Talk:Praphas Charusathien

Propose name change
RTGS has his name as "Praphat". So does Chris Baker and so do other historians. I thought that our convention was to go with RTGS when there is no compelling reason to do otherwise. Do a search on "Praphas" and again on "Praphat" and I think you will see what I mean. I propose that the name of this article be changed to "Praphat Charusathien". Seligne (talk) 14:35, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * RTGS would have the surname as Charusathian, which does not appear to be used by the majority of sources. Many contemporary sources also have it as Charusathira. The given name also appears as Prapas and Prabhas. This will need a bit more investigation, which I can't yet attempt at the moment. --Paul_012 (talk) 16:51, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * A quick look through Google Ngram results shows that the current spelling appears to be the most common during the 1960s–70s, but was later overtaken by "Praphat Charusathien". --Paul_012 (talk) 03:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * As there are various transcriptions of this name and not one established variant, I would propose to use RTGS by default: Praphat Charusathian. --RJFF (talk) 13:10, 1 March 2020 (UTC)