Talk:Abba Seraphim

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Name[edit]

As the British Orthodox Church calls him Abba Seraphim, this article should.[1] Doug Weller (talk) 16:17, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It would be useful to note how correctly to address a salutation to His Beatitude. Geoffrey BH 19:42, 28 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeoffreyBH (talk • contribs)

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Requested move 18 January 2023[edit]

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The result of the move request was: No consensus. EdJohnston (talk) 02:33, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Abba Seraphim → William Newman-Norton – The article name should be William's Christian name and not his job title, in line with other similar pages, e.g. his uncle Hugh Newman. I am not sure why it was named like this in the first place - it is very strange and unusual. It is a bit like calling an article about Justin Welby the Archbishop of Canterbury instead. LRB2000 (talk) 22:55, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment : @LRB2000 Well, it seems to be the most WP:COMMONNAME (unless proven otherwise). This is not something unusual on WP to not have the article be the person's birth name : for example Joseph Ratzinger is called Benedict XVI, same goes for many other religious leaders like Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, and even for non-religious people like Afeni Shakur. Veverve (talk) 01:02, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per COMMONNAME, for example useage here.--Ortizesp (talk) 05:32, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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