Talk:Prince George of Denmark
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[edit] Move suggestions
I propose (unofficially for now) this artilce move to Prince George, Duke of Cumberland, or Prince George of Denmark // DBD 10:36, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
This should really be discussed before it is moved. The conventions are likely to be changed to mention male consorts somehow. Charles 16:07, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
He was never known as Duke of Cumberland. It should go back to Prince George of Denmark. john k 17:08, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
The conventions already cover male consorts. See item #10 in the naming conventions: "The same rule applies to male royal consorts." The article is correctly named. What he was "known as" doesn't matter. Additionally, putting "Prince" in the title reduces his rank to that of a junior royal, not a consort of a ruling one.—Chidom talk 01:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- Of course what he was "known as" matters. That is the basic wikipedia naming rule - to use the most common name. If a specific naming convention takes us away from that for no good reason, it should be trashed. As to that statement in the naming conventions, I have no idea how it got there, and the talk page clearly shows that there is absolutely no consensus for such a rule. john k 17:04, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- Also, you are wrong. item #10 is for living consorts. We are dealing with a dead consort, and item #9 does not specifically say that it applies to males, because it was never intended to do so. john k 17:06, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
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