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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
No such patronymic is know for this person, and they didn't exist in his time. Additionally, in English a normal patronymic should not have 2 "s"s but one - Ringson - if we are going to invent one for this article. We should absolutely not introduce any word spelled in Swedish into English text, where there is no appropriate reason to and the same word can be spelled in English. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 15:13, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
For most Scandinavian patronym, we usually used Old Norse or the language of the person's origin -sson, -sen, dotter, dottir, datter, etc. I don't see any reason to use English patronyms. And for a subject as old as this and relatively unknown in English sources, I see no reason why we can use his Swedish name seeing as his succession Emund Eriksson sure does.--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 18:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No such patronymic is know for this person, and they didn't exist in his time. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 21:30, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I support moving to Erik Ringsson, that would be consistent with how his name is written elsewhere in this project, [1] . Finn Rindahl (talk) 23:04, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Question: What do sources call him? bobrayner (talk) 21:28, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"Erik Ringsson" has 5 hits, "Eric Ringsson" 0. One source calls him "Erik, "King of Svea Valda"".--Zoupan 05:21, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That is probably because very few sources speak of him. He is an obscure, semi-legendary Swedish king; I highly doubt many English writers are jumping to write about him. This article only has one sentence of relevant information on him and the rest a paragraph about the regnal numbers of the King Erics. If five sources call him "Erik Ringsson" and the Swedish wiki calls him "Erik Ringsson" why shouldn't we do it here?--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 05:41, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
