Talk:Synaspismos

Article Name
The comma in the name of the article looks misplaced. I am inclined to change it. aliceinlampyland 17:14, 24 November 2005 (UTC)


 * The comma has been removed, albeit somewhat belatedly, per the party's own preferred translation at http://www.syn.gr/en/profile.htm. ·ΚέκρωΨ· 10:49, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I think this is a case when 'official translations' needs to be adjusted. The name as it stands now becomes highly awkward in English. An alternative would be 'Left Coalition of Movements and Ecology', or even better just 'Synaspismos' (with explanation of full name in the article heading). --Soman 11:15, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Personally, I'd go for "Synaspismos", as that is the name usually used in Greece. The word translates to "Coalition", but that would be a bit awkward for WP. --Michalis Famelis (talk)  11:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Note that in the link above, the party refers to itself as Synaspismos in English, with the full translation in brackets. --Soman 11:57, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Should we go for it then? --Michalis Famelis (talk)  12:32, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, go for it. It would make a hell of a lot of sense. English-speakers in Greece refer to it as Synaspismos, so too does the Athens News.--Damac 12:43, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Moved. Duja ► 10:35, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Does it exist?
The party was a part of Syriza coalition, which in 2012 transformed into a single party with Tsipras as a leader. Did Synaspismos cease to exist at that point, or is it still an existing party? Litawor (talk) 23:13, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Far left
As this party is essentially a successor to a Communist party, surely it is far left rather than left wing?Royalcourtier (talk) 23:55, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Eh, no. Synaspimos was a very moderate force for most of its existence, not more radical than PASOK. --Soman (talk) 16:27, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * i doubt it since overwise they hadn't a reason to coexist Braganza (talk) 13:53, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 17 May 2015

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The result of the move request was: Move. Cúchullain t/ c 19:14, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Coalition of Left, of Movements and Ecology → Synaspismos – Move per WP:COMMONNAME. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 07:56, 26 May 2015 (UTC) Charles Essie (talk) 17:49, 17 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Support: English-language expert literature almost always uses the short name Synaspismos and rarely the translated long form Coalition of (the) Left, of Movements and Ecology (ca. 11 google books hits for the latter vs. far more than 50 for the former). --RJFF (talk) 19:33, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. CookieMonster755 (talk) 18:34, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * People and media tend to use short names. Examples are many. In Greece for example PASOK and DIMAR are way more common than parties' full names. The problem here is that this is an encyclopedia and not a magazine nor a book so I think we should use the full name. Moreover, the full title marks the change of the name of the party some years ago when they switched for Coalition of Left and also marks the difference between this party and Synaspismos, the party coalition where KKE participated. Comment: The title of ANTARSYA needs more attention since there is inconsistency between the title (Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left) and the leading text (Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow ). -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:54, 28 May 2015 (UTC)


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