Talk:Robert Robinson (scientist)

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I first called this page "Sir Robert Robinson"; it was moved, for no good reason that I can see, and in mild violation of Wikipedia naming policy, to "Robert Robinson (scientist)". If there was a good reaon for this move, please indicate them here, otherwise I propose to move it back to its starting place. ---- Charles Stewart 19:52, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Sir Thomas Sean Connery is also without his Sir and I know Robert Robinson but never saw a publication signed "Sir Robert Robinson" so I think the move was OK.--Stone 19:37, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

The relevant guideline is Wikipedia:Naming conventions (names_and_titles)#Other_non-royal_names, item 5. First, it says "Titles of Knighthood such as Sir and Dame should not be included in the article title: use personal name instead, e.g., Arthur Conan Doyle not Sir Arthur Conan Doyle". But later it says "'Sir' may be used in article titles as a disambiguator". I'm not sure if I'm interpreting this correctly, but I think it means that if there is only one person with a given name, then the title should not be used, but if there are multiple people with a given name (as is the case here), and one of them was knighted, then we can include the title. --Itub (talk) 13:59, 22 November 2007 (UTC)