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Latest comment: 3 years ago7 comments4 people in discussion
Since there is nothing more that can be said about Mary of Rome than that she was mentioned, and has been speculated to be the same Mary as Mary, mother of John Mark (even though this speculation is generally rejected), merging the article here would resolve the permastub at the other title, and provide a slight bit of additional information to this article. BD2412T04:36, 5 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Hmmmm, okay I may not have been clear what I meant: I think that this article can be merged into New Testament people named Mary#Mary, mother of John Mark, and that Mary of Rome can be merged into New Testament people named Mary#Mary of Rome. Apart from the fact that you and I agree that this article shouldn't be merged with Mary of Rome, because they were most likely two different people, so little is known about these two persons that I think it's questionable whether they should even be given their own articles. The New Testament people named Mary article provides a good introduction and context to raise readers' awareness of the problematic nature of speculative identification of barely-known Marys in the New Testament, before analysing them case by case. I think that merging these two stubs into the sections of that overview article is the best solution. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 11:40, 10 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
Given that there is only minute information about either of these two Marys, the alternatives are not mutually exclusive. My proposal would be:
Retain the sections for these two Mary in the New Testament people named Mary. But I wouldn't redirect the two links to the Marys article as both Marys exist primarily in their own contexts. Hence:
include all information about Mary of Rome into Romans 16 and redirect the former link to the latter.
List both Marys under the list "Mary (first name)" and link directly to John Mark and Romans 16, respectively. Not every person listed in such name articles need to have their own article.
Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
I've cut this way down, thinking the material about John Mark's identification is better presented in the article about him. If people think the trim is too much, feel free to restore. Tom HarrisonTalk14:25, 31 October 2021 (UTC)Reply