Talk:Casual vacancy

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Jenks24 in topic Requested move 17 November 2017

Merge proposal

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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. bd2412 T 18:19, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

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)Reply
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)Reply

Requested move 17 November 2017

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The result of the move request was: not moved. No prejudice against revisiting this in future, but the rationale given to begin this RM did not hold up to scrutiny. Jenks24 (talk) 00:52, 3 December 2017 (UTC)Reply



Casual vacancyVacancy (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) Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 02:25, 25 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

It is clearly not "a uniquely Australian term" - just to pick a few examples Singapore, United Kingdom: O'Doherty v Attorney General [2009] IEHC 516, Canada :The British North America Act, 1867, Bermuda: Parliamentary Election Act 1978 & India: Constitution of India. I could go on, but you get the idea. That said, redirects are cheap. I have created "Vacancy (politics)" as a redirect to "Casual Vacancy". If the consensus is to rename & move, it is simple enough to move over that redirect. Find bruce (talk) 03:50, 25 November 2017 (UTC)Reply
Comment: Would vacant seat be a better destination for this concept? -- Netoholic @ 10:41, 25 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

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