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The age of majority of Germany is 18, not 21. It was changed in 1974 from 21 to 18. Source: http://dejure.org/gesetze/BGB/2.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.33.91.54 ( talk) 21:39, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
From the table on this page it is clear that Northern Island, Wales, and England have an age of majority of 18, and Scotland (Scots Law) has one of 21. The map however leads to the confusing conclusion that there is no age of majority in the British Isles. Given that Scotland is governed by a separate, independent legal tradition, the best solution would be to colour Scotland as 16 and the rest of the UK as 18. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.94.133.4 ( talk) 08:37, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Although these are British Isles they are not part of the united Kingdom but are Independent States under the British Sovereign in her capacity (I think - but am not completely certain) as Duke of Normandy.
I regret, I lack the ability to amend the main article but hope someone who reads this willknow how to arrange such an amendment. Tolkny 22:16, 4 January 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tolkny ( talk • contribs)
This link should be removed. That link refers to the Dutch adult-wiki. As we all know the difference betweent being an adult and having reached the age of majority are very different things. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.171.61.28 ( talk) 18:11, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
This image shown in this article seriously conflicts with some data in the "Countries and subdivisions" section. The examples are as follows:
There might be many more of these but this is what I saw. It would be best to remove the photo completely or create a new photo with more accurate details or include a country's subdivision to provide even more accuracy. stylus59 ( talk) 16:11, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
The New Zealand age of majority is 18. [1]
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According to article 4 of the translation of the Korean civil act, the age of majority in Korea is 20. http://www.moleg.go.kr/english/korLawEng?pstSeq=52674&rctPstCnt=3&searchCondition=AllButCsfCd&searchKeyword=civil It would be also good to know if it is "Western age" or " Korean age". Probably Western... -- Christian140 ( talk) 12:57, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
The reference link currently provided for China is apparently only valid for Hong Kong, which as far as I know has a different legal system in many respects. The map shows PR China as having no fixed age of majority. Can somebody clarify? Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:05, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Ommitted? Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia ( talk) 22:01, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
I was curious to see what the age of majority was in the United Kingdom and came here but found it listed under three different age sections. That inconsistency is also true of the United States and I did not check further as to others. I can see how that that might even be technically correct – that it might depend on majority for what purpose, or maybe it varies by state or other division, but then not explaining how it varies and just listing a country in three different places is really quite useless.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 23:52, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Dispute was listed as "contradicted by http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/10/09/iran-saudi-arabia-sudan-end-juvenile-death-penalty re bulugh and hodud" The above article applies the Convention on the Rights of the Child definition of a minor, not the country's own definition. In addition it discusses it in relation to the Age of criminal responsibility which is not the same as the age of majority. Added citation for ages, which are based in Shari’a. JMJimmy ( talk) 16:53, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
Update: It's been a year since this discussion was last active, and I've gone ahead and deleted the Age 8 and Age 14 sections, per this discussion. I reverted Online786786 ( talk · contribs) for a similar matter. Flyer22 ( talk) 04:59, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
Per previous discussions it was left that intentionally creating synth for the purposes of the list is what was best(?). As such, Colombia does not specifically define an "age of majority", however, constitutional courts have interpreted the law as meaning a minor is age 18 or younger in case Sentencia T-015/94 (Section 3.2 "Therefore, the Charter protects the right of children-on the basis that the child concept is applicable to every human being below 18 years"). note: previous citation was not dealing with age of majority, instead ages related to criminal sexual assault and "youth" rights legislation which included provisions for post secondary students up to the age of 26 JMJimmy ( talk) 17:07, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
The following ages are asserted in the current version of this article re Iran:
IMO, this needs update along the lines indicated. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:26, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Why are females at age 8 years is legal age? Are you telling 8-year-old females to be arrested for terrible crimes, driving the vehicles, owning a driver's licenses, have sex, etc.? Are 8-year-old females are to young for everything? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.100.127.216 ( talk) 10:19, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Update: As noted above, I've deleted that material. Flyer22 ( talk) 05:01, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
