Talk:United Kingdom exit from the European Union: Difference between revisions

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Then there would be other examples where CZ eschews the common name in favour of a descriptive phrase. When I have time, I'll look around. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] ([[User talk:Ro Thorpe|talk]]) 13:37, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
Then there would be other examples where CZ eschews the common name in favour of a descriptive phrase. When I have time, I'll look around. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] ([[User talk:Ro Thorpe|talk]]) 13:37, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
:Just found [[CZ:Naming conventions]], which says we usually follow the same common-name convention as WP, but with exceptions it doesn't specify. [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] ([[User talk:Peter Jackson|talk]]) 14:23, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

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 Definition:  official plans and progress for the UK to leave the union of 28 European member states; informally known as 'Brexit'. [d] [e]
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How about moving to the commonly used name, Brexit? Or is that only for Wikipedia? Ro Thorpe (talk) 14:32, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

As a supposedly academically oriented site, maybe we prefer more formal, less colloquial names. WP's usual policy (there are of course exceptions, leading to endless arguments) is to use the "common name". Peter Jackson (talk) 17:15, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Then there would be other examples where CZ eschews the common name in favour of a descriptive phrase. When I have time, I'll look around. Ro Thorpe (talk) 13:37, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Just found CZ:Naming conventions, which says we usually follow the same common-name convention as WP, but with exceptions it doesn't specify. Peter Jackson (talk) 14:23, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
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