Talk:Ministry (government department)

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It has been proposed in this section that Ministry (government department) be renamed and moved to Ministry (governmental body). A bot will list this discussion on requested moves' current discussions subpage within an hour of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed 7 days after being opened, if consensus has been reached (see the closing instructions). Please base arguments on article title policy, and keep discussion succinct and civil. Please use {{subst:requested move}}. Do not use {{requested move/dated}} directly. Links: current log • target log • direct move

Ministry (government department) → Ministry (governmental body) – Why ...Department is a synonym in the article so the name should the name should not be described by, what is equivalent to that word ASFLOCK (talk) 05:12, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose. The current title makes it very clear what this article is about, but the proposed title could be confused with Ministry (collective executive). Rreagan007 (talk) 06:18, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose. The proposed change is too ambiguous. —WildComet ^talk 07:15, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose and probably heading to WP:SNOW close. New editor today 1st edits. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:46, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support move to Department (government) --- Tbf69 P • T 15:46, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Oppose & snow/speedy close - You could still call a collective Ministry a governmental body. The title is not a definition, so it is not against any sort of rules to have a synonym in a title. Estar8806 (talk) 03:55, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]