Forum:Page names

Naming conventions are at Genealogy:Page names.

As rule 1, we have that Wikipedia takes precedence.

I think this is a bad rule, because Wikipedia's own conventions are inconsistently applied and because Wikipedia is not about genealogy.

Particularly, Wikipedia may call someone "Charles, King of Spain" (first name, job) even though his name is "Charles of Hapsburg". The selection of "job" is varied too: sometimes it's the one held longest, sometimes it's the most prestigious, sometimes it's the one that mattered most for English history.

So, I would suggest that "first_name last_name" should be the priority rule. When Wikipedia uses a different name, we should create a page with that name and redirect. rtol 17:40, October 13, 2009 (UTC)