Talk:Robin Miller (nurse)

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An entry from Robin Miller (nurse) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 1 February 2006.

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Shouldn't this article be moved to Robin Miller (aviator) instead? It seems that it was her aviation history that makes her notable, not her being a nurse. —Cleared as filed. 12:54, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

It's a difficult one, since it's the interaction between being a nurse and an aviator that made her notable. I must say I was a bit miffed that the move was made when there are no other Robin Miller entries already in wikipedia - the other possible Robin Miller (HMV) could be easily distinguished by the Sir. So I originally thought that the move was a bit too quick off the mark. However, when I thought about it, generally in wiki, people of the same name are distinguished by their occupation, Since she was first and foremost a nurse I guess it is reasonable that the article stands as is. That said I am open to other solutions.... SeanMack 14:09, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

After re-reading the article, I agree that it's a bit more ambiguous than I first thought. I'd be all for moving this back to Robin Miller, and moving the disambiguation page to Robin Miller (disambiguation). —Cleared as filed. 14:24, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Makes sense to me - you want to do it or shall I? Or do we need others to concur? SeanMack 14:38, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I'll leave a note on the talk page of User:SYSS Mouse, the user who performed the original move, just so he/she has a chance to provide some input. —Cleared as filed. 14:49, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Thats fair. SeanMack 14:52, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I am not against it. But it is improper to use Sir Robin Miller as article title. (This violates manual of style. See Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(names_and_titles)#Other non-royal names).SYSS Mouse 20:55, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. I just noticed that Sir Robin Miller doesn't actually have a Wikipedia article to begin with. Until someone comes up with one, I think we should replace the disambiguation page with this page (at Robin Miller) and worry about disambiguation pages when we actually have articles to disambiguate. —Cleared as filed. 20:59, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Having read the guide mentioned by SYSS Mouse, I'm tempted to leave it as is, since Sir will not be used to distinguish Sir Robin Miller... I need direction from more experienced users. Regards SeanMack 10:58, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

I was about to get started on some research to create a stub for Sir Robin Miller, so that the whole thing would become moot and we could just leave things as-is. However, I discovered that he is no longer the chairman of HMV, which means that not only does he not have a Wikipedia article right now, he's no longer the thing he was originally notable for on the disambiguation page. Since the third Robin Miller on the disambiguation page also has no article and doesn't seem that notable, I again think we should just move this page back to Robin Miller and come up with disambiguation pages when we actually need them. —Cleared as filed. 14:19, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

I did a bit of searching and added what info I could find on Sir Robin Miller to the existing Robin Miller page. he's been a fairly significant player within English business for quite some time so I do think we should have an article for him. I'm happy for anyone to organise the pages whatever way they see fit. Cheers SeanMack 16:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, what would you consider him? Robin Miller (businessman)? —Cleared as filed. 16:38, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't sure - I had a look at other business bios and didn't see anything like that being used. It's in the "too hard basket" for me... Whatever you think is best - I have no strong feelings as to how the pages get organised. Cheers SeanMack 16:45, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'll go ahead and do that for now just to get his bio off the disambiguation page, but I also have no strong feelings about it and if anyone wants to move it somewhere else afterwards, I have no objection. —Cleared as filed. 16:47, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Dicks

Robin Miller maried Harold Dicks, an RFDS pioneer director. Were they the parents (or maybe gradparents) of David Dicks the sailor? -- I@n 06:40, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

dubious I dont think so :( SatuSuro 06:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Its just that I recall David saying his father had something to do with the RFDS. But then again maybe I was dreaming. -- I@n 06:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)