Talk:Merkel (disambiguation)

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The result of the move request was: page moved -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:26, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Merkel → Merkel (disambiguation) – it should be moved in order to make a redirect from Merkel to Angela Merkel, similar to Goethe -> Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Jón +  09:57, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Yes, I think she's prominent enough for this treatment. Compare to Obama or Sarkozy. --BDD (talk) 17:16, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support as per nom. LCS check (talk) 12:28, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Indeed, a redirect at the top of the article is the right thing here. --The Evil IP address (talk) 19:36, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose - we don't in normal speech or writing say "Merkel" of a European politician unless being rude. It's different with mega-notable deceased politicians like Churchill or Roosevelt. Obama is a virtually unique surname, Sarkozy (surname) is unique to one family in France, Merkel (surname) is common. In ictu oculi (talk) 02:38, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * No one's proposing we rename Angela Merkel, however. The question is what we think a reader is most likely looking for when he or she searches for "Merkel." Try a general or News Google search, and she pretty clearly leads in the results. The surname only is very common in headlines—surely that's not rude? --BDD (talk) 05:36, 16 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Support. People searching for "merkel" are almost certainly looking for the German leader. That may change after she leaves office, but for now she is primary topic for the term. older ≠ wiser 12:09, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Yes, we do frequently refer to Angela Merkel (and most other politicians) simply using their surnames and she is clearly the best-known person to bear it. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:20, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.