Talk:1968 Irish constitutional referendums

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Merge

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

To merge Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968 and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968 into this article; short text, context, overlap; not notability; see also the parallel discussion related to the 1992 referendums. Klbrain (talk) 19:44, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968 and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968 were each proposed amendments to the same article of the constitution and overlapped in the textual changes proposed. Merging their content to this page would show their common background and context and the similarity in the result more clearly. Albeit with two different ballots, in other senses, they were a single event in Irish politics, a referendum held on the same day. This can be distinguished from, for example, 1998 Irish constitutional referendums; both the Amsterdam Treaty and the Good Friday Agreement amended Article 29, but the background context was clearly different.

This is being proposed in parallel to a similar proposal on Talk:November 1992 Irish constitutional referendums and arising from a discussion on WT:IE in relation to the upcoming referendums. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 17:41, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Each of the amendments satisfies GNG. There is additional coverage that is not yet cited in the article. There is no overlap between the amendments themselves. It is not apparent that stuffing the amendments into a single article will make for improved presentation, as opposed to merely creating a smaller number of larger articles. James500 (talk) 12:20, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd observe now that the referendums have concluded that March 2024 Irish constitutional referendums provides a good model for how two referendums held on the same date on similar topics can be treated together, and in doing so, provide a clearer understanding of the interactions between them. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 09:07, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 20:01, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]