Talk:2021 Hong Kong electoral changes

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Havelock Jones in topic Requested move 13 July 2021

Requested move 13 July 2021

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved to 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes

The discussion is not well focussed on WP:TITLE but three editors including the proposer support a move to 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes and no editor opposes this or supports retaining the current article name, so there is a consensus for the move. (non-admin closure) Havelock Jones (talk) 08:46, 13 September 2021 (UTC)Reply



2021 Hong Kong electoral reform → ? – Not sure what the new name should be, but "reform" (especially "electoral reform") strongly suggests an improvement to Hong Kong's electoral system from the point of view of its citizens, not its authorities. This is misleading and may break WP:NPOVTITLE. On two separate occasions I've happened across a link to this article while browsing elsewhere, and had to do a complete double-take before I remembered what actually happened. The first name that I think of is the incredibly-generic 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes, but definitely open to more suggestions. Zowayix001 (talk) 05:54, 13 July 2021 (UTC)— Relisting. Colonestarrice (talk) 22:48, 16 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Note: WikiProject Hong Kong has been notified of this discussion. — Shibbolethink ( ) 23:56, 30 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
  • Support Calling it a "reform" is controversial; a Google news search shows "Hong Kong electoral reform" and "Hong Kong electoral changes" are roughly equally popular in the media. Given the two terms are approximately equally popular, I think we should prefer the more neutral one, which means "changes" wins. The fact that other similar articles (whether about Hong Kong or other places) are titled "electoral reform" doesn't amount to much in my opinion; arguably these particular changes have been far more controversial, even at an international level, than previous changes in Hong Kong, or other changes elsewhere, so it is justified in using a more neutral title for this one in particular. So I say 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes should be the new title. I think User:Horserice's suggestions of "revamp" or "redistribution" are less appropriate because unlike "changes" they are far less used by the media (also "redistribution" has some technical meanings and I'm not sure how appropriate those technical meanings are here); User:Ohconfucius's proposal of "National People's Congress mandated changes to Hong Kong's electoral system" is too much of a mouthful. "Hong Kong electoral reform" and "Hong Kong electoral changes" are the common names, we should pick one, so I say we should pick the second as more neutral, rather than trying to find some alternative which won't be a common name. Mr248 (talk) 00:32, 5 September 2021 (UTC)Reply
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