Talk:Henry Brown (minister, born 1848)

Requested move 4 December 2023

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The result of the move request was: Moved to Henry Brown (minister, born 1848). (closed by non-admin page mover) NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 06:59, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Henry Brown (American clergyman) → Henry Brown (clergyman, born 1848) – Disambiguation from Reverend Henry Brown (which also has an open RM). —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 19:40, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support Henry Brown (minister, born 1848) or Henry Brown (missionary). We usually refer to Methodists as "ministers" rather than "clergymen". -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:41, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Those suggestions are fine with me. I wasn't aware of the usual practice. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:11, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Although the opening sentence says he was a missionary, I don't find any further discussion of that in the body of the article, and there are no sources cited for that paragraph. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 02:35, 6 December 2023 (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.
 * Support Henry Brown (minister, born 1848) per the above. BD2412  T 00:47, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Move to Henry Brown (1848–1931) Merely "born" is a Wikipedia convention not followed by reliable sources. Hameltion (talk &#124; contribs) 05:14, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Exactly, it's a Wikipedia convention! We don't need to follow "reliable sources" for disambiguation purposes, since disambiguation only relates to Wikipedia. In any case, the source you cite does not refer to him as "Henry Brown (1848–1931)"! -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:17, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, a change of the Wikipedia convention would be a more global issue, not something to establish in an obscure single-article RM. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 15:35, 7 December 2023 (UTC)