Talk:Martin Doughty

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How well known?

Obituaries are always very flattering to their subject. Whilst the description in use is one from a cited newspaper obituary, would anyone object if the statement ". . .was one of the most well known figures in modern British conservation." is toned down a little and modified to ". . .was a well-respected figure in modern British conservation" ?? This is a lot closer to the fact, though I recognise it would be hard to cite a reference which stated categorically that he was "not one of the most well-known figures"! Parkywiki (talk) 20:23, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 19 November 2024

It has been proposed in this section that Martin Doughty be renamed and moved to Sir Martin Doughty.

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Martin Doughty → Sir Martin Doughty – To distinguish him from the other doctorate-holding Martin Doughty (who earned his PhD at UCL). Procrastinatory (talk) 01:14, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. There first needs to be a separate article on the other Martin Doughty, proving that he is notable enough to pass the Wikipedia's general notability guideline -- we do not make further disambiguation to articles that are unlikely ever to be written, or are likely to be removed as insufficiently notable topics. Only then, per point 4 of WP:NCBRITPEER, could we consider adding a title of knighthood like "Sir" as a disambiguator to the article title. Zzyzx11 (talk) 15:15, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]