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Latest comment: 17 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
The woman was not named Margaret of Sweden in any original sources. She was not reigning queen of Sweden. Her actual name was Margrét Eiríksdóttir, anglicized Margaret Ericsdaughter, or Eriksdotter. So why is the article under this name? Is there a strange wikipedia naming-convention in play here, and in that case, what is it? The same problem also applies for Kristina of Norway and Margaret of Scotland and probably others. --Barend 14:28, 11 September 2006 (UTC)Reply
There is a convention, which is well short of being a policy, which says to do this at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (names and titles). It is badly written and allows exceptions. The actually policy says to use real names. In a dispute, we determine what the consensus view is, if need be by following the Wikipedia:Requested moves process. Given that the article was written as Margareta Eriksdotter, and was moved without any attempt to determine whether there was support for doing so, there's no need for any consensus to move it back. Anyone can move it, just so long as they fix any broken redirects. Angus McLellan(Talk) 14:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)Reply
I think she can be called Margaret of Sweden; simply because she was a Princess of Sweden; it is simple, and saves unecessary missunderstandings, as it quickly states that she was a Swedish Princess.
