Talk:Erik's Chronicle
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 | On 23 August 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Eric Chronicle to Eric's Chronicle. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Requested move 23 August 2024
[edit]- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) RodRabelo7 (talk) 01:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Eric Chronicle → Eric's Chronicle – Per WP:COMMONNAME. The current title, "Eric Chronicle," is rare in the literature. A Google Books search for "Eric Chronicle" mostly returns results for "Eric's Chronicle" and an Ngram search also supports this. The Ngram does shows that "Erik's Chronicle" is slightly more common than the version with "c". However, since the protagonist Eric Magnusson is spelled with a "c" on the English Wikipedia, "Eric's Chronicle" is the consistent choice. —Comments on other variants: "Chronicle of Erik" is also quite common in the literature. The plural "Eric Chronicles" (links) is some Wikipedia oddity.— Jähmefyysikko (talk) 22:16, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support per nom. Mellk (talk) 11:46, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]@Jähmefyysikko: Do we need the article ("the") here, i.e. "the Eric's Chronicle"? I am getting mixed results on Google Books on whether "the" is included. Mellk (talk) 15:05, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- I have to admit that I did not consider this earlier, but the guideline WP:THE (of course there's one!) suggests that in ambiguous cases the article is to be dropped. See the part about Histories (Tacitus). Jähmefyysikko (talk) 15:18, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I was referring to the first sentence rather than the title (yes, we usually do not need "the" for that). Mellk (talk) 15:30, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I see. As you say, the literature is divided, so neither is incorrect. Let's follow the first sentence in Histories (Tacitus) and omit it here also. Jähmefyysikko (talk) 15:52, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- Makes sense. Mellk (talk) 16:01, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I see. As you say, the literature is divided, so neither is incorrect. Let's follow the first sentence in Histories (Tacitus) and omit it here also. Jähmefyysikko (talk) 15:52, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I was referring to the first sentence rather than the title (yes, we usually do not need "the" for that). Mellk (talk) 15:30, 2 September 2024 (UTC)