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== Requested move 11 April 2021 == |
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The result of the move request was: '''Page moved'''. The was a suggestion to move the page to [[Emperor Tacitus]] but didn't gain support. <small>([[Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Closure by a page mover|closed by non-admin page mover]])</small> [[User:Jerm|Jerm]] ([[User talk:Jerm|talk]]) 16:10, 18 April 2021 (UTC) |
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[[:Marcus Claudius Tacitus]] → {{no redirect|Tacitus (emperor)}} – Most sources, such as [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tacitus-Roman-emperor Britannica] refers to him simply as Tacitus, suggesting that that is his [[:Wikipedia:COMMONNAME]]. [[Special:Contributions/2601:241:300:B610:C072:E2FF:A43F:6722|2601:241:300:B610:C072:E2FF:A43F:6722]] ([[User talk:2601:241:300:B610:C072:E2FF:A43F:6722|talk]]) 15:07, 11 April 2021 (UTC) |
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*'''Support''': [[Tacitus (emperor)]], rather than using the full name in the title as natural disambiguation, is more consistent with other emperors. [[User:Adumbrativus|Adumbrativus]] ([[User talk:Adumbrativus|talk]]) 18:15, 12 April 2021 (UTC) |
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*'''Support''' per the above. [[User:Egsan Bacon|Egsan Bacon]] ([[User talk:Egsan Bacon|talk]]) 20:22, 13 April 2021 (UTC) |
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*'''Move to [[Emperor Tacitus]]''' per [[WP:NATURALDISAMBIGUATION]]. It works for [[Queen Victoria]]. [[User:Rreagan007|Rreagan007]] ([[User talk:Rreagan007|talk]]) 02:29, 15 April 2021 (UTC) |
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*'''Support''' per single-name convention and for consistency with (say) [[Probus (emperor)]]. Using the full name might make it easy to confuse him with a common person. Disagree with the above proposal for '''Emperor Tacitus'''. [[User:Avilich|Avilich]] ([[User talk:Avilich|talk]]) 15:05, 16 April 2021 (UTC) |
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== ambiguous == |
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wikipedia page about Emperor Tacitus is certainly well sourced but is also unsufferably ambiguous about his life due to multiple sources that are cited by wikipedia editors contradict each other. my suggestion would be removing historia augusta as a source considering it's believed to be unreliable by modern historians [[User:Nedim Sancar|Nedim Sancar]] ([[User talk:Nedim Sancar|talk]]) 15:06, 25 September 2023 (UTC) |
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Requested move 11 April 2021
[edit]- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Page moved. The was a suggestion to move the page to Emperor Tacitus but didn't gain support. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jerm (talk) 16:10, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Marcus Claudius Tacitus → Tacitus (emperor) – Most sources, such as Britannica refers to him simply as Tacitus, suggesting that that is his Wikipedia:COMMONNAME. 2601:241:300:B610:C072:E2FF:A43F:6722 (talk) 15:07, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
- Support: Tacitus (emperor), rather than using the full name in the title as natural disambiguation, is more consistent with other emperors. Adumbrativus (talk) 18:15, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
- Support per the above. Egsan Bacon (talk) 20:22, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
- Move to Emperor Tacitus per WP:NATURALDISAMBIGUATION. It works for Queen Victoria. Rreagan007 (talk) 02:29, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
- Support per single-name convention and for consistency with (say) Probus (emperor). Using the full name might make it easy to confuse him with a common person. Disagree with the above proposal for Emperor Tacitus. Avilich (talk) 15:05, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
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[edit]wikipedia page about Emperor Tacitus is certainly well sourced but is also unsufferably ambiguous about his life due to multiple sources that are cited by wikipedia editors contradict each other. my suggestion would be removing historia augusta as a source considering it's believed to be unreliable by modern historians Nedim Sancar (talk) 15:06, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
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