Category talk:English MPs 1654–1655
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"Parliamentarian" dab[edit]
BrownHairedGirl, I see that there are a number of articles that use "Parliamentarian" as a dab. Should that be lower case, or does it represent a proper noun for something that I'm unaware of? Schwede66 19:51, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hi Schwede
- Given the era, it is probably used here in its popular meaning as as a synonym for Roundhead, the winning side in the then just-finished English Civil War. If so, then it definitely should be capitalised.
- If not, it may used be used in a generic sense to refer to Parliament, which is used in capitalised form without a pronoun as as a synonym for the Westminster Parliament. In that case, there would be an argument for capitalising it, but I'd probably say on balance no -- and better to use the more common and less ambiguous dab of "(MP") of "(politician)".
- Hope this helps. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:10, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
- BrownHairedGirl, thanks for the clarification. The issue arose because we had two dabs for the same name; one a NZ MP with "(politician)" as disambiguator, and the other with "(Parliamentarian)". That was somewhat undesirable, as the former was a "parliamentarian", too, and I guess that's possibly not the only case where such ambiguity would arise. If the terms "Roundhead" and "Parliamentarian" are used interchangeably, should we seek support to have the 40 or so bios that use "Parliamentarian" be moved to "Roundhead"? Schwede66 17:24, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hi again Schwede
- In an English civil war context, "Parliamentarian" is the more widely used form. The head article is at "Roundhead" only because of the obvious ambiguity, and "Roundhead" is more concise and natural than alternatives such as "English Parliamentarian" or "Parliamentarian (English Civil War)". So I would not support a generalised moved to "Roundhead".
- I suspect that most biogs disambiguated with "Parliamentarian" work fine, and don't cause any ambiguity. But for situations such as the ones you describe where there is a clash with another person could be descried colloquially as a "Parliamentarian", then I suggest moving the English one to "English Parliamentarian". How does that sound to you? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:36, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
- I was wondering why there were more Parliamentarian dabs than Roundheads; that explains it. What you suggest, BrownHairedGirl, is fine by me. I moved a Parliamentarian to Thomas Birch (English politician); will move him again according to your suggestion. I also note that there are a number of English MPs from around that time who use "parliamentarian" and maybe the capital P was dropped by people with my level of ignorance as to English history. Schwede66 17:49, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
- BrownHairedGirl, thanks for the clarification. The issue arose because we had two dabs for the same name; one a NZ MP with "(politician)" as disambiguator, and the other with "(Parliamentarian)". That was somewhat undesirable, as the former was a "parliamentarian", too, and I guess that's possibly not the only case where such ambiguity would arise. If the terms "Roundhead" and "Parliamentarian" are used interchangeably, should we seek support to have the 40 or so bios that use "Parliamentarian" be moved to "Roundhead"? Schwede66 17:24, 30 January 2017 (UTC)