Talk:Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)

Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party's reaction about the name of Minshinto

Should be mentioned. Thay have the same name: 民進黨～民進党
－yhynerson1 (talk, contribs) 09:25, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

• Well,I don't think English-speakers would confuse DIP with DPP,but it can be mentioned.Bxxiaolin (talk) 06:36, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
  • The issue is not whether it would confuse English speakers, but whether it would confuse Taiwanese voters. To be more specific, the Taiwanese party voiced opposition to the name because of the concern that the DPJ's poor reputation would somehow tarnish their own image, which let's face it is a rather silly claim. The article already notes that they use the same kanji, so I don't think anything more needs to be said about the topic. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 07:10, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Article title

It seems that the official English title of the new party will be simply the Democratic Party. So, what shall we call the article? Naming the article Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) seems the the default choice. However, we should also consider whether this even needs a separate article, and whether keeping the information on the existing Democratic Party of Japan article (including mention of new Japanese language name) is preferable.--Autospark (talk) 18:06, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Democratic Party (Japan) currently redirects to the DPJ article. Keeping it at the current DPJ article is not preferable in my opinion because although the English name is the same, it is a different entity with a different Japanese name. We really shouldn't worry about doing anything at all until the documents are signed and something has officially happened. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 23:32, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

My sense is that there should be separate articles for the DPJ and the DP, and that the latter's article should be named "Democratic Party (Japan)". I would then move the present article to "Democratic Party (Japan)", while being attentive to how things play out. --Checco (talk) 08:34, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

That is the best course of action IMO. I agree with you both that this party definitely seems to be worthy of a separate article rather than just being a renamed DPJ.--Autospark (talk) 15:13, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Well, something needs to be done right away, because it's highly confusing to have the article's name be different than what's used elsewhere in the article. If it WILL be "Democratic Party (Japan)," it should be moved right away; if it turns out to be something else later, it can be moved again, then. Alternately, perhaps the whole article should be moved back to "Minshinto" until the name is officially decided upon. But regardless, one of those two should be done today. Korossyl (talk) 11:36, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I believe it should be moved back to Minshinto -- it probably should not have been moved to DIP in the first place. References to the party within the article should also be changed back to Minshinto. There still does not seem to be a fully official announcement of DP, and there DOES seem to be some grumbling within the party over its name. Korossyl (talk) 11:44, 22 March 2016 (UTC)