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The word is spelled two different ways in this article. We ought to be consistent, though neither adjective is common in English. We *do* have an article (at least a DAB page) on sovereigntism. Sovereignism redirects to that title. Unless there is objection I suggest we use 'sovereigntist' here to be consistent with our own article title. In French there is no problem; the word is souverainiste, as in fr:Mouvement souverainiste du Québec. EdJohnston (talk) 00:50, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This has been discussed previously elsewhere — "sovereigntist" is indeed the standard English spelling across all dialects. The non-standard "sovereignist" variant exists in Canadian English precisely because the Quebec sovereignty issue pushes it into closer cohabitation with the French spelling than is normal elsewhere, but even in Canada "sovereigntist" is still the more standard spelling. Bearcat (talk) 16:20, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose No move is needed. The current title is sufficiently precise: there were no other Quebec-wide referendums in 1980. It is also the common name. Nobody calls it a "status" referendum. There is no need to name referendum articles in a systematic way worldwide. Indefatigable (talk) 23:13, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that when people in Canada say Quebec referendum 1980 or 1995 nobody gets mixed up. As much as I agree with Indefatigable, Wikipedia does has a naming convention for such matters. The question is: is it a convention that may be broken, or is it a policy that must be abided by? I have a feeling it is the latter. And if it is the latter than we'll have to discuss a change in policy before leaving the page like it is. -- Kndimov (talk) 00:56, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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