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The result of the move request was: not moved: insufficient support. DrKay (talk) 14:15, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indigenous Protected Area → Indigenous protected areaIndigenous protected area – ie dropping extra capitalisation, in line with normal article naming conventions, because it is not a proper noun. There is no specific single place called "Indigenous Protected Area". In fact the article includes a couple of references to "an Indigenous Protected Area" - the use of the indefinite article "an" implies a common noun rather than a proper noun. Relisted. BDD (talk) 19:08, 2 October 2012 (UTC) Mitch Ames (talk) 05:59, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose The refs tell me that Indigenous Protected Area is a proper name, in the same way that World Heritage Site is (for eg.). Moondyne (talk) 15:18, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can you be more specific than "the refs tell me...". Which part of which refs? What usage states or implies that it is a proper noun? (The fact that the ref capitalises the term does not necessarily mean it is proper noun - not everyone follows MOS:CAPS.) Mitch Ames (talk) 23:55, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The term seems to be an official classification which results from an assessment. A definition: "An Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is an area of Indigenous-owned land or sea where traditional Aboriginal owners have entered into an agreement with the Australian Government to promote biodiversity and cultural resource conservation.". Further, "The declaration of an Indigenous Protected Area over Indigenous owned lands results in that land being considered as part of the National Reserve System." eg. "Deen Maar was declared an Indigenous Protected Area in November 1999". Moondyne (talk) 06:46, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. My lawn is an "indigenous protected area". Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area is an "Indigenous Protected Area". Apteva (talk) 18:02, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Support: the legislation uses Specific-Meaning-Under-the-Act capitals; the responsible government department uses Self-Importance-or-Emphasis capitals (it also uses the term Traditional Owners); both are entitled to do so but we have our style manual which uses neither. It is the Indigenous Protected Area if we write about a specific XXX Indigenous Protected Area, it is an Indigenous protected area if we write generally about the area(s). (Incidentally, World Heritage site is correct, not World Heritage Site). Indigenous is a proper adjective in the term. Crusoe8181 (talk) 10:53, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why is Indigenous a proper adjective? It's not derived from a proper noun. Or are we saying it is derived from Indigenous Australian which is deemed to be a proper noun? And if so, why is Indigenous Australian a proper noun? Does Indigenous derive it's "properness" by extension from Australian (which is derived from the proper noun Australia). Mitch Ames (talk) 13:25, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

derives from the (putative, though rarely-used) Indigene which is a catchall term for Aborigine, Torres Strait Islander and any such subdivisions thereof (Koorie, Gunditjmara etc) preferred by various groups of indigenous Australians, and thus a proper noun. As used in the previous sentence, indigenous is common; when in phrase Indigenous protected area it is proper. Crusoe8181 (talk) 05:51, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a reference for that etymology? The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (6th edition, 2007) says indigenous is from the Latin indigena ("native from") and indigene is from the French indigène, which is from the Latin indigena. Neither English word is capitalised (as proper noun are in SOED). Mitch Ames (talk) 06:44, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose. The article is specfically about Indigenous Protected Areas in Australia, and it's quite cleary a proper noun. Zarcadia (talk) 19:22, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it "clearly" a proper noun? Which "unique entity" (first sentence of the proper noun article) does it refer to? Or what other criteria does it meet that makes it a proper noun? Mitch Ames (talk) 12:55, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.