Talk:Department of transportation

message: I am deleting the Globalize tag.  The word "transportation" is unique to American English, which implies that only American governments have an agency called the Department of Transportation.  --Coolcaesar 19:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But the idea of the word isn't unique. Think about it... the words "cloverleaf interchange" and "thruway" are Americanisms, but the UK has cloverleaves and Germany has long-distance autobahns. --Samuel 69105 12:25, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But the word used in British English and most other countries is Ministry of Transport or something which literally translates as such.  In the French case, this is because "department" describes a geographical unit of government, not a structural one!  You really need to do some reading in comparative law.  It is better to keep the two concepts distinct rather than getting everything all confused.  And the two articles are already connected by See also links for those who are interested in what the rest of the world is doing.  --Coolcaesar 20:08, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Worldwide view is irrelevant in this context

message: Is MassHighway really the best Massachusetts equivalent? I think the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation may be the best equivalent to a Department of Transportation, though it doesn't use the name "Department". --71.124.173.134 21:43, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Massachusetts 

message: two list articles on the same topic but geo split with no reason (the name is not relevant as it's the topic) Widefox; talk 07:11, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you asking why we group the same topic with different names? (as opposed to a WP:DICTIONARY) Widefox; talk 12:02, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry I wasn't clear. I was asking why have the contents of Ministry of Transport been merged into Department of transportation as opposed to the contents of Department of transportation being merged into Ministry of Transport.--Obi2canibe (talk) 12:26, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I see, which target to merge into. Well, I see they've been merged by User:2a02:c7d:b910:3d00:c5ec:7443:b167:4eaf. I don't have stats, and don't mind either way. Now that it has been merged, a separate move can be done if Ministry of Transport is a better target. Widefox; talk 12:52, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Ministry of Transport]] 

message: An RfC is underway at Talk:Ministry of Transport#RfC: Transport governance article titles which affects this article. Please feel free to comment. Triptothecottage (talk) 01:37, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC affecting this article 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. Cutting the NAC debate off at the head, hopefully... (closed by non-admin page mover)  Vaticidalprophet 05:09, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Department of Transportation →  – Article is about the generic institution Primergrey (talk) 04:41, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

text: This is a contested technical request (permalink). Polyamorph (talk) 08:08, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

text: *I don't think it's uncontroversial given that the article is at its current location thanks to a formal RM at Talk:Department of Transportation#Requested move 14 February 2020 -2pou (talk) 07:22, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 30 March 2021 

message: This move to a plural form (sans RM) violates MOS:PLURAL.  That the article is about many departments of transportation does not mean the title ought to be plural.  Our Bird article, for instance, begins "Birds are..." and, indeed, is about all kinds of birds.  Yet the title remains singular. Primergrey (talk) 00:25, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Concur. It is clear that User:Firejuggler86 is unfamiliar with MOS:PLURAL. --Coolcaesar (talk) 00:36, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Just noticed that User:Buidhe has fixed the mess created by User:Firejuggler86.  Thanks! --Coolcaesar (talk) 05:31, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undiscussed move