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Of course it was undone, because as already documented, it's an Old (ancient) Anglo-Saxon/English name predating (by hundreds/thousands years) usage by JRR Tolkien and other fantasy authors/creators that in fact use it (such as
Warhammer 40,000). Wikipedia isn't a fandom encyclopaedia, so real-world takes precedence. Nevertheless, I think it'd be okay to redirect to
Darwin (given name), as in its history there were only
forenames (such as
Robin of Locksley) with people using place names and professions at the end, which some became surnames later.--
dchmelik☀️🦉🐝🐍(
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07:38, 10 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Darwin (given name) or as determined. Happy to go along with all that has been said above. There's no reason to make it a Middle-earth (Tolkien) redirect. If we have nothing more to say about Deorwine than that it is an OE name, I'd say it likely falls foul of
WP:NOTDICT; but I have no objection to redirecting it to
Darwin (given name).
Chiswick Chap (
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12:34, 10 March 2024 (UTC)reply
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