Talk:Thomas Oates (colonial administrator)

Requested move 13 December 2023

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The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs (talk) 21:36, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

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Thomas Oates (Governor) → Thomas Oates (colonial administrator) – WP:NCDAB / WP:NCPDAB. The current title seems overly role-specific. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 13:47, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Comment: I've been trying to figure this out, but there has to be a better word than "colonial" to describe politicians, given that the term not representing the Thirteen Colonies could be surprising for some (though this subject was born well after the existence of the Thirteen Colonies), given that per Colonial, associating the term "colonial" with anything in particular could potentially have systemic bias. Steel1943 (talk) 16:28, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

I was just following the characterization used in the first sentence. Using "politician" doesn't seem right, since he was appointed rather than elected. Perhaps Thomas Oates (government official) or Thomas Oates (territorial administrator)? Even just lowercase "governor" would be an improvement. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 20:55, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

• Support. This is the standard disambiguator for officials of the British Empire. "Colonial" most certainly does not only refer to colonial America. Oh, and he wasn't a politician. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:44, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

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