Talk:Crown commission administration of Tauranga

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Article title

There are two things wrong with the article title:

the minor problem is that Wikipedia uses sentence case for article titles
the bigger problem is that the title is not neutral, and as such is unsuitable

Schwede 66 08:45, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed the sentence case per MOS:AT. Wikishovel (talk) 08:48, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not neutral? Ah. Okay, thanks, and sorry for that. I'd seen multiple references to "suspension of local democracy", but it doesn't have the right ring to it, now you mention it. How about "2021 suspension of local government in Tauranga"? Since the mayoralty and city council were both suspended, it wouldn't quite be enough to call it the "2021 suspension of local government in Tauranga". Dhantegge (talk) 09:01, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Or "Crown Commission administration of Tauranga (2021-2024)" ? Dhantegge (talk) 09:02, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When I look at the gazette notice, I think that "Commission to Tauranga City Council" could work and is accurate. If we want to add a year range, then parenthetical disambiguation is appropriate, but it needs an endash. Commission isn't a proper noun, hence if we decide that the title should talk about the Crown, it would need to be "Crown commission ...". Schwede 66 09:51, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think "Crown commission" would be better, or something like "administration of Tauranga city council", rather than to. Otherwise the title is a bit ambiguous. Because a "Commission to Tauranga City Council" could be anything. Dhantegge (talk) 11:04, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dhantegge, Schwede66, and Wikishovel: Oops. Just seen this - after moving the article! It was such a non-neutral name that it needed changing. I'd assumed "Crown Commission" was a proper noun, too... Grutness...wha? 11:48, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Haha that's alright. I'm still sorry about the non-neutral title lol - I just heard it referred as a suspension of local democracy so many times but I agree that it's a loaded term. When I called the article that I was referencing the dismissal of the council itself, on 9 February 2021. The way you've retitled it suggests that the Crown commission administration was only in that one year, 2021, when it was really for more than 3 years - with that in mind, how about you move it to Crown commission administration of Tauranga? Dhantegge (talk) 12:48, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I can do that. As far as I know it's only happened once, so the date isn't needed. Grutness...wha? 13:01, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]