Talk:1875–1876 New Zealand general election

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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:New Zealand general election, 1860–1861 which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 19:00, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Moved
 * as per discussion. billinghurst  sDrewth  03:03, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Election dates
The date range given for the election isn't right (28 Dec 1875 to 4 Jan 1876). The Gladstone election, for example, was on 20 Jan 1876.  Schwede 66  18:53, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Requested move 26 June 2019

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The result of the move request was: both articles moved to their four digit formats. While some editors here have noted that the MOS does not mandate an alteration to a four digit format in this instance, CThomas3 summarised the position of those that supported the move best. The move may not be required, but standard convention does support the preference for four digit dates in article titles. Note: I have also actioned the category renames, and updated the categories for the affected articles. (closed by non-admin page mover) Steven   Crossin  18:28, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

– per WP:DATERANGE. Note: A change from a preference for two digits, to a preference for four digits, on the right side of year–year ranges was implemented in July 2016 per this RFC. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 09:53, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * 1875–76 New Zealand general election → 1875–1876 New Zealand general election
 * 1860–61 New Zealand general election → 1860–1861 New Zealand general election
 * Note. If these articles are moved, then the corresponding eponymous categories should be speedily renmaed to match, per WP:C2D: Category:1875–76 New Zealand general election and Category:1860–61 New Zealand general election. --  Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 09:55, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support I wasn't aware of the 2016 RFC. If I had been aware of it, I would have simply moved those articles as an uncontentious alignment with our MOS. And yes, we should also adjust the categories.  Schwede 66  23:45, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment The RfC in question was closed with the statement applications such as sports seasons, fiscal years, and consecutive years use the two-year date range convention without problems. These applications can continue to do so. Given that these are cases of two consecutive years, it's not clear that this move should be mandated by WP:DATERANGE. Number   5  7  11:35, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support – and yes, it's good to see it acknowledged that titles should respect our MOS. Dicklyon (talk) 05:53, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per manual of style. --Comment by  Selfie City  ( talk about my  contributions ) 22:15, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Apologies, BHG. WP:DATERANGE presently states:
 * Two-digit ending years (1881–82, but never 1881–882 or 1881–2) be used in any of the following cases: (1) two consecutive years; (2) infoboxes and tables where space is limited (using a single format consistently in any given table column); and (3) in certain topic areas if there is a very good reason, such as matching the established convention of reliable sources.
 * Therefore, that RfC notwithstanding, there was no change to the MOS that would guide us to rename these pages.  Paine Ellsworth , ed.  put'r there  05:14, 6 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:DATERANGE and the 2016 RFC. While the MOS does not require the move, it does state that we have established a clear preference for full four-digit dates, even if there are limited exceptions.  C Thomas3   (talk) 22:40, 7 July 2019 (UTC)


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