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Regardless of what we decide to rename the [[Voting system]] article to, I think we should make that article the main article for this category, and only have a brief category description here, in a style similar to Wikipedia. But category renames are such a pain to do, I'm happy with leaving [[:Category:Voting methods]] in its current location. Thoughts? -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 23:55, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
'''NOTE''' - I'm reformatting to make it clear who is saying what -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 06:34, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
''eager to use Categories as names'' - ([[User:RobLa|RobLa]], 2020-04-12)
:I'm not sure what you mean? — [[User:Psephomancy|Psephomancy]] ([[User talk:Psephomancy|talk]]) 02:56, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
:: That was a thinko. I meant to say "eager to use Category pages as articles", but then I don't remember exactly what I was driving at. -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 06:34, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
=== Voting systems or voting methods? ===
''I remember [[User:Homunq]] believed pretty strongly that we should start calling them "Voting systems"'' - ([[User:RobLa|RobLa]], 2020-04-12)▼
: I thought it was "voting methods" that he liked, because "systems" includes electronic vs paper ballots, etc.? — [[User:Psephomancy|Psephomancy]] ([[User talk:Psephomancy|talk]]) 02:56, 14 April 2020 (UTC)▼
:: That could be. My main recollection was the push for "voting __" rather than "election __" or "electoral __". I prefer using "election __" or "electoral __", and that seems to be what Wikipedia has settled on. -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 06:34, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
=== Length of category articles ===
▲''I remember [[User:Homunq]] believed pretty strongly that we should start calling them "Voting systems"''
''I think we should make that article the main article for this category, and only have a brief category description here, in a style similar to Wikipedia.'' - ([[User:RobLa|RobLa]], 2020-04-12)▼
: Yeah, I'll just assume they debated that to death and decided that method was better for some reason. :D ([[User:Psephomancy|Psephomancy]] ▼
▲: I thought it was "voting methods" that he liked, because "systems" includes electronic vs paper ballots, etc.?
:: resolved, then! -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 06:34, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
▲''I think we should make that article the main article for this category, and only have a brief category description here, in a style similar to Wikipedia.''
=== Category renaming: easy or hard? ===
▲: Yeah, I'll just assume they debated that to death and decided that method was better for some reason. :D
''But category renames are such a pain to do'' - ([[User:RobLa|RobLa]], 2020-04-12)
: They're easy to do with the mass edit extension, I did one yesterday:
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:# Press Preview to make sure it's not going to clobber anything
:# Press Execute
:— [[User:Psephomancy|Psephomancy]] ([[User talk:Psephomancy|talk]]) 02:56, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
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