Is it appropriate to have an Islam section? This is a page of "age of majority" by country and jurisdiction. There may or may not be any legal agreement with religious teachings on "age of majority" which is a legal definition. Including this only serves to confuse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.148.215.157 ( talk) 11:58, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
Is the age of majority in Scotland accurately 16? Scotland does currently confer more legal rights at this age (notably marriage, school leaving, voting), but not all, I believe. I looked for legislation, and at least in the 60s, it was defined in Scots law as 18. — ajf ( talk) 10:21, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
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I removed Colorado from the section 21 years, because it's not clear cut. According to this: [9]
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Currently the overview says 16 for females and 18 for males in Pakistan. However, Youthpolicy states that this is only for marriage age. Other aspects of majority seem to be strictly 18. I think keeping both at 18 is a better representation of the factual situation. effeiets anders 01:33, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Why isn’t Alabama, Nebraska, and Mississippi 18 like the other states? NDEdminson ( talk) 21:20, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
The age of majority in Singapore is set at 18, not 21, according to the civil law. 128.194.2.11 ( talk) 20:57, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
This should be updated. Coronaverification ( talk) 00:25, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
The map indicates that the ages of majority in Indonesia and Myanmar are 16, but under the "Civil law" section of the page, it says the ages of majority in both of those countries are 15. -- Fladoodle ( talk) 21:41, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
The age of majority in scotland in 18, the age of legal capacity is 16 but this is not synonymous with age of majority. 2A02:C7E:42BB:C900:D5A9:2EF7:6CBA:3425 ( talk) 15:22, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
I was evaluating this article and I think it's really well-written. There isn't a bias undertone, I didn't catch any grammatical mistakes, and the visuals and appealing, relevant, and easy to understand. However, as I looked at the sources, I noticed that some of them are outdated. With a few of the sources being from 1993, and similar dates like that, I think it might be helpful to update those sources, if at all possible, to any that might be more up to date incase there is any recent legislation regarding majority of age, or anything similar to that. Overall, it's a well-written article and readers can tell what is going on and what's important. SeeeBeee ( talk) 20:03, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Edit: this was supposed to be published in the age of consent thing. Ignore it. age of majority in bahrain is marked as 18 but it is 21. 01:50, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
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The age of majority of Germany is 18, not 21. It was changed in 1974 from 21 to 18. Source: http://dejure.org/gesetze/BGB/2.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.33.91.54 ( talk) 21:39, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
From the table on this page it is clear that Northern Island, Wales, and England have an age of majority of 18, and Scotland (Scots Law) has one of 21. The map however leads to the confusing conclusion that there is no age of majority in the British Isles. Given that Scotland is governed by a separate, independent legal tradition, the best solution would be to colour Scotland as 16 and the rest of the UK as 18. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.94.133.4 ( talk) 08:37, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Although these are British Isles they are not part of the united Kingdom but are Independent States under the British Sovereign in her capacity (I think - but am not completely certain) as Duke of Normandy.
I regret, I lack the ability to amend the main article but hope someone who reads this willknow how to arrange such an amendment. Tolkny 22:16, 4 January 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tolkny ( talk • contribs)
This link should be removed. That link refers to the Dutch adult-wiki. As we all know the difference betweent being an adult and having reached the age of majority are very different things. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.171.61.28 ( talk) 18:11, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
This image shown in this article seriously conflicts with some data in the "Countries and subdivisions" section. The examples are as follows:
There might be many more of these but this is what I saw. It would be best to remove the photo completely or create a new photo with more accurate details or include a country's subdivision to provide even more accuracy. stylus59 ( talk) 16:11, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
The New Zealand age of majority is 18. [1]
References
According to article 4 of the translation of the Korean civil act, the age of majority in Korea is 20. http://www.moleg.go.kr/english/korLawEng?pstSeq=52674&rctPstCnt=3&searchCondition=AllButCsfCd&searchKeyword=civil It would be also good to know if it is "Western age" or " Korean age". Probably Western... -- Christian140 ( talk) 12:57, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
The reference link currently provided for China is apparently only valid for Hong Kong, which as far as I know has a different legal system in many respects. The map shows PR China as having no fixed age of majority. Can somebody clarify? Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:05, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Ommitted? Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia ( talk) 22:01, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
