Talk:Richard Thomas (herpetologist)

Requested move 18 September 2019

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The result of the move request was: MOved to Richard Thomas (herpetologist) &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 13:44, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

John Paul Richard Thomas → Richard Thomas (zoologist) – I feel that the most natural name for this article would be "Richard Thomas (zoologist)", not his full name, given that he is overwhelmingly known as "Richard Thomas" (as far as I know, also the form he has used in all his publications), and following the principle "use the most common format of a name used in reliable sources" (WP:NCP). Tellingly, the non-existent "Richard Thomas (zoologist)" has far more incoming links that the current page title. This naming would also be consistent with the existing Category:Taxa named by Richard Thomas (zoologist) as well 4 other Wikipedias where he is featured. Micromesistius (talk) 13:11, 18 September 2019 (UTC)


 * When I do a google search for  the first (non-wiki) result I get is this other zoologist named Richard H. Thomas. There's also apparently a paleozoologist with the name at Leicester University. Not clear whether either is notable, but might be prudent to go with the more specific Richard Thomas (herpetologist). Colin M (talk) 15:52, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Richard Thomas (herpetologist). Always better to go with the most specific title for scientists, especially if a more general title may be ambiguous. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:06, 25 September 2019 (UTC)


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