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Requested move 28 November 2022

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover)Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 21:43, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]


Mary I of EnglandMary I – The primary topic for Mary I is clearly the Queen of England. While I can understand if it refers tot the Queen of Scotland, but she is most commonly known as Mary, Queen of Scots. Interstellarity (talk) 00:34, 28 November 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. echidnaLives - talk - edits 02:20, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't follow at all. Johnbod (talk) 05:06, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Relisting comment: I believe another week of discussion here will be beneficial to determining consensus, as while there are more opposers, this isn't a vote and supporters have also been giving good evidence-supported comments. After 7 days, we'll see where we end up. Thanks, echidnaLives - talk - edits 02:20, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment as an opposer, since User:EchidnaLives suggested that the support side has offered good "evidence." I don't believe the differing votes in this RM are explained by evidence, however, e.g. when all sides agree the COMMONNAME should predominate but disagree what the common name is. Rather, there is a disagreement on naming principles in general, which (IMO) is more subject to simple gauging of consensus. Even if it is conceded that Mary I-> Mary I of England is a good WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT (which not all opposers do, to be clear, although I'm personally fine with the redirect), that doesn't solve the issue. As the "Obama" primary redirect example shows, concision isn't everything; sometimes a fuller title is more useful and precise. As far as I'm concerned, including "of country" is the default, and only when there's no contest at all in importance - like 100x times as important - does it make sense to remove it (e.g. Henry VIII (disambiguation), where all the competition is either very minor nobles, major nobles but who are known by different titles than Henry VIII, or else things named after the English king). Maria I is anglicized as Mary I in older literature, and while Mary Queen of Scots is not normally called "Mary I", she's so important that even if 5% of usages are of "Mary I of Scotland", it's worth differentiating. These two are way more prominent than the kind of no-name forgotten nobles like Henry VIII the Sparrow or inferior titles nobody uses like the Holy Roman Emperor also technically being a Henry VIII of a different claim. Basically, I don't think there's much of a dispute on evidence, just a naming style question of whether "$NAME $REGNAL_NUMBER" is appropriate if it is merely the most prominent usage (clearly true in this case), or if it is only appropriate if it is the dominating usage with no substantive alternatives (clearly not true in this case). SnowFire (talk) 22:09, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your comment. While I do partially disagree, I will consider it when closing future RMs. echidnaLives - talk - edits 08:57, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    None of this makes any sense. Either she's primary topic, and should be at Mary I (similar to Elizabeth I etc.) or she's not primary topic, in which case there should be a dab page. The current arrangement is not consistent with any of our naming conventions, including WP:CONCISE and WP:CONSISTENT, so one way or another the page or the dab page will be moved. WP:CONSENSUS is formed by looking through the lens of policy and guideline, not by taking a vote. Also, why is the Obama example still being used? It has been fully demonstrated above that Obama and Mary I are not equivalent cases when considering WP:COMMONNAME. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 18:11, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This has been argued to death, and it seems it some want to argue it all over again. The consensus achieved is at WP:SOVEREIGN, where for a great many variety of reasons, and after much discussion, the form "Monarch # of Kingdom" was agreed upon. That is the consensus. It has been the norm for over a decade. This was challenged a couple years ago when some people started trying to shorten monarch pages to give some sort of special prominence to some British monarchs. The entire matter was re-argued again last year, and the WP:SOVEREIGN norm of "Monarch # of Kingdom" reiterated as consensus. It is getting tiring to argue this over and over again.
I see no reason to make an exception here against the consensus of WP:SOVEREIGN. Walrasiad (talk) 20:00, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Precisely. Either she is the primary topic and "Mary I" should be the name of the article, or she isn't and "Mary I" shouldn't redirect to it. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 18:33, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The redirect Philip and Mary of England has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 July 17 § Philip and Mary of England until a consensus is reached. estar8806 (talk) 12:03, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

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  1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25012878

PanagiotisZois (talk) 12:19, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why have you listed this very old and partial source document? Ponsonby100 (talk) 12:24, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 25 January 2024

