Talk:Green Party (Ireland)
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[edit] Title of article
In the last few months this article has been moved from Irish Green Party > Green Party/Comhaontas Glas > Green Party (Ireland) > Green Party/Comhaontas Glas and now back to Green Party (Ireland).
I haven't participated in the moving, and I don't strongly object to any of the above titles, but I think it would be helpful for those who are moving the article to leave some comment here as to their rationale. The only comment I would make is that "Green Party/Comhaontas Glas" is the official name of the party. --Ryano 09:35, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
- Wikipediawide convention for political parties is to always translate names into English, unless they are commonly known to English-speakers only by a non-English name. Bilingual party names are common enough... for example in Canada one can find an organization officially known as the Liberal Party of Canada/Parti libéral du Canada but its listed on the English Wikipedia as simply the Liberal Party of Canada. Likewise, the organization officially called the Labour Party/Páirti an Lucht Oibre, gets filed as just Labour Party. So while Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael do indeed get listed by their Irish names, that makes them an exception rather than the rule. Amongst English speakers in Ireland the party this article refers to is always called--in common usage, anyway-- the Green Party, never Green Party/Comhaontas Glas, despite what the party constitution might say. -The Tom 04:22, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
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- That makes sense, and by the same token Green Party (Ireland) is preferred to Irish Green Party, which was an earlier title of the page. Hopefully having this section on the talk page will prevent further moves --Ryano 22:01, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] non-environmental issues (such as Northern Ireland)
Do the Green Party have a stance on every non-environmental issue? Would they have a full manisfesto for government, including foreign policy for example, or are they primarily about the environment? I'm specifically asking about Northern Ireland and whether they would aspire to a United Ireland or be officially neutral on that issue? Aaron McDaid (talk - contribs) 11:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
I think there is some information on the Green Party of Northern Ireland page... Sjeraj 14:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gaelic name
What is the direct back-translation of Comhaontas Glas? "Glas" in Welsh (a related language) is blue, not green. Esquimo 17:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- In Irish glas is green. Comhaontas Glas literally means "Green Alliance", which was a former name of the party. --Ryano 17:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks - just checking Esquimo 13:42, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
