Talk:Charles Ross (British Army officer, born 1667)

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Requested move 9 January 2020[edit]

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) NNADIGOODLUCK (Talk|Contribs) 06:41, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

– "British Army officer" is insufficient disambiguation as there are other British Army officers of these names. WP:NCPDAB says that, in situations like these, a more specific disambiguator should be used instead. The form (qualifier + DOB/D) should only be used [w]here the disambiguation can't be resolved in a straightforward manner by such more specific qualifiers; that is not the case here. Opera hat (talk) 19:44, 9 January 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:29, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support per rationale. The date of birth disambiguators always struck me as especially clumsy. b uidhe 09:52, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The DOB disambiguation is standard practice. These men were known as generals, not regimental officers. Their previous regiment is a minor piece of info that would not be known to most. Their DoB puts them in the correct time zone, which is best for disambiguation. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:35, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The regiment to which they belonged is hardly "a minor piece of info" in these officers' careers, even after they became generals. Ross continued as colonel of the Royal Irish after promotion to general officer rank. The 18th-century Johnston was actually known as "Johnston of the Blues" (i.e. of the Royal Horse Guards) to distinguish him from his exact contemporary James "Irish" Johnston, a dragoon officer. The 20th-century Johnston is most notable as the senior RAMC officer involved in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, and as a major-general was DMS of the British Army of the Rhine. And, unlike some other engineer officers (e.g. Kitchener), Smith's career as a general continued to be with his corps, of which he was a colonel-commandant. Opera hat (talk) 17:59, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: the claim that "the DOB disambiguation is standard practice" has been disputed/refuted at Talk:George Boscawen (British Army officer, born 1712)#Requested move 7 January 2020. Opera hat (talk) 09:23, 26 January 2020 (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.