Talk:Patricia Derian

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On 3 January 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Patricia M. Derian to Patricia Derian. The result of the discussion was moved.

Change in status[edit]

Ms Derian has died and I have removed the BLP tag. This does not mean that unsourced material that would have been removed under BLP should be added to the article. Capitalistroadster (talk) 08:34, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 3 January 2024[edit]

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 after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – Hilst [talk] 22:41, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Patricia M. Derian → Patricia Derian – No need to disambiguate GnocchiFan (talk) 22:34, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support including or omitting the middle initial is a matter of WP:COMMONNAME rather than need for disambiguation. That said, Ngrams shows the overwhelming majority of recent sources omit her middle initial [1]. 59.149.117.119 (talk) 12:30, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Seems to be commonly seen without her middle initial. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:37, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.