Talk:1901 United Kingdom census

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What happened about Deal then? 129.234.4.1 15:05, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Scotland and Ireland

The article as it stands mentions only the Census of England and Wales. Two other censuses, those of Scotland and of Ireland, were taken on the same date in the United Kingdom. The article therefore needs renaming in my view since, even if information concerning the Censuses of Scotland and Ireland is to be added later, there was no single "United Kingdom Census 1901". -- Picapica 11:11, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think the article needs renaming. It just needs rewritten to include the other regions of the UK. There was a single UK census in 1901, as there had been since at least 1841 and continues to be to this day. The Census is partially decentralised, as is government in the UK. --94.14.254.56 (talk) 11:59, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Even though information about Scotland and Ireland has since been added, the article does still need renaming. Three censuses have been held on each of the census dates. Between them they have covered the whole of the United Kingdom, it is true, but they were each established under separate legislation (according to the three legal systems) and therefore with differences as to detailed regulation and application.

Census forms are prominently headed with the respective wording Census of England and Wales, Census of Scotland, Census of Ireland (latterly, Census of Northern Ireland). The article itself includes the following caution:

Note that when referring to the Census of England and Wales, sometimes it is described as "the UK Census" or "the British Census". This is in error.

It cannot be a satisfactory state of affairs when a Wikipedia article has to point out that its own title is erroneous! -- Picapica (talk) 10:01, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

I have corrected the article. --Racklever (talk) 10:34, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for that, Racklever. I remain uneasy, though, that the article (not least in its title) still gives the impression that a single "United Kingdom Census" was held in 1901, when there has never been any such animal. There are three distinct legal jurisdictions in the United Kingdom – England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland (in 1901; later to be confined to Northern Ireland) – and a separate census was held in each. I propose, at the very least, a move to United Kingdom Censuses 1901. -- Picapica (talk) 20:11, 7 April 2013 (UTC)