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Line 10: :::: Yeah, that makes sense, too. Ultimately they're all kind of synonyms. 01:30, 22 April 2020 (UTC) == Synonyms == I don't believe that "vote" and "election" are synonyms, so I also believe that English Wikipedia made the correct choice when they chose the current naming of the [[wikipedia:Electoral system]] article. I just noticed that (before today) the primary English label on [[d:Q182985\|wikidata:Q182985]] was "voting system", but I just changed it to "electoral system", which aligns with its Spanish counterpart ("sistema electoral"). I'll grant that "voting system" sounds less academic, but it's also far more easily confused with the mechanical systems used for voting (e.g. paper ballots, electronic voting machines, etc). I agree with the observation that [[User:Psephomancy]] made in [https://electowiki.org/w/index.php?title=Category_talk:Voting_methods&diff=prev&oldid=10408 oldid=10408] of [[Category_talk:Voting methods]] (on 16 April 2020 , 20:06). To quote: "''Someone [back in 2017] said "Voting method" and "voting system" both carry a plain English primary meaning of the process of casting a vote, i.e. paper, mechanical or electronic.' which makes sense to me.''" . Here's the 2017 page move discussion that Psephomancy referenced: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Electoral_system/Archive_7#Requested_move_11_February_2017 English Wikipedia February 2017 page move discussion from "Voting system" to "Electoral system"] Given that's where English Wikipedia ended up after a long debate, it seems sensible to follow their lead.-- [[User:RobLa\|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa\|talk]]) 02:05, 22 April 2020 (UTC)