Talk:Western Maori

Latest comment: 13 years ago by Gadfium in topic Proposed move

Proposed move

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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. Schwede66 20:41, 16 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Makes sense, if their names never had macrons during their existence. Support move. Liveste (talkedits) 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. Schwede66 17:51, 11 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

Done.-gadfium 18:41, 11 December 2010 (UTC)Reply