Talk:New Zealand Voting Records

Respectfully, I feel there is no need to create an entire new page for this. The Suffrage Petition cannot be described as a "voting record"- none of its signatories could vote. It could be incorporated instead into the page for Electoral Rolls. --Av85647 (talk) 17:26, 16 May 2022 (MDT)

That's a valid suggestion. Most of the voting-related content for New Zealand is currently on the Electoral Rolls page. However, we are currently attempting to standardize the naming of some of these pages to correlate with the FamilySearch Catalog and how they list their record topics. In the FS Catalog, the voting records for New Zealand are categorized under the Voting Registers topic, with electoral rolls falling under Voting Registers. We decided to create the New Zealand Voting Registers page with the intent to migrate the Electoral Rolls content over in the coming day or two. In addressing this topic, we do realize that this page was incorrectly titled, however, and "Voting Records" needs to be changed to "Voting Registers" in the page title, so we will adjust that accordingly. Thank you for bringing up this topic! -- Amber Larsen 17:03, 17 May 2022.

I completely understand the desire to standardize the Wiki, but please keep in mind that here in New Zealand the term "electoral rolls" is used almost exclusively. Almost no one talks of "voter rolls" or "voter registers". --Av85647 (talk) 17:19, 17 May 2022 (MDT)

That is a fair point. Electoral Rolls are the most commonly-used voting-related records in New Zealand. However, they aren't the only types of records that contain voting-related information. In consulting with our New Zealand research specialists, they also feel it is prudent to move the content to a page titled New Zealand Voting Registers. We will, however, leave a link displayed as "Electoral Rolls" in the sidebar for those who are used to accessing the resources that way, and it will redirect to the Voting Registers page. --Amber Larsen 12:32, 24 May 2022.