Talk:Singapore Armed Forces

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--Travisyoung 15:29, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Merging

• Agree. Articles on countries armed forces should be named in Wikipedia according to local convention. There's been some debate on this for the UK over the "Military of" and other styles..see the talk page of British Armed Forces. The main objection to this type of styling ( i.e. moving away from the "Military of" format ) is that the "Military of" style has been set up already in Wikipedia. This is rather a weak argument as it seems to be based on the fact that some Americans first imported raw data from the CIA fact book and set up this style, and it so happens that the CIA uses the "Military of" style. There is also some debate over the meaning of the word military re armies or armed forces in general, and this further invalidates and arguments that "Military of" is a universal style - as any universal style should be easily understood, which given the differences in understanding of the word military, it is not.