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Census page titles
I have proposed a consistent naming convention for census pages. I'd value your thoughts on whether there should a naming convention, and what it should be. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 06:26, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
Namning an old ministry, old name or last name?
Is this the right forum to write in? I'm not sure, but I'll give it a try. I'm wondering what the custom is for naming an article about a defunct ministry that has had different names. The Ministry for Rural Affairs was known as the Ministry of Agriculture for over 100 years (1900-2011) and as the Ministry for Rural Affairs for four years (2011-2014). Should I move it to "Ministry of Agriculture" or leave it as "Ministry for Rural Affairs" since that was the most recently used name? Saftgurka (talk) 14:30, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
- @WP:CRITERIA to prefer a name that is older or that was used for a longer time-span. The two names are going to have about equal [un-]recognizability in the anglosphere, but the newer one has the benefit of additional precision in needing no disambiguation string tacked onto it, which also makes it more concise. The consistency criterion isn't really applicable since this isn't part of a series of similarly named articles (unless one considers articles on Swedish ministries as such, in which case I would bet the newer name is consistent with using the current not historical names of the other ministries). — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 02:55, 28 October 2023 (UTC)]
Referenda
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Is there any reason why alternative structures, which are often much more natural, like 2004 Cypriot referendums on the Annan Plan, 2004 Cypriot referendums (Annan Plan), or simply 2004 Cypriot referendums are forbidden?
Actually, are alternative structures forbidden? I note that they are used frequently for Australian referenda Category:Constitutional_referendums_in_Australia Furius (talk) 19:53, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think readers would be confused by the Cypriot title as "Cypriot" is a common term. I think the Australian referendum titles are a hangover from before the naming convention was changed a few years ago, and somehow never got changed. 2004 Cypriot referendums is not against the naming convention, but I do not think is an improvement as it avoids mentioning the subject of the referendum.
- Why do you think this is requiring us to "invent names"? Number 57 21:00, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
- The problem isn't that people won't understand what "Cypriot" means, it is that it is unclear which noun the adjective modifies ("Annan", "plan" or "referendum"?), whereas "2004 Cypriot referendums on the Annan Plan" has no such ambiguity. Furius (talk) 20:39, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- The convention is manifestly leading us to invent names, since in the discussion at Talk:1933 German referendum you have proposed four article names which have never before been used to refer to these referenda. These proposed names are inventions. Furius (talk) 13:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)]