. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 04:49, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is it really necessary for the "confused with Austria" notice to be on top of the page? I think I've seen it added and removed at least a few times... What does everyone think? Okay420 (talk) 07:48, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It's silly to have that. No one seriously gets them mixed up. --Dmol (talk) 08:48, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed - almost all of the times the countries are mixed up it's a joke. I find it hard to believe that this is being added in good faith. Nick-D (talk) 08:51, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It's ridiculous.Nickm57 (talk) 09:22, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agree there's no need for this notice: hope the consensus here helps keep it off the article. -- Euryalus (talk) 12:22, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, notice isn't required. GoodDay (talk) 21:34, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree, as Wikipedia editors, we do not need this notice; however, Wikipedia is beautiful in part because we serve people from all backgrounds (including those with little access to formal education or otherwise basic exposure that we take for granted). Adding a notice does not detract from the quality, breadth, or depth of the article. Flaun (talk) 21:32, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings! I suggest to include the 1st name that Australia had in the section called "etymology". Captain Pedro Fernandez de Quiros called it by the divine name of «Southland of the Holy Spirit». No other nation has this honor. It is part of our history and our religion. Here I share some sources with you:

http://www.chr.org.au/books/southloand-of-holy-spirit/page2.html# http://diduno.info/terra-australis/ http://pol.org.au/Portals/193/ParishData/Id219/Uploads/Type3/Australia%20South%20Land%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2014%20May%201606%20Pedro%20Fernandez%20de%20Quiros.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garcoral (talk • contribs) 07:55, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The etymology section is missing the earlier origin of the name (the 1606 given by Spanish expeditions) then it's mentioned in History section of the main page.

I suggest adding to the etymology section the correct timeline of events until the today name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bassssssss (talk • contribs) 14:48, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]