Talk:Valijagate

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[edit] Article name

Valijagate gets far more GHits than maletagate, and is named in the news media, while maletagate seems to be used more often in blogs. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Periergeia indicated on my talk page that valijagate is the more popular term now; does anyone object if I redirect this page to Valijagate? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Basically, maleta is more Venezuelan and valija is more Argentinian. I've also heard "maletíngate". Main "valijagate" with "maletagate" redirecting seems to be the best option according to ghits. JRSP 17:03, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
OK, I'll do that, since the Argentine word is getting more press play. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge proposal

This article and Maletinazo are about the same incident. JRSP 04:35, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

  • hmmm, a problem. Maletinazo gets a ton more ghits, and it's mentioned all over the press. We need a careful analysis of what term is used by more reliable sources (separating out the junk, blogs, and Wiki mirrors). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:42, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
    • Lovely article, that, by the way. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:44, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Yes, it looks like maletinazo has far more serious (press) reports, as well as more ghits overall. I never thought the "gate" construction sounded right; never heard of such a construction in Venezuela (maybe it was Argentine?) But there's no article there. Do you know policy in these cases? Do we cut and paste text from here to there and then redirect this? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:55, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
I think this is the right way, move contents there and replace this with a redir. the policy/guidelines should be at Help:Merging and moving pages. JRSP 05:05, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Yes, it's there (thanks)! [1] So if others agree, shall I do it tomorrow or the next day? Basically it's a cut and paste, but has to be well labeled. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:10, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
I think it is obvious both articles are about the same subject so I don't think anyone will disagree with the merger. JRSP 05:14, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
It's probably still better to wait a bit, so no one feels left out of the discussion, leading to possible reverts. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:16, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Yeap, we can wait a couple of days. JRSP 05:20, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
If others weigh in by tomorrow, I'll go ahead and do it then. I've been looking at the text, and there's not much to save there, but maybe we can get rid of the WP:PROSELINE problem here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:28, 22 August 2007 (UTC) (By the way, I'm on my laptop with no accents; can you fix any accents over there?) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:29, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem, you can also use Á and ñ. Check the source, nowiki tag don't work for these. JRSP 05:51, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello!, What you guys decide is fine with me. I trust you.. --F3rn4nd0 (Roger - Out) 07:10, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

OK, that's 3 out of 5 involved editors, so I'll put both articles in use and do the merge now. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 07:12, 22 August 2007 (UTC)