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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)Reply
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)Reply
Discussion on Talk:1933_German_referendum has revolved around the claim that the standard title for referenda on WP is: [date] [country adjective] [topic] referendum. Sometimes this is natural (e.g. 1946 Faroese independence referendum), but it can result in phrases like 2004 Cypriot Annan Plan referendums which seem unnecessarily difficult to parse (the natural reading of the latter is that it describes referenda on something to do with Cypriot Annan). Moreover the rule seems to be requiring us to invent names for historical events in order to fit this tight structure, which seems OR-ish.
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)Reply