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Requested move 3 September 2016

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: not moved. There is a strong consensus that we should follow reliable sources, and the subject's preference, and keep the article where it is. Calidum ¤ 05:38, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]


Megan MarcksMegan Still – The person is known through competitive rowing, retired in 1997, and in 2000 still went by her maiden name.[1] The article doesn't say when she got married, but it would have been sometime after 2000. She is thus much better known by her maiden name than her married name. The current article title, i.e. her married name, is contrary to Wikipedia:MAIDEN, where it is stated that "the general rule in such cases is to title the article with the name by which the person is best known" (emphasis as per the source). Searching for '"Megan Marcks" site:au' and '"Megan Still" site:au' returns 169 and 684 results, respectively. Given that moves in accordance with WP:MAIDEN are sometimes controversial, I thought that going through a formal move request is best. Schwede66 00:52, 3 September 2016 (UTC) --Relisting.Sam Sailor 00:36, 11 September 2016 (UTC))[reply]

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Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with * '''Support''' or * '''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.}
  • Comment – According to WP:NAMECHANGES: Sometimes, the subject of an article will undergo a change of name. When this occurs, COMMONNAME still applies, but we give extra weight to sources written after the name change is announced. If the sources written after the change is announced routinely use the new name, Wikipedia should follow suit and change relevant titles to match. So, my question is, does the subject herself use her married name and does reliable sources use her married name? When she was married is irrelevant to the requested move. CookieMonster755 𝚨-𝛀 23:24, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just for clarification, the date of marriage can be relevant because if it happens before the athlete retires from competitive sport, it's more common that the married name has become the common name. Schwede66 00:28, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Relisted - please add new comments below this notice. — Sam Sailor 00:36, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.