Talk:Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia

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Removing the "Prince of Serbia" title from the article name because the information can be found within the article. Moving the article to Aleksandar Karađorđević. - Ghidra99 21:02, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

This is wrong because you're missing the disambiguation element – see Alexander Karadjordjevic – and the nobility naming convention. --Joy [shallot] 21:52, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

For all intents and purposes, I'm following the naming conventions as established by the Obrenović dynasty. It makes more since to numerically number each Aleksandar Karađorđević in the course of their rule through Serbian history, i.e. Prince Aleksandar should be Aleksandar Karađorđević I, King Aleksandar should be Aleksandar Karađorđević II, etc. Look at Alexander of Serbia for a more thorough disambiguation of the Aleksandars of Serbia. It also disspells any confusion between the Aleksandars of the Obrenović and Karađorđević families. If you want, I'll add a disambiguation link to the article, if you think people will be easily confused. - Ghidra99 22:15, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Heh, you're quoting Alexander of Serbia as an example to me, the person who wrote that page? :))

Please disambiguate back this prince, and have all four spellings (Aleksandar Karadjordjevic, Aleksandar Karađorđević, Alexander Karadjordjevic, Alexander Karađorđević) point to the disambiguation page. In former Yugoslavia, by far the most popular Aleksandar Karađorđević was the King, so it's confusing to have the 19th century prince as the primary meaning. --Joy [shallot] 09:55, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

I think this will be a good solution: move this page to Aleksandar Karađorđević I, redirect Aleksandar Karađorđević to Alexander Karadjordjevic, move Alexander I of Yugoslavia to Aleksandar Karađorđević II, and move Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia to Aleksandar Karađorđević III. This will distinguish not only a numerical sequence for these rulers, but also clear up and create a consistent naming convention among the rulers of each dynasty. Redirecting people to the list of Aleksandar Karađorđevićes is a good first step, but the consistency needs to go further, no? Let me know what you think. - Ghidra99 17:16, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

I wouldn't be particularly opposed to that simple scheme, but unfortunately John Kenney and others would probably beat you over the head with the naming conventions :) which state that royalty has to be called "name ordinal of realm". Please see Talk:Alexander I of Yugoslavia for details. --Joy [shallot] 14:02, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Heh, I've had my run-ins with Mr. Kenney. I think he and others are completely wrong with the "name ordinal of realm" convention. What matters is what they were actually called in reality. Using that convention is a very American-centric thing to do (for some reason, it's hard for Americans to remember rulers without ordinals). I'm willing to break the convention if you'll back me up on it. If it works for the Obrenović dynasty, it can surely work for the Karađorđević dynasty. I think if we clarify the disambiguation page a bit more (like your article Alexander of Serbia) they'll have few objections and less ground to change it because it works better in the scheme of Wikipedia. - Ghidra99 15:05, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

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