Talk:Choi Min-ho

Requested move 22 September 2024

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) SilverLocust 💬 01:19, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

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Choi Min-ho → Minho (entertainer) – Proposing moving the above pages from the current full name to the mononym as per WP:COMMONNAME. The subject of the article is most commonly known mononomously and does not use his full name in a professional capacity. Article states as such that the subject is known mononomously. Choosing the "entertainer" disambiguator because the subject is known as both a musician and actor.

Referring to the subject as his stage name would bring the article in line with other members of Shinee: Taemin, Onew, and Key.

Some recent WP:RS that refer to the subject using only his mononym: Korea JoongAng Daily [1], The Korea Times [2], NME [3], The Korea Herald [4], United Press International [5], ABS-CBN News [6], The Express Tribune [7], South China Morning Post [8],

RachelTensions (talk) 23:45, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Korea, WikiProject Pop music, and WikiProject Musicians have been notified of this discussion. RachelTensions (talk) 23:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

• Support: as per nom and 61 of his citations in the article refers to him as Minho. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 ^{[𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺]} 00:43, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose not to be considered WP:COMMONNAME since he is also popularity as an actor refers to as Choi Minho: HanCinema [9], IMDb [10]. - Jjpachano (talk) 06:46, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

  @Jjpachano Just because he's credited as Choi Minho in his acting career doesn't mean that's automatically his WP:COMMONNAME. I would argue that he is much better known as a singer than an actor and, per WP:COMMONNAME, the majority of independent, reliable, English-language sources refer to him as "Minho".

  Since the WP:COMMONNAME criteria specifically refers to how the subject is referred to in English-language sources, I went through the article as it stands right now: of the 55 English-language sources currently cited in this very article, 48 of them refer to him only by the mononym.

  This is in addition to all the reliable English-language sources I cited in the original rationale, most of which are from the last 3 months. Despite being sometimes known as actor "Choi Minho", he is overwhelmingly referred to as just "Minho" in English-language sources just going off what is currently presented by this article itself, let alone any further sources. RachelTensions (talk) 10:01, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose because he uses his full name professionally in his acting endeavors. I'd like to point out that WP:SINGLENAME suggests using the last name if it's known and commonly used. Btspurplegalaxy 💬 🖊️ 07:00, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

  @Btspurplegalaxy See above. RachelTensions (talk) 10:02, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

  Wikipedia's article title policy WP:AT states: If an artist is widely recognized by their full name, that name is usually the article title. The policy focuses on what reliable sources use, not personal preferences or legal names, unless the latter are widely used professionally.* Btspurplegalaxy 💬 🖊️ 18:40, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

  @Btspurplegalaxy There is no policy at WP:AT that states what you've put in the quote and Google returns no results for that sentence... not sure where that came from.

  Anyway, what WP:AT does say is that Wikipedia: "prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable, English-language sources" - Given that 48 of the 55 English-language sources we've cited in this very article only refer to him as "Minho", I'm not sure how an argument could possibly be made that the mononym is not his WP:COMMONNAME.

  In addition, there is no ambiguity with "Minho (entertainer)" as there are no other entertainers on Wikipedia that are mononomously commonly known as "Minho" per Minho#Entertainers RachelTensions (talk) 00:46, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

  You're not fully considering that he uses the name professionally, which can't just be dismissed. Also, I don’t think it’s necessary to persuade editors on their votes; once they’ve made their decision, that should be respected. Btspurplegalaxy 💬 🖊️ 05:45, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

  I've considered and acknowledged that he uses the name professionally; what you're not considering is that "Choi Min-ho" is very explicitly not the name he's most commonly known by as set out in the criteria listed in Wikipedia's article title policy at WP:Article Titles. A recent example is The Weeknd, who uses the name Abel Tesfaye professionally as an actor, but we're not changing his article name to that because it's obviously not his WP:COMMONNAME.

  It's my understanding that requested moves are discussions, not just a poll of votes - a discussion by definition is a conversation back and forth, sometimes with differing viewpoints. If you no longer wish to participate in the discussion on matters relating to this article's alignment with Wikipedia's article title policy then you're welcome to disengage. RachelTensions (talk) 06:31, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

  I'm staying with my decision. Btspurplegalaxy 💬 🖊️ 06:35, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Minho is a fairly common name within the South Korean entertainment industry. Minho (entertainer) could easily be mistaken for someone like Lee Min-ho or Jang Min-ho. Choi Min-ho is the most effective disambiguation. Artemisia (talk) 17:39, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

  @Artemisia Neither of the two actors mentioned are known by a mononym so "Minho (entertainer)" would be an inappropriate page title for them whereas Choi Minho is most widely known as "Minho". RachelTensions (talk) 00:20, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Per Artemisia. Very anecdotal here but I think that if someone said "Choi Minho" you'd know we're talking about the Shinee member but if you said Minho (entertainer, born 1991) it'd get confusing for the average person. As it is now it's more effective disambiguation, as mentioned. With that said, I'd be open to losing the hyphen as it appears that's his preference on his personal Instagram account. Orangesclub (talk) 00:13, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

  @Orangesclub Per Min-ho#Entertiners there are no other entertainers other than Choi Minho that use the mononym "Minho" so referring to them as such would be inappropriate. In contrast, Choi Minho is most widely known as "Minho" according to all criteria of WP:COMMONNAME. RachelTensions (talk) 00:25, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose per above: Natural disambiguation is preferred here given there are also several other entertainers named Minho. ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯ talk 20:26, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

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