Talk:Western Maori

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Proposed move[edit]

Weren't the Māori electorates named without macrons, ie shouldn't this article be named Western Maori? Adabow (talk) 22:12, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, macrons were added to electorate names in recent years, long after the initial Māori electorates were abolished. So I support moving this article (and the others), but shall await further thoughts from others. Schwede 66 20:41, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense, if their names never had macrons during their existence. Support move. – Liveste (talk • edits) 23:04, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, support move for all these historic electorates, per above. --Avenue (talk) 00:24, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support move is not a naming question but an orthographic issue and the twenty-year trend has been towards inclusion of macrons towards a phonetic orthography. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:40, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, team. I've asked Gadfium to move the four historic Maori electorates (Southern Māori, Northern Māori, Eastern Māori and this one) over their redirects, as that needs administrator privileges to do so. Schwede 66 17:51, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done.-gadfium 18:41, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]