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Requested move at Talk:Robert Prevost (disambiguation)#Requested move 8 May 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Robert Prevost (disambiguation)#Requested move 8 May 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Trailblazer101 (talk) 04:14, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Names with a lot of variants

Is there any consistency (or preferred option) as to whether different variations of the same name share an article or not? Some pages, like Galen (given name), collect different variants, but on the other hand we have e.g. Jalen, Jaylan, Jaylen, Jaylin (a redirect to Jaelyn), Jaylon, Jaelen, Jaelin, Jalon, and so on. (I'm also not entirely convinced that these purported "name meanings" are real — does "Jaylon" really come from the Greek word for 'calm'? I imagine most of them are indeed named for Jalen Rose, whose name is a combination of James and Leonard.) eviolite (talk) 04:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Before discussing your consistency question, I would like do mention another type of consistency which we all wikipedians must follow in articles about names: per WP:RS, we must consistently and mercilessly delete all references for various "baby names" sites/books and the ilk: they almost never trustworthy in nontrivial cases and don't indicate sources of their wisdom. Even if they indicate, we better cite the original respectable, scholarly sources. This is the first thing I did when I looked into the page you mentioned, Jaylon. --Altenmann >talk 05:41, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That said, to avoid "content forking", all etymology is best be in a single, most common variant of the name and other must refer to it. Danger of "content forking": different people wrote different texts on basically the same subject and these can easily be inconsistent, contradictory, and incomplete. Of course, if talking about names of different spelling but independently notable in different cultures, they surely can have culture-specific context.

As for lists, if they are short, they can be in one page, especially if the variants are from the same culture. Some long lists may be even named List of people with surname Smith.

A good trick for given names is All pages with titles beginning with Ivan --Altenmann >talk 05:41, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to prune the list of Johns, but was frustrated. —Tamfang (talk) 23:51, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Finally, about Jay* thingy. The purpose of these pages in navigation. SO you have to make a decision what is more convenient for a reader who pecked the name by ear and now, who the heck it was, jaylan, jaylon, jizzlon... In my opinion, similarly-sounding names are better be in a single page. OF course if the names are in different categories, such as "Polish-language surnames" vs. "Spanish-language surnames", then better keep them in different pages. --Altenmann >talk 06:18, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The purpose of these pages in navigation: But is it navigation to
1. Find other people with the exact same name (or origin)
2. Find someone who doesn't necessarily know the exact name of who they are looking for
—Bagumba (talk) 08:37, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OF course if the names are in different categories, such as "Polish-language surnames" vs. "Spanish-language surnames", then better keep them in different pages. As the number of multiracial and multi-ethnic people increase, and as people migrate to different countries, the lines between which name origin to look under get blurred if one is just looking for some person named X. —Bagumba (talk) 08:43, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:East Slavic naming customs#Requested move 21 May 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:East Slavic naming customs#Requested move 21 May 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 13:04, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:East Slavic naming customs#Requested move 21 May 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:East Slavic naming customs#Requested move 21 May 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 13:05, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ena (name)

Hello. I proposed that the People section in Ena be split into its own article titled Ena (name). Tell me your thoughts on this! 1isall (talk) 22:13, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Chlodwig" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Chlodwig to the article Louis (given name) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 5 § Chlodwig until a consensus is reached. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 15:39, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Eero#Requested move 6 July 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Eero#Requested move 6 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 11:28, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Kenzo (brand)#Requested move 16 July 2025

An editor has requested that Kenzo (brand) be moved to Kenzo, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 12:04, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Korea § Proposed changes to disambiguation pages for Korean given names

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Korea § Proposed changes to disambiguation pages for Korean given names. 172.56.232.40 (talk) 06:31, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

External resources (popularity)

Hi, I'm new to the WikiProject, but I've been making surname articles on and off for about a year now. I was trying to use Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/External resources (popularity) to help me on a article I am working on, and I realized that the page is in need of a lot of cleanup and updating. Can I just make updates to the page myself, or is there a process I should go through first before changing it? Sorry if this is an obvious question. I'm also new to WikiProjects in general. – Ike Lek (talk) 03:32, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]