Talk:McDowell (surname)

Proposed merge with MacDowell
Combining helps readers - see discussion at User_talk:PamD User_talk:PamD/Archive_13. Would need a bit of tidying up to the dab page at McDowell, to ensure that both Mc and Mac non-surname items are all included there (the current MacDowell is not quite pure surname page). Pam D  08:03, 13 June 2019 (UTC) updated 15:06, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. They are pronounced the same, just a one letter spelling difference. Probably from the same root, too? —♦♦ AMBER  (ЯʘCK)  23:00, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. Identical names spelled differently ("Mac", "Mc" and the obsolete "M'" are pretty much interchangeable in Irish and Scottish surnames; the decision whether or not to capitalise the letter after "Mac" is also a matter of personal preference). (Kipling's poem "McAndrew's Hymn" was originally published as "M'Andrew's Hymn", and that spelling is still sometimes seen.)
 * McDowell seems to be the most common spelling for both people and places. MacDowell should be a redirect to DAB page McDowell, as R from other spelling. All the surname stuff for both spellings should be gathered into McDowell (surname), and all the non-surname stuff moved into McDowell. MacDowell (surname) should be created as a redirect to McDowell (surname).
 * I've taken the opportunity to cross-link the DAB pages McDowall and McDowell. Narky Blert (talk) 05:45, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


 * OK, nearly two months, no opposition, I'll go ahead. Pam  D  15:07, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * All done and dusted ... with diversions to consider Clan Macdowall... Pam  D  16:20, 6 August 2019 (UTC)