Talk:Georgina Evers-Swindell

Requested move 26 September 2015

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The result of the move request was: Moved by User:CambridgeBayWeather. Natg 19 (talk) 08:48, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

– The Evers-Swindell sisters are double-Olympic gold medal winners (in 2004 and 2008). They both retired after the 2008 Olympics and subsequent to that, they both married and changed their names. Consequently, they are most commonly known by their maiden names. Both pages were moved without discussion, with the reasons provided "because she got married and changed her name" (Georgina) and "she married in December 2009 and changed her name" (Caroline). This is contrary to MAIDEN, where it is stated that "the general rule in such cases is to title the article with the name by which the person is best known" (emphasis as per the source). Both articles should thus revert to their maiden names to meet the underlying requirement of COMMONNAME.  Schwede 66  21:37, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Georgina Earl → Georgina Evers-Swindell
 * Caroline Meyer → Caroline Evers-Swindell

Support both. Never noticed they had been changed and would have objected at the time. Agree COMMONNAME applies here.Moriori (talk) 18:52, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Support the moves, while the articles should make clear what there current names are, the article title should be their commonly recognized names. Mattlore (talk) 21:35, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Support both. As above, the name(s) should reflect that by which they were known during the time of the activity for which they are notable. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 03:09, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. CSD'ed Caroline_Evers-Swindell and Georgina_Evers-Swindell in preparation for move. --JustBerry (talk) 21:23, 4 October 2015 (UTC)


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