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

Thu Oct 23 08:29:32 UTC 2003

Charles Matthews wrote:

>"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.
>
If you don't want titles in the articles that you write that's just 
fine.  Others may prefer to include them in the articles that they 
write; that's fine too..  Going around and removing these titles just 
because they don't please you is a disrespectful act.

Ec