[WikiEN-l] Re: [Wikipedia-l] Saints

Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Thu Oct 23 06:19:28 UTC 2003


"Delirium" wrote

> ... I'd propose we remove titles from both article names and
> the beginning of the first sentence of the article, unless they are
> absolutely integral.  This includes both official titles (President,
> Prime Minister, etc.) and honorific titles (Blessed, Sir, etc.).

I'd agree with the general sentiment.  Had a ''Sir'' imposed on an article I
wrote, and felt this made too much of a non-hereditry title.  Isaac Newton
doesn't need the "Sir", for example.

Charles





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