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The result of the move request was: no consensus, so moved by default to
John Smith (Ohio Senator). There is no consensus here for any title, so the result defaults to the status quo ante, which is
John Smith (Ohio Senator). That was the stable title until a
WP:BOLD move on Jan 9 was reverted and then reinstated. (Per
WP:BRD, after the first move was reverted, it should not have been moved again without prior discussion). In this discussion, several editors expressed concern about the ambiguity of "Ohio Senator" (
John Quincy Smith was an Ohio state Senator), while others asserted that "Ohio Senator" will conventionally be read as meaning a federal senator. It might be helpful to have a central discussion somewhere to clarify that point. --
BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (
contribs)
12:49, 16 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Oppose. This page was at
John Smith (Ohio senator) until it was moved, without discussion, two weeks ago. Per
WP:BRD, I will be reverting that move for its own discussion unless there is a consensus here for a different title. However, I think it is generally understood that an Ohio senator is a member of the United States Senate from Ohio, and that a member of the state senate would be titled "Ohio state senator". They are different jobs with different titles.
bd2412T18:05, 27 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Oppose It is not known that he was born in 1735: his birth date is unknown. The disambiguator can probably be shortened to "Senator from/for Ohio" without adding ambiguity.
DrKay (
talk)
11:39, 2 February 2014 (UTC)reply
I prefer "for" because it clearly implies that the Senator represents the state in the US Senate. One could have used
Barack Obama (Senator from Hawaii) to disambiguate his from his father, and be half right.
Standard usage among American political scientists never considers "from" to designate the birthplace of a person, only the locality he represents. I'm not sure why this is; from the founding of the Republic, people have represented constituencies far removed from their birthplace, so perhaps that's the reason.
Xoloz (
talk)
17:32, 13 February 2014 (UTC)reply
One shouldn't abbreviate
Democratic-Republican with a simple "D", as that is an abbreviation for the modern
Democratic Party (United States), the descendant of the Democratic-Republican Party after the era of
Andrew Jackson. The two parties, Democratic-Republican and Democratic, have different WP articles for very good reasons. In textbooks, the abbreviation "D-R" is occasionally used, though I would dispense with the abbreviation altogether as anachronistic for the earlier era.
Xoloz (
talk)
17:25, 13 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Oppose The suggested title is not substantially clearer. I would support reversion to the title from which this article was recently moved.
Xoloz (
talk)
17:32, 13 February 2014 (UTC)reply
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Requested move 16 September 2018
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Support "(U.S. senator, died 1824)". Nominator is exactly correct that the existing title is ambiguous as to whether he served in the state senate of Ohio, or represented Ohio in the United States Senate. Years of life should only be used in an article title as a last resort — but between the ambiguity of "Ohio Senator" and the John Quincy Smith problem, we're in "last resort" territory here.
Bearcat (
talk)
16:23, 17 September 2018 (UTC)reply
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