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I propose to merge [[Casual vacancies in the Australian Parliament]] into [[Casual vacancy]] because the current [[Casual vacancy]] article is nearly bereft of content, and the term only seems to be of sufficient importance to merit coverage at all in Australia. [[User:BD2412|<font style="background:gold">'''''bd2412'''''</font>]] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 18:19, 1 January 2015 (UTC) |
I propose to merge [[Casual vacancies in the Australian Parliament]] into [[Casual vacancy]] because the current [[Casual vacancy]] article is nearly bereft of content, and the term only seems to be of sufficient importance to merit coverage at all in Australia. [[User:BD2412|<font style="background:gold">'''''bd2412'''''</font>]] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 18:19, 1 January 2015 (UTC) |
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:I disagree. The Australian article is of sufficient importance in Australian politics to warrant its own article & has numerous articles [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Casual_vacancies_in_the_Australian_Parliament&limit=500 linking to it]. Having this article dominated by Australia would create confusion. [[User:Find bruce|Find bruce]] ([[User talk:Find bruce|talk]]) 00:30, 25 February 2017 (UTC) |
:I disagree. The Australian article is of sufficient importance in Australian politics to warrant its own article & has numerous articles [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Casual_vacancies_in_the_Australian_Parliament&limit=500 linking to it]. Having this article dominated by Australia would create confusion. [[User:Find bruce|Find bruce]] ([[User talk:Find bruce|talk]]) 00:30, 25 February 2017 (UTC) |
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: I support the merge. 'Casual Vacancy' is not an Australian term. I am currently dealing with a model constitutional document (in the UK) that uses exactly this term, as do others. It is used in the USA, India, New Zealand and no doubt others that use the English language, in exactly the sense here. [[User:Treesmill|treesmill]] ([[User talk:Treesmill|talk]]) 21:55, 18 November 2017 (UTC) |
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Merge proposal
I propose to merge Casual vacancies in the Australian Parliament into Casual vacancy because the current Casual vacancy article is nearly bereft of content, and the term only seems to be of sufficient importance to merit coverage at all in Australia. bd2412 T 18:19, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
- I disagree. The Australian article is of sufficient importance in Australian politics to warrant its own article & has numerous articles linking to it. Having this article dominated by Australia would create confusion. Find bruce (talk) 00:30, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
- I support the merge. 'Casual Vacancy' is not an Australian term. I am currently dealing with a model constitutional document (in the UK) that uses exactly this term, as do others. It is used in the USA, India, New Zealand and no doubt others that use the English language, in exactly the sense here. treesmill (talk) 21:55, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Requested move 17 November 2017
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Casual vacancy → Vacancy (politics) – This is a very general, partially globalized article about the general phenomenon of legislative vacancies and how they're dealt with, but is titled with a uniquely Australian term for them. I'm not suggesting that the separate Australian subarticle be merged, unlike the prior proposal above — but the general internationalized article about the basic concept of a legislative seat becoming vacant due to an incumbent legislator's resignation or death should be moved to a more general internationalized and less Aussified title. Bearcat (talk) 17:08, 17 November 2017 (UTC)