Talk:Collins (surname)

Etymology[edit]

I have added some information about the Welsh surnames that are suffixed with "s" that act in the same way as the English suffix "Son" . I feel this is valid as until as late at the 19th century the majority of the British population were illiterate and spellings were therefore not fixed. Cheers.AKCollins (talk) 23:27, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

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As the article is a list of people bearing the surname "Collins" with a brief lead at the beginning, this article falls under list criteria. --rm 'w a vu 02:41, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, it would not. The nature of a surname article is to have a section that relates the origin and meaning of the surname and an associated list of persons who are notable and share the surname. By your reasoning, there could never co-exist a list of persons and information about the surname - all would be 'list-NA' which renders the classification and importance criteria utterly useless. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 03:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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