List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by date joined is a
former featured list. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page and why it was removed. If it has improved again to
featured list standard, you may
renominate the article to become a
featured list.
The table can now be sorted to give the info of the other lists, but retains the maximum info which the other lists don't have. New columns can be added/info split off. Info only has to be updated in one place.
I'll do the grunt work if there is consensus to merge. --
Jeandré, 2007-01-10
t11:20z
In principle, agreed. This must be the first time that a featured list/article is deleted.
Bastin 12:12, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
The sortable table is a good idea, but there seems to be a little problem. When I clicked on the "country" tab, it sorted it alphabetically from A-Z but for some reason Lesotho appeared above Australia. Could it be due to the number of flags? Also you might want to colour Fiji's entry red instead of grey since Fiji is still in the Commonwealth but is a suspended member. The lists don't have to be deleted, just moved/redirected to a new article altogether, probably just called
List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations. I would bet that the new sortable table list would make featured article status in its own right anyway.
72.27.2.6804:58, 19 January 2007 (UTC)reply
I've made a column for the flags so the country names sort properly.
Has a nation ever been expelled, or do suspended nations stay members forever?
Another problem with the sorting is that it works via JavaScript, so people (or their network admins) who've disabled it can't sort. Hopefully a future version will allow normalization. --
Jeandré, 2007-01-21
t04:57z
So what happened to the table? And no nation has ever been expelled per se. South Africa was not invited to continue its membership after it became a republic due to its apartheid policies and simply left (because at the time when a country became a republic it had to apply for permission to remain in the organization). Suspended countries remain members until either the suspension is lifted (for whatever reason) or they decide to leave voluntarily (as Zimbabwe did).
72.27.29.15203:45, 5 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Done. The JavaScript requirement for the sorting means we can't delete the other lists - so they'll all have to stay until there's an upgrade to mediawiki to allow non script sorting. --
Jeandré, 2007-04-07
t12:35z