Talk:Dorcas

message: I'm not sure why the gazelle etymology in particular was tagged with a fact tag, but according to the OED, dorcas comes from "modern Latin (adopted from the specific epithet of Gazella dorcas, once used as a generic name in its own right), adaptation of Greek δορκάς deer, gazelle."I've yet to figure out wikipedia's citation system, so I'm not going to add the citation, but if anyone wants to, there's the info and the link. - Severinus 00:36, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, I've edited that out.--76.169.126.143 (talk) 12:58, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  etymology 

message: I've done some editing for style. The earlier version was a little ungainly to read and had various incongruous remarks and digressions that made the narrative hard to follow.--76.169.126.143 (talk) 13:00, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits for style

message: I feel a bit steamrolled here.
*I did it my way, by pinging those who'd cared enough as to actually edit the article in the past. Then I was told that's not the way, and I complied, w/o knowing what I'm going into.
*I've made the case quite concisely (hi Havelock Jones) and invited ppl to bring their counter-arguments, but was told that "editors do expect the nominator to do some of the legwork here". I never thought I'd ever be a terminator or anything like that, but I'm a disciplined soldier, so I did a thorough research, as one should. Gave BOTH sides their ammo - can't be more honest than that.
*I asked to be told when to remove the voluminous "proof", as to leave only the concise results. Silence. So catch 22: no good without, then accused of drowning ppl in text. Unfair. I should have taken my teddy bear and go.
* I did my best to be a good lawyer for the case, presented a fair and properly prepped file. The only reactions were of the type "I do/don't agree", "why even consider", basically "Mom and my priest say X, and that's that for me". Is this the procedure Wiki is supporting? Never again!
Next time I'll ask Putin. He knows how to get things done. Or pray to St Tabitha. The odds of logic to triumph would be by far better. Arminden (talk) 11:09, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holy Saints Peter & Tabitha, have mercy! 

message: I am sorry for arriving to the discussion when it has apparently been closed, but as I understand Wikipedia is not still, and already-discussed topics can always be re-discussed, I would like to point out that I fully agree that Tabitha is the most common name in English and therefore this article should be moved to Tabitha. As has also been pointed out, her actual name, the one she called herself, was Tabitha, with Dorcas being only the Greek version of it. All other languages, from Russians and the Slavic languages to the German languages and to the Romance languages such as Portuguese / Spanish / French, all call her Tabitha or a similar variation thereof, so I fully support moving this article to Tabitha. Dan Palraz (talk) 14:23, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur.Nishidani (talk) 16:04, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: As do I. Srnec (talk) 23:44, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Six months later, doing it now then. Dan Palraz (talk) 18:57, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted the move. You need to use WP:RM when there has been a previous discussion. But I notice you chose "Saint Tabitha" rather than "Tabitha". StAnselm (talk) 21:26, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

text: It is because "Tabitha" is already taken by the article on the name itself. So, Nishidani and Srnec, which do you think would be better: "Saint Tabitha" (as Saint Peter, Saint George, etc.) or "Tabitha (Dorcas)"? Or something else? Thanks! Dan Palraz (talk) 14:38, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: At this point, perhaps Tabitha (saint). But I suggest  you also ask Arminden. I'll go along with whatever solution he suggests.Nishidani (talk) 16:14, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Once again, you need to use WP:RM. StAnselm (talk) 16:31, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving from Dorcas to Tabitha