Talk:Coalition

message: A coalition is also the collective noun for a group of cheetahs. I don't know if it is used for any other animals.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ennisj (talk • contribs) 05:47, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: While this is an interesting fact I do not think that "zoology" needs it's own subhead.  I think we can include that a group of cheetahs is called a coalition under the "types of coalition" subhead. 
Farilo (talk) 16:48, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's a good point. The zoology aspect is interesting but, in my opinion, takes away from the term. There is a wiki page about cheetahs and the definition of the collective noun is defined there. I suggest we connect the Cheetah page to the coalition via either the "See Also" or under a new subhead "Types of Coalitions".Mujju2288 (talk) 06:24, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zoology 

message: Is the example of the current coalition in the UK necessary? Such coalitions happen all the time in European politics and the addition of a very recent example makes it sound otherwise. Rucha58 02:43, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: While i think the different types of coalitions are important, i dont think its necessary to have to address any single example thoroughly. I believe those importance can be derived from their own wiki page if there is one that is already made. If there are any, we can simply direct a link to go to that page. This way we wont have other details clouding the essence of the term.
Mujju2288 (talk) 20:57, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK Coalition Example 

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thread_title:  Dr. Weikard's comment on this article 

message: I believe that these three sections don't contribute to the overall understanding of coalition. I found that "List of countries with coalition governments" fit better as its wikipedia page and I believe these "coalitions" would be better on their own as well. I think it would be beneficial to keep each with a small paragraph but the amount of information on the coalition Wikipedia currently is not necessary. I propose that this article should be split.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Youngsvnnhrs (talk • contribs) 17:16, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I think the layout of this Wiki page would flow better if we removed the subtitles "Coalition in social science/mathematics/computer science. Instead I think these subheads should be included into the "See Also" section, where it can still be accessed through the Coalition page.Mujju2288 (talk) 06:17, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: So I'm not too sure what the 'math' section is talking about, nor are there any sources that can prove what a coalition has to do with games. In mathematics the term coalition is linked to an exponential population growth equation which is derived using the Coalition Model for World Population Growth. These differentiation and integration techniques were first published by mathematician, Pierre François Verhulst in 1838.Mujju2288 (talk) 06:08, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coalition in Social sciences, Coalition in Mathematics, & Coalition in Computer science 

message: The current description under this sub-head is besides the point of what a coalition is. Theorists about coalition formation talk about the formation/maintenance/and break as the overall topic. I believe we should change this section to talk about things more along the lines of that. I think this biology aspect should be pushed to another section.Mujju2288 (talk) 16:56, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Theories for motivation

message: The current definition is difficult to understand because it needs to be more direct.  I propose that we edit the definition at the start of the page to say: 
The term "Coalition" is the denotation for a group formed when two or more persons, faction, states, political parties, militaries ect.. agree to work together temporarily in a partnership to achieve a common goal.  The word Coalition connotes a coming together to achieve a goal.  r Coalition International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr.. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. p586-587. Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning,. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coalition  
I also propose that we add Synonyms to this section.  
The synonyms I would like to include are;  alliance, union, partnership, bloc, caucus; federation, league, association, confederation, consortium, syndicate, combine; amalgamation, merger.  We can link them to their respective wiki page.   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coalition
Farilo (talk) 01:14, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I like your definition. It's detailed and gives a better understanding of what the term means. We should update that definition.
Mujju2288 (talk) 20:54, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition  

message: This section seems to have its content correct. its just lacking citations. Im going to look up as much as i can to validate the information presented is correct. If i cant find a proven source I'll get rid of it.Mujju2288 (talk) 03:08, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formation 

message: I think it would be beneficial to remove some of the sources in the see also section. Links like: List of political parties in Israel, Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan do not add to the readers understanding and comprehension of the term coalition. This is an important edit because these sources could distract the reader away from the main point of the Wikipedia page. 
Youngsvnnhrs (talk) 17:11, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  See Also  

message: I think that Power in Coalition should be removed from the references because it is not linked to anything on the page and the link does not work when you click on it. It could be beneficial in the See Also if the link was functional.
Youngsvnnhrs (talk) 17:18, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Power in Coalition  

message: Is this revenant to the page? Canada is not mentioned anywhere else on the Coalition page, and when you click the link, the website isn't specific to coalition it's just a bunch of articles about Canada.
Youngsvnnhrs (talk) 18:04, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: I think this section needs some cleaning up, deleting and additional information. Farilo and I will work on this section. There seems to be a lot of plagiarism in this section that came from Habitat International Coalition - Housing and Land Rights Network  With additional information this section could remain on the page but right now there is too much of other peoples work on here for it to be a credible on its own. 
Youngsvnnhrs (talk) 00:56, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coalition in Social Sciences 

message: credible citations have been added and irrelevant information has been removed. Flow of the wiki page seems to work much better than how it previously sat. I suggest we take the flag off of the page.Mujju2288 (talk) 06:59, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing Flagging 

message: Very similar pages Political group, Coalition, Political alliance.
Not to be confused with Coalition government, Parliamentary group. HudecEmil (talk) 04:56, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously only merge with the Government and politics section of this page, not the other use cases. HudecEmil (talk) 05:19, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: "A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces"
I live in Australia and I am not sure temporarily is the right word for the description because the Coalition here has lasted for a very long time and therefore it is hardly temporarily.
Perhaps removing the word temporarily from the description. 49.3.72.79 (talk) 15:58, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Temporarily is not necessarily the right description