Talk:Frances Boyd Dawson

Requested move 28 December 2023

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: Moved to Frances Boyd Dawson. Per consensus, on the alternative proposed title. – robertsky (talk) 03:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

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Boyd Dawson → Mrs Boyd Dawson – Boyd Dawson was her husband's name. If Mrs Boyd Dawson is not thought acceptable, then Frances Boyd Dawson or Frances Elizabeth Boyd Dawson might do. Dsp13 (talk) 23:29, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Tagging Warofdreams as page creator. Dsp13 (talk) 23:31, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

• Support move to Mrs Boyd Dawson as nominated per WP:COMMONNAME. DuncanHill (talk) 23:57, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
• I agree that a move is needed. While it's true that "Mrs Boyd Dawson" was how she was most commonly known at the time, the naming convention is now very dated. I'd prefer a move to "Frances Boyd Dawson", which was her actual name and one sometimes used in official contexts (e.g. the 1920 Annual Report of the Fabian Society). Warofdreams talk 22:43, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

  I agree that 'Frances Boyd Dawson' is best, because this includes the forename Frances. It also helps to identify the subject of the Wiki article from the range of different names that Frances used, in the custom of her times, after her marriage. Partridgebirdie (talk) 00:51, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.