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The following is a closed discussion of a
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The result of the move request was: No consensus after being open for 3 weeks, there appears to be divided thoughts, without any forward momentum in discussion taking place. Since the interest is low, closing for now. Perhaps a discussion on the talk page should take place to go over the various alternative naming options, and then, once decided, a new requested move could be placed. (Closing this contested move which has already been relisted and no clear direction is being made. With no additional discussion, I am closing this. If you object, feel free to revert this close.)(
non-admin closure)
Tiggerjay (
talk)
18:37, 20 January 2016 (UTC)reply
John Randolph (politician) → Sir John Randolph – This is a bit tough. We don't typically use honorifics in titles unless the person is ubiquitously known with them or if there aren't better options for disambiguation. This seems to be the latter. (politician) is insufficient disambiguation from a few of the other entries at
John Randolph. (Virginia) and (colonial politician) would have the same problems. Since part of this John Randolph's claim to notability is being the only colonial American to receive a knighthood, I think this is a good case for returning to the honorific as natural disambiguation. If not, the more opaque
John Randolph (politician, born 1693) is probably the best bet. Pinging
JackofOz, who moved to the present title back in April. --
BDD (
talk) 14:40, 30 December 2015 (UTC) Relisted.
Jenks24 (
talk)
12:25, 7 January 2016 (UTC)reply
Relisting comment. There seems a clear consensus to move away from the current title, but opinion is divided on what alternative should be used.
Jenks24 (
talk)
12:25, 7 January 2016 (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.