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Post-election events of Proposition 8 (2008) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 21 September 2018 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into 2008 California Proposition 8. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Grammatical Error

In section 3.3.1, the first sentence is grammatically incorrect. The word "while" is used twice, the first use of "while" should be removed to fix the sentence. H, H, R... character (talk) 05:27, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, thanks. --Nat Gertler (talk) 10:07, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lead sentence

I saw a reference to Prop 8 on a CDP article. I hovered over it and all it said was that it was a proposition and constitutional amendment that passed. Could have been a tax law, or bail reform, or anything. Given MOS:FIRST, it seems to me that the first sentence should at least introduce the topic of the law. Also, describing it as "passed" but not saying it is no longer in effect also seems to bury the lead.

Old version: Proposition 8, known informally as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment that passed in the November 2008 California state elections.
New version: Proposition 8, known informally as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage; it passed in the November 2008 California state elections and was later overturned in court.

It seems to be overly technical to have both the proposition and constitutional amendment references, though they are technically correct.

Shorter still version: Proposition 8, known informally as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition to ban same-sex marriage that passed in the November 2008 California state elections and was later overturned in court.

Discuss. Chris vLS (talk) 16:08, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

I don't think November 15, 2008 anti-Proposition 8 protests was impactful enough to merit an article separate from this – maybe this warrants a few sentences to a paragraph as a merge to this article? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 18:36, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support merge. The protests article is primarily a list of locations, and if it is cut, the rest of the content is short enough to be combined into a paragraph. Hanif Al Husaini (talk) 07:34, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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	I don't think [[November 15, 2008 anti-Proposition 8 protests]] was impactful enough to merit an article separate from this – maybe this warrants a few sentences to a paragraph as a merge to this article? [[user:theleekycauldron\|theleekycauldron]] ([[user talk:theleekycauldron\|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Theleekycauldron\|contribs]]) (she/[[singular they\|they]]) 18:36, 22 August 2022 (UTC)		I don't think [[November 15, 2008 anti-Proposition 8 protests]] was impactful enough to merit an article separate from this – maybe this warrants a few sentences to a paragraph as a merge to this article? [[user:theleekycauldron\|theleekycauldron]] ([[user talk:theleekycauldron\|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Theleekycauldron\|contribs]]) (she/[[singular they\|they]]) 18:36, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
			*'''Support''' merge. The protests article is primarily a list of locations, and if it is cut, the rest of the content is short enough to be combined into a paragraph. [[User:Hanif Al Husaini\|Hanif Al Husaini]] ([[User talk:Hanif Al Husaini\|talk]]) 07:34, 29 August 2022 (UTC)