Talk:President of the Senate of the Czech Republic

Requested move 31 January 2021

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The result of the move request was: page not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) —Nnadigoodluck███ 00:59, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

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President of the Senate of the Czech Republic → Speaker of the Senate of the Czech Republic – The highest officials of both houses of the Parliament are called "předseda" in Czech, so it makes no sense to call one the "Speaker" and the other the "President". Given the limited authority of both officials, I propose we call them Speakers according to the British tradition. Martin J. Němeček (talk) 22:13, 31 January 2021 (UTC) Martin J. Němeček (talk) 22:13, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Oppose - Czech Republic is not the United Kingdom. In fact, Czech Senate was modeled on and inspired by the United States Senate where the highest official is called President of the Senate. Besides that, even official website of Czech Senate refers to him as the President. Itsyoungrapper (talk) 02:55, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose Most English-language media refer to Vystrčil, current holder of the office, as president rather than speaker [1] (t · c) buidhe 20:01, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Alright, do you think we should rename the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies to the President of the Chamber of Deputies? For consistency in translation of "předseda"? Martin J. Němeček (talk) 19:38, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

In news articles, I can see that Radek Vondráček is called variously "chair" "chairman" "speaker" and "president" of the Chamber of Deputies. It doesn't seem that any name predominates in English-language news sources, but "speaker" seems more common than "president". Clearly consistency is too much to expect from sources :) Wikipedia:Consistency_in_article_titles#Inconsistency_resulting_from_inconsistent_common_or_recognizable_names_within_a_field says you should follow common name as opposed to trying to be perfectly consistent. That said, I would be neutral on the move because sources are inconsistent. (t · c) buidhe 19:28, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose. Use "President" for both. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:03, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Ok, I'll create a requested move for the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies to the President of the Chamber of Deputies. Martin J. Němeček (talk) 15:29, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

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