Talk:Ianuarius

Merge

I think this page be merged into January. There is no need for a separate article on the latin name of a month, when such information already exists in the month's article. Nyh 10:55, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

But see Quintilis, for example. We have several articles on aspects of the Roman calendar. The articles on individual months amplify in greater detail material covered at Roman festivals, Roman calendar, Julian calendar, and Fasti. The article isn't about the Latin name, but about the month itself. For this month, for instance, one could also use the vast amount of scholarship generated on January by Ovid's poem on the Roman calendar. It just isn't fully developed. Cynwolfe (talk) 17:30, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Move

Now that we have a full list of Roman dates for the month, it can't really fit into the #History section of January any more. That said, this month's COMMON ENGLISH NAME is still "January" and it's exactly the same month, just focused on its Roman context. It should be moved to January (Roman) or January (Roman calendar) instead of pretending that the Latin name was talking about a different subject or that it is commonly used in English. — LlywelynII 02:03, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Names

The alt form with J, the common anglicized form, and the abbreviation need to show up bolded in the article. If there's a feeling that they clutter the lead, they should be moved with the etymology to a new #Name section rather than removed entirely. — LlywelynII 23:51, 17 January 2024 (UTC)