Category talk:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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I believe I sort of started this category and Im thinking now I should have worked with one of my initial instincts as regards names of individual articles. Then eg Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross would be Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency and the risk of unintended duplicate articles would be rather less than at present. Laurel Bush 15:56, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC).

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Hi. I've jsut reverted the changes you made on this constituency's naming as - if you look at [[1]] you'll see it has pretty much been a de facto standard to use an ampersand and '(constituency)' in the articile naming. --Vamp:Willow 13:26, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

There was been no attempt to establish any standard until I myself got to work on creating the constituencies categories. Many many articles refer to constituencies in a vast variety of different ways and often so as to create confusing amibguity. Laurel Bush 13:37, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC).

Argh

Why on Earth have all the constituencies been renamed contrary to policy? We don't pre-emptively disambiguate except in a very very few circumstances. Constituencies aren't one of these, or, well, haven't been. Especailly, paranthetical disambiguation is only to be used in necessary situations, because it looks dire.

James F. (talk) 11:05, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

And in any case, why are the constituencies named "[Whatever] UK Parliament constituency" when the category is "UK Parliamentary constituencies"? If you're going to have such disambiguation at all, then "Parliamentary" fits much better IMO. Loganberry 00:37, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to me it is the category which is misnamed. Scottish Parliament constituecies are also parliamentary, and they are in the UK. Also, four areas of the UK have now at least two types of constituency (devolved parliament/assembly and House of Commons/UK Parliament): very often (perhaps usually) different types of constituency share the same name (without sharing the same boundaries) (See United Kingdom constituencies). Also, towns, counties, etc, may share the same name. In most cases a parenthetical disambiguator is essential. Laurel Bush 12:09, 10 May 2005 (UTC).[reply]

I agree with Laurel that the parenthetical disambiguator is essential in most cases, but I would add that it is very confusing to have some constituencies with the disambiguator, and some without. Much better to be consistent, and add (UK Parliament consituency) or (UK Parliamentary consituency) in every case. Personally, I can see a case for either usage, but whichever one is chosen, it is needed in every case. --BrownHairedGirl 16:20, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]