Talk:Minoritarianism

message: It seems to me that "minority rule" is a much more used term than minoritarianism (so says googling). It also seems to me that they aren't identical. I don't mind this article remaining, discussing minoritarianism (re: current proposal for merger with "dominant minority"), however, I don't think it should have "minority rule" redirecting here. Nor do I think that the text "(essentially meaning minority rule)" should be part of the introduction. 
Furthermore the introduction describes minoritarianism as a "political philosophy". I feel this is giving the term a scientific flair which it hasn't earned, at least not the way this article currently expounds the term. __meco 14:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minority rule 

message: *Finland-Swedish minority rule in Finland? I don't really think that this is right? During the 1800's the Finland-Swedes had power, but there where not any elections and I there was no segregation such as in RSA and Rhodesia. I would say that it was more the Finland-Swedish elit that had power, not the hole group. To me this sounds like a allegation from some kind of finnish nationalistic organisation... Dr.Poison 17:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No source has been given though this information was questioned (by Dr.Poison and Martin) over two years ago. I didn't find prominent sources with superficial googling, either, so I'm "challenging and removing" that piece of information. --PeeKoo (talk) 08:47, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finland-Swedish minority rule in Finland 

message: Renaming this article "Minority Rule" doesn't seem appropriate.  Although I agree that "Minority Rule" should probably not redirect to here.  Just judging from context it appears that "Minoritarianism" and "Minority Rule" are related but different terms.  An example from the article illustrates...
Even in the case where minority control is nominally limited to blocking the majority with veto power (whether as a result of a supermajority requirement or a consensus process), this may result in the situation where the minority retains effective control over the group's agenda and the nature of the proposals submitted to the group, as the majority will not propose ideas that they know the minority will veto
This paragraph describes a fairly speculative and limited form of minority power which doesn't jive with my understanding of the common use of the term Minority Rule.  The distinction may be in the word rule which implies a fairly strong expression of control while minoritarianism appears to include forms of limited control by a minority.  Hmm... perhaps minority rule is a special case of minoritarianism?
New 02:47, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please take to WP:RM and follow proper procedure. -Patstuarttalk|edits 21:53, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  The "proper procedure" is exactly what Alan did - make a proposal on the respective article's Talk pages and see what the consensus is.  WP:RM is only for those cases that are either controversial or especially complicated (generally, those requiring admin intervention because the desired target page already has history.  Regardless, I think it's now moot.  This page now more clearly describes the primary usage of the term as the blocking power.  The stronger usage is more clearly defined at dominant minority.  Cross-links exist on both pages.  Rossami (talk) 00:09, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: Acha bom traduzir o que falta para o inglês? att 187.20.137.50 (talk) 20:07, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  {{Ping|Luizpuodzius|Walwal20|Diogo sfreitas|RodsTR|MikutoH|Anhaabaete|OnlyJonny}} 

message: Technically Jews are now a minority or rather a large minority in all of Palestine Nlivataye (talk) 18:13, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jews in Palestine 

message: Minority Rule by Ari Berman. 136.36.180.215 (talk) 02:46, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible reference for US minority rule