Talk:List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by name

Hong Kong

Hong Kong was never a Commonwealth member. It was a Crown Colony from 1842 until 1997, and went straight to being a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. Members of the Commonwealth must be independent (see the previous, incorrect, inclusion of the Federation of the West Indies). In terms of members, this list is up-to-date, as of February 2006. Bastin8 15:11, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

United Kingdom

Are the seperate parts of the United Kingdom members of the Commonwealth directly rather than as party of the United Kingdom? Hence competing seperatly at the Commonwealth Games?--62.6.139.11 16:07, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

No. They're not countries, so they can't be members of the Commonwealth. The Home Nations compete separately at the Commonwealth Games because the original incarnation of the current Games, the British Empire Games, was not a competition between different countries, but between parts of the British Empire, some of which had no autonomy whatsoever. That's why Home Nations, Crown Colonies, Crown Dependencies, Malay sultanates, and the like were (and are, with the exception of the last one) allowed to compete separately. Bastin8 18:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Furthermore countries such Norfolk Island aren't directly commonwealth members but participate in the Commonwealth Games through their relationship with a Commonwealth countries. In the case of the Norfolk Island, it is a self-governing territory of Australia. Ben Arnold 23:29, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Is England considered one of the Commonwealth Nations?

Can anyone answer this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.71.191.177 (talk • contribs) 21:16, 18 October 2006 (UTC).

No. Only countries can be members of the Commonwealth of Nations, as dictated by the Edinburgh Declaration. Bastin 13:00, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Merge?

Talk:List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by date joined#Merge using sortable table? -- Jeandré, 2007-01-10t11:37z

13 colonies in The Americas

Just a thought: These 13 colonies (instigators of the unpleasantries of 1776) were self-declared independent well before the Commonwealth was formed. Is it relevant to include them in a list of "countries which didn't become members upon independence"? Otherwise we may as well include Normandy etc. I propose removal. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.86.138.193 (talk) 22:28, 28 March 2007 (UTC).

I also agree, since that was done way beforehand the group was formed. I'll take it out, unless someone can justify it to staying there. That-Vela-Fella 02:44, 29 March 2007 (UTC)