Talk:Politics of the Marshall Islands

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Merge proposal

This page should be merged with Government of the Marshall Islands. I'm not even sure what needs to be discussed about this, since the page in its current form is almost completely irrelevant. Farolif (talk) 23:55, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the article is a stub. The reason for the page is to avoid the usual confusion of Politics with Elections (not Government, ironically enough). So if something comes up that the legislature enacts that is unique to the MI, it can go here. (I can think of several things, actually). Student7 (talk) 18:48, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I even understand your reasoning. I know that "Elections" should be a different page. Many countries do not have unique articles for their "Politics" and their "Government". Ex. - Government of Nauru, Government of Palau, etc., are only redirects for "Politics of...". Farolif (talk) 19:30, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Government" is usually a non-controversial article stating how the government is supposed to work, according to its constitution or whatever it uses for a basic, underlying support for its government.

"Politics", on the other hand, might cover controversial decisions by the Government (usually legislature and chief executive, but sometime the court system) using a governmental system.

"Politics" is what elected officials do after they are elected.

"Government" articles tend to sound similar. They talk about a Chief Executive, Legislative Body and Courts.

"Politics" articles are what make the country/state different, and sound very different from each other. Laws that are pro and anti-SSM, Panama (ideally) would mention laws that encourage shipping flags of convenience, some states tolerate citizens with guns, others lock up people who carry guns, some states have no taxes (!), others have high taxes, etc. All quite different.

I'm guessing the articles you mention cover small countries with short articles, many of which redirect to each other. Student7 (talk) 18:48, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]