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Automated portal content suggestions ( purge) The following suggestions have been automatically generated as content that might be suitable for the portal, subject to review by a human editor. Please do not mindlessly copy items to the portal page without first checking that the suggestions are appropriate. Recent Did you know? items * ... that Dublin property developer Harry Crosbie received an OBE from the British ambassador to Ireland, partly for entertaining Elizabeth II with his showbiz contacts? * ... that Dublin property developer '''[[Harry Crosbie]]''' received an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] from the [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ireland|British ambassador to Ireland]], partly for [[State visit by Elizabeth II to the Republic of Ireland#Day 3 (19 May)|entertaining Elizabeth II]] with his showbiz contacts? * ... that Lord Stonehaven, Governor-General of Australia, called Hay War Memorial High School the "finest war memorial in the British Empire"? * ... that [[John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven|Lord Stonehaven]], [[Governor-General of Australia]], called '''[[Hay War Memorial High School]]''' the "finest war memorial in the [[British Empire]]"? * ... that Saint John's Island was the site of one of the British Empire's largest quarantine centres and held one of the first experimental drug rehabilitation centres? * ... that '''[[Saint John's Island]]''' was the site of one of the British Empire's largest quarantine centres and held one of the first experimental drug rehabilitation centres? * ... that Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to people with disabilities by the Queen, but received her award from the King? * ... that '''[[Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings]]''' was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]] for services to people with disabilities by [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]], but received her award from [[Charles III|the King]]? * ... that at least 78 British general officers were killed as a result of active service in the First World War, but a popular myth holds that general officers rarely visited the battlefield? * ... that at least 78 British general officers were '''[[List of generals of the British Empire who died during the First World War|killed as a result of active service in the First World War]]''', but a popular myth holds that general officers rarely visited the battlefield? * ... that George Vernon's loss against the Parsis cricket team was seen as "a blow to the prestige of the Empire"? * ... that [[George Vernon]]'s '''[[G. F. Vernon's XI cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1889–90|loss against the Parsis cricket team]]''' was seen as "a blow to the prestige of [[British Empire|the Empire]]"? Recent In the news items No recent news Featured, valued, and quality images (on Commons) Open a link, then click the "Do it" button. If there are results, you can click the "Thumbnails" button to preview all the images. Featured pictures for British Empire with recent edits Valued images for British Empire with recent edits Quality images for British Empire with recent edits Articles Featured articles for Category:British Empire promoted in 2024

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-- Chris.B ( talk) 22:04, 26 December 2007 (UTC) reply

I wish to link with this page. My site is www.houghton.hk. The five chapters on Europe, Political Management, Political Economy, Asia and China contain considerable original information between 1793 - 1844 on the Empire. There is more information in several other chapters as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.245.207.36 ( talk) 00:46, 19 December 2009 (UTC) reply

• I have some problems with the evolution of the British Empire map, I would argue anywhere that Queen Elizebeth II is still the Queen of of could be counted as a part of the British Empire, barring that I would argue that when the constitution's were patriated (1982 in the case of Canada) would be better place to have them withdraw from the Empire than the Statute of Westminster, as many, many people would have been suprised to learn that the Statue of Westminster involved them withdrawing from the British Empire Threadnecromancer ( talk) 00:37, 26 April 2011 (UTC)Threadnecromancer reply

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The project was rebooted and completely overhauled on April 17th, 2018.

Its goals are to revitalize the entire portal system, make building and maintaining portals easier, and design the portals of the future.

As of April 29th, membership is at 56 editors, and growing.

There are design initiatives for revitalizing the portals system as a whole, and for each component of portals.

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From your friendly neighborhood Portals WikiProject.    — The Transhumanist   03:33, 30 April 2018 (UTC) reply

The British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations South Atlantic section only has the Falkland Islands as since 1833. However should the earlier 18th century British settlement Port Egmont not also be mentioned? Dunarc ( talk) 22:32, 22 May 2018 (UTC) reply

The following updates have been performed to the British Empire portal in April 2020. North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:21, 20 April 2020 (UTC) reply

• Updated portal using Template:Transclude random excerpt, which provides readers with current, up-to-date information that is verbatim to that in articles. A consensus approving the usage of transclusion templates in portals was formed at this Village Pump discussion. Used selections moved to the main portal page from Portal:British Empire/Selected article and Portal:British Empire/Selected biography.
• Changed the box coloration from bot-generated back to human-created. Used the hex codes of the British empire flag for the coloration.
• Restored the Portal:British Empire/British overseas territories section
• Added more articles to diversify and round-out the portal, to provide a more comprehensive topical overview.