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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: not moved. After much-extended time for discussion, there is a clear absence of consensus for the proposed move, and closer to a consensus against the move in light of other royal figures named Mary which may be confusing to the casual international Wikipedia reader. BD2412 T 21:12, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Mary I of EnglandMary I – or move Mary I (disambiguation) to Mary I. WP:SOVEREIGN says that we should Only use a territorial designation (e.g. country) when disambiguation is needed. Mary I is a WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT, and neither of the two RMs proposing that Mary I (disambiguation) be moved to Mary I have failed to find consensus that there is no primary topic. (One in 2020 which found affirmative consensus against the move, one in December 2022 which resulted in no consensus). If there is not consensus that this is the primary topic for Mary I, I would suggest that the dab page be moved to Mary I. Best, HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:55, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: redirects, such as Mary I, are ineligible to be current titles in move requests. "Mary IMary I (disambiguation)" has been removed from this request to meet that requirement. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'er there 03:55, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, so this is an "either or" situation. I've adjusted your nomination a bit, and feel free to make any modifications you think it needs. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'er there 04:14, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per others. Too ambiguous. I also wish that people would stop introducing frivolous move requests into monarchy related articles. There's no need to change the status quo right now. 92.40.212.153 (talk) 18:35, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per the above. The country is important in the interests of our readers and necessary to make the subject of such articles sufficiently clear. Removing it isn’t an improvement for our readers (which policy instructs is our priority) and doesn’t seem to serve any good purpose beyond just following the recent change to NCROY -- and given the contentiousness of all the RMs that's prompted, it almost certainly needs to be revised. ╠╣uw [talk] 18:03, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As an addendum to my !vote, here's a bit more detail on some of the salient policies:
  • Our WP:CRITERIA policy instructs that we make user interests’ our priority, and that we ensure titles are recognizable to those who are familiar with, although not necessarily an expert in, the subject area. As I’ve noted elsewhere, the problem is that many regnal names — and especially common and repeated names like Mary — may not be sufficiently recognizable even to those who are familiar with royalty. I myself am one (familiar but no expert) and until these recent RMs I would not have been able to tell you that Charles X and Charles XI were kings of entirely different countries, of that Mary I must necessarily be Mary I of England
  • WP:COMMONNAME policy encourages us to look to other reputable encyclopedias for comparison. That Britannica considers it important to include with the title a clarifier that she is queen of England seems pertinent.
  • Primary topic policy does not dictate that the most concise unambiguous title is the one we must use. If it did, we'd have US, UK, Obama, 103rd Congress, Cezanne, Bothell, Rockies, Pacific, DTs, AI, etc., all of which redirect to less concise titles. Policy recognizes that other factors beyond conciseness and ambiguity are important for us to consider, and I would say they favor retaining the country.
Cheers, ╠╣uw [talk] 14:12, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • By your absurd interpretation of CRITERIA, title preferences would be in this ascending order:
    1. Mary I
    2. Mary I of England
    3. Mary I of England (1516-1558)
    4. Mary I (1516-1558), Queen of England (1553-1558), Queen consort of Spain
    5. Mary I (1516-1558), Queen of England (1553-1558), Queen consort of Spain (1556-1558)
    6. etc.
    I mean, by your interpretation, 2 is preferable to 1. By the same reasoning, 3 is preferable to 2, 4 preferable to 3, etc. There’s no end to this. For. Every. Article. On. Wikipedia. That’s why it’s absurd. —В²C 23:07, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Huwmanbeing. I had a group of reasons but clean forgot to come here. Huwmanbeing lays out the most important: We exist to serve our readers and making/keeping things clear and easy for them is important. Happy days, ~ LindsayHello 18:23, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support move of this article to Mary I per nom and because Opposers have no policy basis. None. Zip. Nada. Huwmanbeing’s claim that “of England” is necessary to make the subject “sufficiently clear” ignores ALL relevant guidelines. Primary topic here is undisputed; Mary I has been a PRIMARYREDIRECT to this article for years. Nobody has even attempted to argue we don’t have PT here. Recognizability is from the perspective of someone familiar with the topic. Anyone