Talk:Paulus

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The MOS on dismbiguation pages says that we should provide as little additional info as possible. This is not a article, just a midpoint for those who have typed a partial name into the search box. Nobody who is looking for John Paulus is going to confuse him with a Roman general. -Will Beback 17:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I disagree, and think at least a little bit of explaination belongs. Look at every other disambiguation page in the Wikipedia. - mixvio 18:01, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Obviously I agree with Will. All anyone has to do is click the link to find the page and see if it's the guy they're looking for. It looked out of place to me before, like a way of advertising the guy or something. I don't think anyone is going to confuse this guy with any of these other people. I did a search and there are 3 pages of guys named Paulus in Wikipedia. Why aren't they all listed here? -207.172.242.187 18:15, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages).
  • For people, include their birth and death years (when known), and only enough descriptive information that the reader can distinguish between different people with the same name.
No explanation is necessary, as there is no possibility of confusion between John Paulus and the other people who have that last name. If they got to this page they know who they are looking for. -Will Beback 01:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul and Paulus

In English, the Latin Paulus is most of the times "Paul". I think users would benefit most from a merge between the two (similar to the merge between Straus and Strauss), as they could more quickly find the person they want. The few remaining "real" Paulus shouldn't form an objection imo. Sijo Ripa 10:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

The point of a disambiguation page is to allow readers to fuind relevant articles. We have saeveral articles about Pauluses of one kind or another. I agree to removing the "Pauls", which e can replace with a link to that disambiguation page. -Will Beback · † · 10:47, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I think the Paulus (surname) page could be included here? I was looking for a Paulus, General Friederich Paulus of the second world war, but didn't find him immediately here. This isn't a very long page and could stand more entries. --John Lunney 19:29, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I don't see the point in having a separate dismabuiguation page for the surname. I'll merge them. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 20:08, 2 October 2007 (UTC)