Talk:Thomas Frederick Butler

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[edit] Wikified, added reference to December 2006 incident

I'm about to make a couple of changes to this article. For a start, the present tone, and particularly the repeated usage of "Bishop Tom", is far too chummy. It sounds suspiciously like it's been written by a C of E apparatchik. Secondly, I'm adding a reference to the incident on December 5th 2006.Bedesboy 15:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

if I'm not mistaken, Bishops are referred to by their Christian name not surname. So, for example, it would be Bishop George not Bishop Bush. Bishop Butler is not accurate. Bishop Tom is. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.140.42.83 (talk • contribs) 13:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC).

His official profile, where this article seems to have been cut'n'pasted from, [1], uses Bishop Tom. I'm happy with Dr. Butler as has been used in the article. AJD 13:13, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with the use of Christian names for bishops, but it sounds plausible. My objection would be that "Bishop Tom" sounds just a bit too NPOV. In which case "Bishop Thomas" would make more sense, but as everyone seems to call him Tom that might be confusing. So I'm right behind AJD on the use of "Dr. Butler". From what I can see, the whole issue has completely died off in the UK news because of Christmas and the horrible business in Ipswich.Bedesboy 10:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)