Talk:Demetrius II of Georgia

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move Demetrius II of Georgia to Demetrius the Self-Sacrificer edit

Latest comment: 10 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Support to move. Jorjadze (talk) 19:31, 28 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

If no objections are met page will be moved. Jorjadze (talk) 16:43, 30 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

That's not a proper procedure for move. Please follow Wikipedia:Moving a page and Wikipedia:Requested moves.--Kober^Talk 17:05, 30 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Requested move edit

Latest comment: 10 years ago5 comments5 people in discussion

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. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: No consensus to move. After two full listing periods, there is one support vote (the nominator) and two opposes so closing as no consensus. The opposes are valid because I don't think evidence has been provided that the mentioned cognomen is overwhelmingly used and recognised in English, as required by WP:SOVEREIGN and WP:COMMONNAME. (non-admin closure) — Amakuru (talk) 17:42, 19 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Demetrius II of Georgia → Demetrius the Self-Sacrificer – It should be moved to his historical name. Relisted. BDD (talk) 20:05, 11 November 2013 (UTC) Jorjadze (talk) 10:57, 2 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Oppose No one is arguing that he was not called Demetrius II of Georgia but Demetrius the Self-Sacrificer is the more common form used in sources. Overall it is ill advice to use nicknames to denote monarchs of Georgia due to their obscurity to English audiences; the "of Georgia" tell us more about the person than the nickname that many might even get. The nickname is still shown in the article. --The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 11:03, 2 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
Oppose The "X of Georgia" construct is more informative and descriptive. Furthermore, the Georgian nicknames can be rendered in English in various ways, creating confusion. Even the Georgian-language encyclopedias don't use nicknames in the title of an article about a monarch.--Kober^Talk 12:26, 2 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

You may want to read WP:COMMONNAME. Jorjadze (talk) 17:57, 3 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

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