 | Several move proposals have been made concerning the locations of the pages Perth, Western Australia and Perth, Scotland. Before making a new proposal, please review the relevant page naming guideline as well as the following discussions. Discussions regarding these article titles should be held at Talk:Perth.
- Move: "Perth, Scotland" → "Perth", July 2004: No consensus. (discussion archive)
- Move: "Perth, Western Australia" → "Perth", August 2005: No consensus. (discussion archive)
- Rename: "Category:Perth" → "Category:Perth, Western Australia", January 2007: Renamed. (discussion archive)
- Move: "Perth, Western Australia" → "Perth", June 2008: No consensus. (discussion archive)
- Move: "Perth, Western Australia" → "Perth", early June 2012: Moved, reverted and moved. (discussion archive)
- Move: "Perth" → "Perth, Western Australia", late June 2012: No consensus. (discussion archive)
- Rename: "Category:Perth, Western Australia" → "Category:Perth", January 2017: not renamed (discussion archive)
- Move: "Perth, Scotland" → "Perth, Perth and Kinross", October 2019: Not moved. (discussion archive)
The current consensus is for the Australian city to be at Perth and the Scottish city to be at Perth, Scotland.
- The basic debate has been whether the article on the city in Western Australia should be the primary topic, and if so, that it belongs at Perth.
- Those in favor of such a move essentially argue that because of its larger population and modern public familiarity with the city, it is the most likely article a reader is looking for when they search for Perth. Metrics including web usage support that.
- Opponents for such a renaming note that under Wikipedia's guidelines, the primary topic is also determined by long-term significance. They argue that neither city is the primary topic and therefore both should have a disambiguator term and Perth should be a disambiguation page.
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