User talk:Facts8920

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Do not move John K. Randle again, as per our MOS:HONORIFICS, his name is not Doctor John Randle, it's John Randle. GRINCHIDICAE🎄 13:48, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

I changed it to Dr John Randle for the following reasons: (1) his name was not John K Randle (as had previously been indicated on the page) and (2) there was already an entry under John Randle (a former athlete).

It would not be appropriate to leave the entry as John “K” Randle. Do you have any suggestions? Facts8920 (talk) 13:53, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, you read HONORIFICS. His name is John Randle, it can be disambiguated or left as is. Why is "K" inappropriate? GRINCHIDICAE🎄  13:57, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Ok. The K is inappropriate for the following reasons (1) It was not his initial and/or there is no evidence from any reliable source that is reasonably contemporaneous (with his lifetime) that this was an initial of his (2) in his own writings he referred to himself as John Randle (not John K Randle) see e.g J. Randle, ‘The treatment of guinea worm’, the Lancet, 1894; J. Randle, ‘Cancer among the African Creoles’, Br. med. J., 1910 (3) one of the most notable works to refer to him is Adelola Adeloye’s 1974 work on “Some early Nigerian doctors and their contribution to modern medicine in West Africa”; again here he is only “John Randle” not John K Randle (4) one of his children, who was quite famous in his time was named J.K Randle (he was the Lisa of Lagos) and has his own Wikipedia page. His son (a grandchild of John Randle) was also named J.K Randle (another well known figure in Lagos, Nigeria). It seems reasonably likely that any confusion as regards John Randle’s name may have been caused due to the similarity with and/or confusion with these two notable individuals. Facts8920 (talk) 14:20, 17 December 2020 (UTC)