Talk:Fabian (name)

Roman adoption

This was a name originally given to those adopted into or descended through the female line from a Roman family named Fabius ...

As I misunderstand, this is partly backward: Fabianus would be someone adopted from Fabia gens into another. For example, when Gaius Octavius was adopted by the dictator, he became Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. —Tamfang (talk) 19:48, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

All 'n' sundry

• I don't think I buy your first name–surname order. Once you start throwing in middle names or initials, finding a name is visually tedious. I mean, look at 'Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen'. You have a perfect column of white space between the 1st two words, followed by a restful alphabetical list of surnames. Except that you don't. 'Gottlieb' isn't a surname. It's out of α–β order and spoils the whole paradigm. Ditto surnames starting with 'van' and 'von'. To be sure, these entries are filed in correct order. Ergo, suggest redo as <surname, first>. What's Wiki's policy?
• Likewise, spelled-out 'born' and 'died' are so much visual noise. Because 'born' predominates up and down the list, the Gestalt of it all jumps out at you, detracting from the reference function of the list. Why not 'b.' and 'd.'?
• Shouldn't Fabian Alamazan be changed to 'Cuban-American'?
• This is just a disambiguation list. For Cancellara, Jeker, Schaar, Schnaidt, Wegmann, why not nix 'track', 'road', 'racing', and say just 'cyclist'? For that matter, it's inconsistent. Lienhard does that.
• Forgive my ignorance, but can you reduce 'rugby union player' to 'rugby player'? 'Rugby league footballer' to 'rugby footballer'? 'Australian rules football player' to 'Australian football player'? For that matter, why 'player' in some entries but 'footballer' in others?
• Under Surnames, entry Eva Fabian, nix the gratuitous, self-serving 'world champion'.

Jimlue (talk) 17:46, 3 May 2022 (UTC)