Talk:Māori voting rights in Australia

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Schwede66 in topic Merge tag

Page Move edit

I've moved this page back under the auspicies of Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English, for the following reasons:

  • The article was originally created in Australian English.
  • The article primarily concerns the politics of Australia.
  • It is not accepted at all in Australian English to use a macron over words of Maori origin. From my recent travels in New Zealand, it does not even appear to be particularly widespread there.

For this reason, I've moved it back. I am however happy for a redirect to remain, as this will help it appear correct from any NZ pages that might link to this one.

Lankiveil 14:51, 15 October 2007 (UTC).Reply

I don't have a problem with this article not using macrons. Australians get to decide how to spell words of foreign origin in Australian-related articles (within reason).-gadfium 08:17, 27 October 2007 (UTC)Reply

Pluralisation of "Maori" in Australian English edit

In Australian English, is the word "Maori" pluralised as "Maori" or "Maoris"? In New Zealand, one refers to "many Māori" (prescriptively, if not in practice), but I was under the impression that an Australian would refer to "many Maoris" – correct me if I'm wrong. This may be somewhat trivial, but it seems a logical extension of the previous discussion. Cheers. Liveste (talkedits) 00:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Either-or, really. Maori words like "kiwi" are usually pluralised ("Kiwis"), but the word "Maori" itself would usually be accepted and understood either way. Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:30, 6 April 2008 (UTC).Reply

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Merge tag edit

A merge tag (target: Māori Australians) was placed in March 2020. No edit summary; no discussion. I disagree. This topic is independently notable. The article, as short as it currently is, outlines that the voting history is quite interesting. As such, it makes sense to me to keep this as a separate article. I shall thus remove the merge tag. Be invited to disagree with me but if you do, argue your case here. Schwede66 03:39, 27 April 2020 (UTC)Reply