Talk:Walter Hervey (mayor)

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Requested move 26 October 2018

Latest comment: 6 years ago6 comments6 people in discussion

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The result of the move request was: Pages moved as per consensus. (non-admin closure) Breawycker (talk to me!) 09:42, 4 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

– To dispense with the uppercase job title. These two are the only "(Mayor)" articles on Wikipedia. If we don't change them to "politician", we should at least use lowercase for "mayor", per MOS:JOBTITLES. —BarrelProof (talk) 17:20, 26 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

Support Walter Hervey (mayor) and Thomas Hooke (mayor). It seems more helpful to specify Hervey's official title in 13th century London, rather than use the oblique "(politician)". Similarly, Hooke's position in 17th century Dublin would be more specifically delineated as "(mayor)". No need for inclusion of "Dublin" since his sole Wikipedia dab page competition is the unlinked Sir Thomas Hooke of the Hooke Baronets who has no record of public service or of political participation. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 14:05, 27 October 2018 (UTC)Reply
Support Walter Hervey (mayor) and Thomas Hooke (mayor) per Roman Spinner's rationale. The upper-case job title for this article was an oversight on my part. PohranicniStraze (talk) 22:45, 27 October 2018 (UTC)Reply
Support as nominated. People in politics should always be disambiguated as "politician" first, then "nationality politician" if there are other politicians in the mix, then "divisional [state/province/county/etc.] politician" if there are other politicians of the same nationality in the mix, and as "specific political role" only if even the divisional level still isn't enough (e.g. André Harvey vs. André Harvey (MNA), two different people who represented two immediately adjacent cities (which have long since been amalgamated into one city!) at two different levels of government (though fortunately not at the same time as each other). "Politician" isn't oblique at all, as it's exactly what mayors are — the rule for disambiguation isn't to jump directly to the most hyperprecise title possible, it's to use the most generic title that doesn't collide with another article topic. So "politician" is always the first line of disambiguation for a person who holds political office, with the disambiguator getting more specific than that only if "politician" isn't enough to prevent another collision. Bearcat (talk) 18:31, 29 October 2018 (UTC)Reply
Support Walter Hervey (mayor) and Thomas Hooke (mayor) as above. Not really politicians in any sort of modern sense. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:12, 31 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

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