Talk:Simeon

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Perhaps we need a Simeon (biblical figure) to talk about the son of Jacob? Stillnotelf 02:45, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree. See Template talk:Sons of Jacob

[edit] Merge?

Are the names Simon, Shimon and Simeon of different etymology? If not, then I would suggest merging this article into Simon. -- Hestemand 10:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I sort-of agree. The issue is not etymology, though, but overlap and confusion. Are there people who are sometimes called Simon and sometimes Simeon, the way there are people called both Simeon and Symeon? Are there possible confusions? I think there are, e.g. the two people named Sim(e)on the Righteous. --Macrakis 23:21, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DAB page entries

This is a dab page, so I agree it should contain only names that might possibly be confused, or under which someone might look up the person. The exact limits of this policy are not entirely clear. Thus, Simeon Stylites simply means "Simeon the pillar-sitter"; the man's name was Simeon, Stylites is an attribute. It is perfectly possible that someone would see a reference to him as Simeon the hermit or Simeon of the desert. I'm not sure what to do with the Simeon's with patronymics e.g. Shimon ben Gamliel, Simeon Seth, etc. --Macrakis 23:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)