Talk:Sir John McEwen, 1st Baronet
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- The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 02:50, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
John McEwen (Scottish politician) → Sir John McEwen, 1st Baronet – John McEwen is ambiguous, see John McEwen (disambiguation). According to the naming conventions for baronets a baronet is disambiguated by using "Sir Forename Surname, Ordinal Baronet": "If the name is ambiguous and the baronetcy is the best disambiguator between the men of that name, use the full style as the article title: Sir John Brunner, 2nd Baronet (with both prefix and postfix". Tryde (talk) 19:32, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
- comment I don't see why "Sir" is attached, it violates WP:PRECISE, that naming guideline is in contravention. 76.65.128.132 (talk) 09:01, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
- Support Not only does it not violate WP:PRECISE, it is in full accordance with point 1 - 'Natural disambiguation', as well as being in keeping with the relevant naming convention for titles. Benea (talk) 13:05, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
- It is longer than leaving it off, so is not consise, as the "ordinal baronet" is natural enough. 76.65.128.132 (talk) 11:44, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
- Support -- This reverts the article to the standard format for baronets. The present form is not ambiguous and should be retained as a redirect. "Sir" is always used as a prefix for baronets, though WP dislikes it for knights. Peterkingiron (talk) 19:09, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
- But why treat the two separately, since "sir" is natural disambiguation for knights? 76.65.128.132 (talk) 11:44, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
- 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. No further edits should be made to this section.