Talk:Saint Methodius of Thessaloniki

message: *Agree Info duplicated with his bro and then triplicated in their common article.Easier to solve the "issue" too.Xenovatis (talk) 10:10, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: *Undid revisions by IP 137.208.80.253 as there was no debate, no substantiation and no evidence, while the evidence and sources already brought forward were disregarded.
*I am wondering what the Economics University of Vienna admin's thoughts would be on students using university resources to promote nationalist ideologies and antihellenism while vandalising Wikipedia.
Xenovatis 18:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: (Unnamed section)

message: In order to conform to wikipedia's naming conventions, this article needs to be moved to a new article title.  "Saint", except in a few cases, is to be avoided in the title of an article.  I would suggest "Methodius, Apostle to the Slavs", unless someone has a better suggestion. -- Pastordavid 17:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why would this case not qualify as an exception?--Domitius 18:26, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess I think the burden lies on the exception, not vice-versa.  That is, what compelling reason is there to make this article an exception?  The reasons not to make it an exception are those that brought about the guidelines -- primarily uniformity across Saints articles, and leaving the description of "Saint" to the article rather than the title. I have no problem leaving it where it is, but I would like to know the reason why.  -- Pastordavid 19:15, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because this is the most common name, see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names). I have no particularly strong objection to a rename if a satisfactory title can be found.--Domitius 19:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't disagree that "Saint X" is the most common name for many saints.  However, it is not recommended in the naming conventions.  In the same way, clergy are often most commonly known as "Pastor X", but would be titled "First Name Last Name" on wikipedia. "Apostle to the Slavs" is listed as an aka on Catholic Forum, and it is the first thing said about him in the catholic encyclopedia.  -- Pastordavid 19:42, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: . I don't really know what to say. They are recorded as saints in other encyclopedias (e.g. Britannica) and this is definitely the most common name. There is no "first name - last name" here, and knowing the editors of these articles, you're proposal will be highly unpopular. Finally, piling four words into the title isn't really going to keep things simple, is it? It's not like just one word. Nevertheless, make your proposal, if everyone else agrees, I won't object.--Domitius 19:57, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I've been looking at the examples in the guideline, and if Saint Patrick can maintain that title, then so can Saint Methodius. I hope you know who he was.--Domitius 20:04, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I am aware of St. Patrick.  The difference between the two, for me, is that St. Patrick is highly notable in the secular world as St Patrick.  If the proposal is highly unpopular, I have no intention of changing the title; which is why I am discussing the change here rather than just changing it.  -- Pastordavid 22:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So far as I can tell there is no reason not to use the simple name "Methodius", as I think (and I could be wrong) that this subject is the one most commonly referred to by that name. This page could link to the disambig page like John B. Jones does, at the top of the article. However, if that is not correct, then I would have no objections to the "Methodius, Apostle to the Slavs" proposal above. John Carter 23:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

text: You misunderstand.  I am not, nor is anyone else, trying to say that Methodius is not notable, or that I question his status as a Saint.  Not having "Saint" in the title says neither of those things about Methodius.  I think that examples of the clearly notable, sainted, John the Apostle, James, son of Zebedee, and Paul of Tarsus make clear that not having "saint" in the title does not say those things.  -- Pastordavid 23:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I agree that we should avoid Saint if we can and if the replacement is sufficently common. However, I see no serious alternative right now in this case (unless we really want to opt for plain "Methodius"). Str1977 (smile back) 23:57, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rename

message: Please see similarly named section in St.Cyril before making any changes to the ehnonym. This, since the same arguments and sources apply to both. Thank you.
86.145.183.125 17:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Dispute settled.  According to 76.16.117.212 they are 'Byzantine Yugoslavians' now :-) Apcbg (talk) 14:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: They were Greek