familiar with this Mary I will recognize an article titled Mary I is about this Mary I. Interpreting CRITERIA guidance to prioritize reader interests to mean unnecessary disambiguation like ”of England” should be included in our titles would mean a radical change to policy and changing almost all of our titles to meet some limitless unspecified standard. After all, any title can be “improved” by adding more clarity to the title so the subject is recognizable to more readers. That’s an impractical and frankly fantastic interpretation of that guidance. As such it doesn’t count as policy basis at all. Which leaves opposition with no policy basis whatsoever. —В²C 22:16, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    By your crass and rather obnoxious reply, you demonstrate precisely why i ~ and i suspect a very good number of other editors ~ tend to stay away from discussions (not arguments) like this. The very first section of TITLE says that [t}he title is a name or description of the subject that someone familiar with, although not necessarily an expert in, the subject area will recognize. I find it hard to argue that "Mary I of England" is not clear enough for just about every non-expert, whereas, as Huwmanbeing pointed out simply the name and number may well not be. I recognise Mary I, or Edward III, but British history is a delight of mine; i wouldn't have a clue about the Charles X and Charles XI he mentioned without clarification, and there are bound to be people in the same position for Mary I. To repeat and clarify: We exist to serve our readers, and easy titles which keep things clear are good for them and therefore for us. Happy days, ~ LindsayHello 18:36, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for all the reasons that have been discussed ad-nauseum. Wikipedia is for readers and readers will find the existing title far more clear. Same reasons as the Maria I move, too - "Mary" is an exceptionally, exceptionally common name, even strictly among the nobility. The proposed title is ambiguous. There isn't some shortage of characters, we can spend some. SnowFire (talk) 22:28, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - ambiguous with Mary, Queen of Scots among others. Bensci54 (talk) 21:23, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - no clear primary topic. Support moving dab page to Mary I. Tad Lincoln (talk) 03:26, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Mary I has been an undisputed WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT since 2008, which seems like pretty strong evidence that it is the primary topic. Rosbif73 (talk) 07:24, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Rosbif73: That is false. It was a dab page from 2001 until 2017, when it was changed without discussion by the same user who proposed the recent change to NCROY. Here is the page in June 2017. Similar story at Mary II. Srnec (talk) 18:31, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, I must have gotten this page confused with another of the royalty RMs. Nevertheless, and regardless of who made the change, that still makes over six years that it hasn't been disputed as primary redirect, so my argument stands only marginally diminished. Indeed, as pointed out in the nominating statement, two RMs on the dab page in 2020 and 2022 found consensus that the English queen is the clear primary topic. Rosbif73 (talk) 13:15, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Time for another RM. Tad Lincoln (talk) 18:05, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose To quote SnowFire: "There isn't some shortage of characters, we can spend some." It is clearer the way it is. Are we also going to change Henry I of England to "Henry I"? Mary, Queen of Scots was also the first queen of Scotland to bear this name. There's also Mary of Guise, who was wife of James V of Scotland from 1538 to 1542. What about Mary of Teck? By contrast, Edmund I works as an article title because it is a much less common name for monarchs or nobles. When discussing British kings and queens, Henry VIII is referred to by that name, as is George III and Queen Victoria, but Mary Tudor is not, I think, typically just referred to as "Mary I". Indefatigable2 talk 17:57, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Well it's rather simple because neither Mary of Guise nor Mary of Teck would ever be referred to as "Mary I" because they weren't queens regnant. As for Mary, Queen of Scots, she's just hardly ever referred to as Mary I of Scotland, see ngrams[6]. Supporting that, redirects to Mary, Queen of Scots including some form of "Mary I" get less than 1000 views combined [7]. The fact of the matter is that Mary I, refers to the English queen almost exclusively. To that point, very few readers go from Mary I of England to the disambiguation page Mary I (disambiguation), to the point where it doesn't even register in WikiNav [8]. estar8806 (talk) 18:13, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    When a number of historic figures with a similar name are floating around the same topic, some clarification helps. The article has worked up till now with its current title, as it has for Henry I of England. I have no further insights to offer. Indefatigable2 talk 18:27, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.