Talk:Hillary

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[edit] Removed

removed

as London does not have an "Archbishop".===Vernon White (talk) 15:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hillary Rodham Clinton

Considering Clinton is quite well known simply by her first name, it seems ridiculous to exclude her from the list. Where does it say "surnames only"? --Tom (talk - email) 21:28, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

The list of given-name holders should be restored (although they should come after the surname-holders). -- JHunterJ 12:19, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
"Surnames only" is the implication given because somebody is failing to understand WP:NPOV and WP:OWN. See this. You'll notice that the POV-pushing is so intense that no effort was even made to ensure that there really is a "Hillary" entry at Wiktionary (which there isn't, which is why I had it going to the "Hilary" entry, and had it going to the "Hilary" entry in the "see also" section). This is plain and simple bad writing, and in a manner that demonstrably indicates an utter lack of comprehension of the meaning of the word consensus. Tomertalk 23:34, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Are you implying with that diff above that I removed the links to the people with first names? I did not, but I did add back perhaps the most notable "Hillary" as a small step instead of doing a mass revert. --Tom (talk - email) 22:58, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Male/Female spelling

Historically, 'Hilary' has been a boy's name and 'Hillary' a girl's name. I'm looking for an online reference for this; if I don't find one I'll have to give a print reference. I'm away from my books at the moment so I can't do it at once. If you look through the pages beginning Hilary and the pages beginning Hillary you'll see a clear pattern, although of course there are exceptions. However, this is a historical fact and the information does belong here, so please don't revert it (again). Thanks81.154.246.173 (talk) 11:49, 24 February 2008 (UTC)