Talk:Socialist Party – Different
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[edit] Incorrect title
Okay, the acronym sp.a stands for Social progressive alternative, not for Socialist Party - Different... see official website Just to know...--Lord Snoeckx 18:49, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- I'd like to argue that it does because
- the [ http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialistische_Partij_Anders Dutch wikipedia ] says so . It is managed by Dutch speaking people and Belgians who probably know things better. The article also states: "Een bekende ondertitel van sp.a is Sociaal Progressief Alternatief, wat vaak verward wordt met de betekenis van de afkorting." (Translation: A well known subtitle for sp.a is social progressive alternative, which is often mistaken for the meaning of the acronym.)
- The sp.a site itsself is rather vague on the issue but what it does read (when discussing its logo) is "De baseline 'sociaal progressief alternatief' behoort integraal tot het logo." (Translation: the baseline social progressive alternative is an integral part of the logo), if it was the name of the party why would they call it a baseline?
- I say we return the page to where it was, seeing this evidence. C mon 13:31, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
It's "anders" now, not "alternatief". —Nightstallion (?) 07:30, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
- I'd like to point out that I am a Belgian, and member of the sp.a, and we never use 'Socialistische Partij - Anders. That has become obsolete due to recent developments in Belgian politics - don't think that I simply edit anything, I only edit something which I know of it is correct.--Lord Snoeckx 22:01, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Please supply with proof that this is so! I've given two empirical arguments, that it's socialistische partij - Anders. Please give me counterarguments and not hear-say. -- C mon 12:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Somewhere around 2000 there were plans to gradually change the name to something that no longer included 'socialist' (this was while Patrick Janssens was president, he found the term "socialistisch" outdated/hard to market). When Stevaert became president of the sp.a, he cancelled this plan. In any case, no party congress has ever voted to replace the name with Sociaal Progressief Alternatief, the statutory name is Socialistische Partij Anders, even though the party almost exclusively uses the abbreviation "sp.a". --jan_k (2006-07-03)
- On the sp.a website it says: "Onder het voorzitterschap van Patrick veranderde de partij ook van naam en werd ze sp.a, socialistische partij anders." (Under the presidency of Patrick, the party changed names and became sp.a, socialist party different). cf. http://www.s-p-a.be/nationaal/ideeen/geschiedenis/partijvoorzitters/ --jan_k (2006-07-03)
- Somewhere around 2000 there were plans to gradually change the name to something that no longer included 'socialist' (this was while Patrick Janssens was president, he found the term "socialistisch" outdated/hard to market). When Stevaert became president of the sp.a, he cancelled this plan. In any case, no party congress has ever voted to replace the name with Sociaal Progressief Alternatief, the statutory name is Socialistische Partij Anders, even though the party almost exclusively uses the abbreviation "sp.a". --jan_k (2006-07-03)
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