Talk:James Watt junior
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Article name - suggest move per MOS[edit]
The prevailing part of the manual of style (WP:JR/SR) say that, for British people known as "junior", we should use "jr", so the article title would normally be James Watt jr. But the MOS cautions that we should only use "jr" "only for cases in which the name with the suffix is well-attested in reliable sources". But also, in general, if someone is known by a very specific name (e.g. E. E. Cummings) we'd use that name specifically. So:
- if he's very specifically known, verbatim, as "James Watt junior", then the article is at the appropriate name
- if sources call him junior, jr, etc. all the time (even when his father isn't discussed) then James Watt jr would be the appropriate name
- if sources just call him by his name (unless they're explicitly distinguishing him from his notable father) then James Watt (born 1769) would be the appropriate name
The ONDB just calls him James Watt, as does the Royal Society. This suggests to me that the last option is the correct article name. Is there any evidence either of the former type cases are common? -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 14:21, 6 July 2021 (UTC)