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I urge you not to delete this page because it is not some souped up idiot writing about himself! Richard Mackay is quite possibly the best young footballing talent in scotland and people have to know about him.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Richardmackay (talk • contribs) on 22:19, September 16, 2004 (UTC); Please sign your posts!

I, as a person of Scottish heritage, really admire Richard Mackay and the hope he summons in the hearts of Scottish football fans. To delete this topic would be an attack on our nation. I think I speak for the majority of Scotland when I say that the deletion of a topic on a Scottish hero such as this, would be offensive towards our culture. Every true fan of football has heard of Richard Mackay. Only the ignorant could deny his significant contribution to football, and Scottish culture as a whole.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Flammie7 (talk • contribs) on 22:38, September 16, 2004 (UTC); Please sign your posts!

Contents 1 Keep this topic. 2 Silly stuff 3 Overwrite 4 Bad idea

[edit] Keep this topic.

The writer has a brother so named, and is pleased to have the topic of "Richard" made as thorough as possible. Syd1435 09:13, 2004 Nov 20 (UTC)

[edit] Silly stuff

"Ric + hard?" Seriously? That's hilarious! How about ricce + -ward: wealthy/powerful/leading/noble-like? Sheesh. I want a citation for the "hard" bit. Odd, also, isn't it, that we have so many in Romance language areas. <sigh>

Anyway, this should be a standard disambiguation, and not a celebration of the name. Look at any other first name, where folks are known by it (e.g. Hugh). The fact that this page has its origins in an overly zealous kiddiewiki is one of those cases where I wonder why we try so hard to preserve things, rather than deleting and starting over. Geogre 17:05, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Due to the german expansion while and after the existence of the Roman Empire, the name "Richard" was spread through many of the roman possesions. Tis is the reason why there are "Richards" in many of the Romanic languages.

--Emperor Richard 22:59, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overwrite

First name articles are almost always either saints or disambiguations. They are not pronunciation guides or, worse yet, replications of Wiktionary. This article has been rewritten to follow suit, and it is now a disambiguation. Those interested in learning a spurious etymology of the name and a list of Richards that aren't in a List article can see the history prior to this edit. Sorry for being so snide about it, but we have long precedent, and folks ought to know not to duplicate Wiktionary in Wikipedia. Geogre 04:45, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bad idea

There are thousands of people named Richard, or a variant thereof, and I suspect that there are hundreds of articles about notable people by this name on Wikipedia as well. We should trim this infinite list down to those who are known as "Richard" in the singular form, or remove the lists all together and focus our writing on the name itself. (jarbarf) 17:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)