Talk:Herron (name)

Requested move 13 April 2020

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The result of the move request was: No consensus buidhe 17:16, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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Herron (name) → Herron (surname) – This is almost exclusively a surname article, it would be better to confine it to such, so removing the two given name entries to Herron (disambiguation). -- 65.94.170.207 (talk) 16:31, 13 April 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. buidhe 16:34, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose. The article covers both surnames and given names. When name articles exist, people don't go on dab pages, and since there's only two, there's no need to break out a separate given name article. I don't see any benefit to the proposal. Station1 (talk) 09:28, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
  • The proposal is to reduce scope, which would mean the two given name entries would then appear on the disambiguation page. Thus, it would be a surname article instead of a name article. Thus the two given name entries would not appear here. It is because there are only two given name entries, that it does not appear like it should be here. There are not a lot of given name "Herron"s, so it would be cleaner to have a focused topic for this article. There is no need for a separate given name article, and I never proposed such a solution. -- 65.94.170.207 (talk) 16:07, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
    • I understand. But I see no benefit to reducing the scope of the article to remove two people with the given name, no matter how it's done. Station1 (talk) 19:59, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Leaning support, but I wouldn't have a separate page for the two given names. Just list them under "See also". A better service to the article would be to find some sources indicating the historical origins of the surname. Quite often, rare cases of a person with a given name that is more commonly a surname reflect that somewhere in their ancestry someone had that surname, and that ancestor's legacy is being honored. BD2412 T 04:45, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

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