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the Bold, the Cruel or the Generous?

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Since it has been estabilished on Talk:Boleslaus_I_of_Poland#Move and Talk:List_of_Polish_monarchs#Naming to use Bolesław instead of Boleslaus, I will just test the three royal nicknames and list other without counting for redirect creation purposes:

Although Boleslaus seems to be more popular then Bolesław (4200:2800), the difference is not that large, and for standarization I want to use Boleslaw (besides, it would be stupid to have Bolesław I the Brave and Boleslaus II the Bold, if they had the same first name, right?). The Bold beats the Cruel and the Generous easily (3000:300:700). Therefore if there are no objections, I'd like to move this to Bolesław II the Bold.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:40, 26 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]


The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was no consensus. Haukur 16:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Move request

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Bolesław II the Bold to Boleslaus II of Poland. We do not use nicknames without extraordinary reasons. I propose the systematic name for this king. (He was one of the rarer monarchs of early period who was a recognized King). First name should be written in English, not in Polish. This was a medieval monarch, no one cannot claim that Boleslaw is precisely his original name spelling, spelling was not so established at that time. Marrtel 18:41, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Poll

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Write Support or Oppose and an optional one-sentence reason. Longer parts of opinions then below at discussion.

Discussion

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Remember, please, that he has three viable nicknames, not just "the Bold." Perhaps someday one of the other nicknames will surpass "the Bold" in usage, but he will still be "of Poland". Srnec 02:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]


The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Renamed

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This has been too long in a location which clearly contravenes the naming convention. So, this needed a more NPOV place. In recent other polls, the general editorship has shown a clear support for "non-Polish" name versions. For starters, the recent name was not arrived by any consensus, but by a unilateral move, so its proponents are not entitled to claim their version the original or "lawful" one. The original was "Boleslaus II of Poland". I am not entirely happy with the location here, because I personally think the English form could be "Boleslaus". Because so many (Polish?) editors have expressed they are most unhappy with -laus endings, I swallowed my own preferences and chose a more Slavic-looking -lav here. Hope it satisfies at least some. If this is not a satisfactory place, be welcome to open a poll where this should be moved to. Then, I will vote for Boleslaus. Shilkanni 23:41, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes boldness is a good thing. That said, the vote was 15-8 (including "weak" supports and excluding sockpuppets), if that's enough to legitimise a move, then the article ought to be moved to Boleslaus II of Poland. Srnec 21:15, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just for the record - I'm not going to comment further here or recount the vote, it didn't seem to help at BoleXXXX I. I still recommend User:Nightstallion for an uninvolved admin with a lot of experience in handling move requests, if you feel you need someone like that. Haukur 21:30, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, he's taking a sabbatical from RM. Oh well. Haukur 22:31, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppetry

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Please note, that in the poll above,

are confirmed sockpuppets [3]. The outcome of the vote may change based on this information -- Chris 73 | Talk 22:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name, revisited

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Considering that the article was moved even after RM (with some sockpuppetry...) determined no consensus, I wonder if we could not agree on 'Boleslaw II the Bold of Poland'? Please note that this is the only Boleslav, currently all three other kings of Poland with that name are Bolesaws (with the 'w').-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  23:37, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is one of the few Polish monarchs that uses 'of Poland' instead of a nickname. I would like to move it to Bolesław II the Bold. Consider that the following monarch (as most of them) is named Władysław I Herman, not Władysław I of Poland. Comments? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:13, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Generous, not Bold?

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There is a footnote stating: "The epithet "Generous" is the most verifiable by primary sources and as such recommended instead of "the bold"". Interesting, but what's the source of this claim? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:22, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Per current discussion on pl wiki, Bold is more popular than Generous (by about 2:1).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:06, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
How about "Bountiful". Like it or not, in English "Brave" and "Bold" are almost identical in meaning and Bountiful (largus) is what he is called by the anonymous Frenchman. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 03:09, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am sure you can back up this adjective by plentiful references? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 13:26, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Augustus II the Strong which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 14:00, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]