Talk:John Munro (New Zealand politician born 1839)

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Photo

The National Library holds a photo of John Munro. It was taken by William Henry Vinsen (1876–1962). The photo will go into the public domain on 1 January 2013. Schwede66 21:27, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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Pages moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 05:51, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

• John Munro (politician) → John Munro (New Zealand politician born 1839)
• John Munro (New Zealand) → John Munro (New Zealand politician born c.1798)

– Ok, herewith another attempt to have the the remaining two John Munros renamed. See Talk:J. B. Munro for the first attempt. The reason remains the same. Let's see whether we can resolve it this time. Schwede66 03:58, 26 September 2011 (UTC) Schwede66 03:58, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

• Support obviously. Per WP:QUALIFIER. We don't have middle names, so typical first dab would be for notability reason (polititian) there are a number of John Munro politicians from other places, so let's call them (New Zealand politician), we have two, so let's differentiate by year of birth.--ClubOranje^T 05:36, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
• Support Stuartyeates (talk) 18:51, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
• Support. Seems fine and is the standard practice. I'd probably prefer John Munro (New Zealand politician, 1839–1910) and John Munro (New Zealand politician, c. 1798 – 1879), but it's not a huge deal. Jenks24 (talk) 00:35, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

• Query Should your preference rather be John Munro (New Zealand politician, c.1798–1879), i.e. with three spaces removed? Schwede66 02:47, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
  • I don't think so. Please see the bottom example of MOS:DOB. There should always be a space between "c." and the year, and in this case there should the years should also be spaced to show that it is unsure he was born in 1798, but it is known that he died in 1879. Jenks24 (talk)

• Support Jenks 24, perhaps as varied by Schwede. Life period is the best disambiguator where occupation will not do. See for example Thomass Foley, where there were perhaps a dozen notables of the same name, amny in politics. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:27, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
• Comment: maybe just "(politician born 1839)" and "(politician born c. 1798)" would do as diasambiguators? Or are there non-NZ politicians named John Munro born those years? NB the space before 1798! HandsomeFella (talk) 07:51, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.