I was curious to see what the age of majority was in the United Kingdom and came here but found it listed under three different age sections. That inconsistency is also true of the United States and I did not check further as to others. I can see how that that might even be technically correct – that it might depend on majority for what purpose, or maybe it varies by state or other division, but then not explaining how it varies and just listing a country in three different places is really quite useless.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 23:52, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Dispute was listed as "contradicted by http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/10/09/iran-saudi-arabia-sudan-end-juvenile-death-penalty re bulugh and hodud" The above article applies the Convention on the Rights of the Child definition of a minor, not the country's own definition. In addition it discusses it in relation to the Age of criminal responsibility which is not the same as the age of majority. Added citation for ages, which are based in Shari’a. JMJimmy ( talk) 16:53, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
Update: It's been a year since this discussion was last active, and I've gone ahead and deleted the Age 8 and Age 14 sections, per this discussion. I reverted Online786786 ( talk · contribs) for a similar matter. Flyer22 ( talk) 04:59, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
Per previous discussions it was left that intentionally creating synth for the purposes of the list is what was best(?). As such, Colombia does not specifically define an "age of majority", however, constitutional courts have interpreted the law as meaning a minor is age 18 or younger in case Sentencia T-015/94 (Section 3.2 "Therefore, the Charter protects the right of children-on the basis that the child concept is applicable to every human being below 18 years"). note: previous citation was not dealing with age of majority, instead ages related to criminal sexual assault and "youth" rights legislation which included provisions for post secondary students up to the age of 26 JMJimmy ( talk) 17:07, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
The following ages are asserted in the current version of this article re Iran:
IMO, this needs update along the lines indicated. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:26, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Why are females at age 8 years is legal age? Are you telling 8-year-old females to be arrested for terrible crimes, driving the vehicles, owning a driver's licenses, have sex, etc.? Are 8-year-old females are to young for everything? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.100.127.216 ( talk) 10:19, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Update: As noted above, I've deleted that material. Flyer22 ( talk) 05:01, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
Is it appropriate to have an Islam section? This is a page of "age of majority" by country and jurisdiction. There may or may not be any legal agreement with religious teachings on "age of majority" which is a legal definition. Including this only serves to confuse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.148.215.157 ( talk) 11:58, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
Is the age of majority in Scotland accurately 16? Scotland does currently confer more legal rights at this age (notably marriage, school leaving, voting), but not all, I believe. I looked for legislation, and at least in the 60s, it was defined in Scots law as 18. — ajf ( talk) 10:21, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
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Currently the overview says 16 for females and 18 for males in Pakistan. However, Youthpolicy states that this is only for marriage age. Other aspects of majority seem to be strictly 18. I think keeping both at 18 is a better representation of the factual situation. effeiets anders 01:33, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Why isn’t Alabama, Nebraska, and Mississippi 18 like the other states? NDEdminson ( talk) 21:20, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
The age of majority in Singapore is set at 18, not 21, according to the civil law. 128.194.2.11 ( talk) 20:57, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
This should be updated. Coronaverification ( talk) 00:25, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
The map indicates that the ages of majority in Indonesia and Myanmar are 16, but under the "Civil law" section of the page, it says the ages of majority in both of those countries are 15. -- Fladoodle ( talk) 21:41, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
The age of majority in scotland in 18, the age of legal capacity is 16 but this is not synonymous with age of majority. 2A02:C7E:42BB:C900:D5A9:2EF7:6CBA:3425 ( talk) 15:22, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
I was evaluating this article and I think it's really well-written. There isn't a bias undertone, I didn't catch any grammatical mistakes, and the visuals and appealing, relevant, and easy to understand. However, as I looked at the sources, I noticed that some of them are outdated. With a few of the sources being from 1993, and similar dates like that, I think it might be helpful to update those sources, if at all possible, to any that might be more up to date incase there is any recent legislation regarding majority of age, or anything similar to that. Overall, it's a well-written article and readers can tell what is going on and what's important. SeeeBeee ( talk) 20:03, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Edit: this was supposed to be published in the age of consent thing. Ignore it. age of majority in bahrain is marked as 18 but it is 21. 01:50, 4 January 2024 (UTC)