Talk:Paul Wild

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Contributor Wannupa has reversed my recent move (which I initiated for purposes of renaming the article) and has made the comment: "no other John Paul Wild". The anomaly is that John Paul Wild was invariably known, in his career as an eminent scientist, as "Paul Wild" -- never by his full name. Another scientist called Paul Wild is a Swiss astronomer; my addition of the words "Australian scientist", via the move, sought to make the distinction between these two scientists clearer.

Originally, for the same reason, I had titled the article "Paul Wild" when I first upoladed it in 2012. A contributor who called her/himself "Modest Genius" objected, hence "John Paul Wild" became the article name. "Modest Genius" then changed the name above the photograph to "John Paul Wild" before a compromise was reached: "John Paul (Paul) Wild".

The full names of other subjects of Wikipedia articles are not invariably used in the title. I would much prefer the article name to be "Paul Wild (Australian scientist)", given that the opening words which appear in search engines are "Dr John Paul (Paul) Wild ... was a British-born Australian scientist." Wannupa, would that allay your concern?

I'd welcome further discussion. SCHolar44 (talk) 18:08, 9 February 2018 (UTC)


 * I would support moving John Paul Wild to Paul Wild (Australian scientist). As you say, he was known as Paul Wild. Pdfpdf (talk) 23:46, 9 February 2018 (UTC)


 * As the article was named John Paul Wild and there were no other JPWs the then disambiguation was unnecessary. But as the subject was seemingly universally known by his second name from the cites, then per WP:COMMONAME the article title should be renamed Paul Wild (Australian scientist) to reflect and the opening words reflect. See Rupert Murdoch for a similar example. Wannupa (talk) 00:43, 10 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you, Pdfpdf. I have made a further comment on the new talk page, Talk:Paul Wild (Australian scientist); I'm not sure how it didn't transfer over as a result of the name change.  SCHolar44 (talk) 13:40, 10 February 2018 (UTC)