Talk:Sweden Personal Names

Interchangeable Personal Names
A problem with the list is that it is exclusively Swedish, and ignores the other Nordic countries. Rather than create separate lists on each of the personal name pages, it's easier to create one page that covers the entire region and link to that from all the personal names pages. That way it will be easier to update with additional data. Right now, I'm working on creating lists of common historic names using data from Historical Records collections and other materials. Also, names are used across countries, so separating them into discrete lists doesn't make much sense to me from that point.

As far as what to name the page, I bridle at the thought of naming it Scandinavian rather than Nordic for reasons which I hope are obvious. I must point out that the Scandinavian pages in the wiki were once named more correctly Nordic. You can see the current work, which is based entirely on the content on interchangeable personal names at User:SvareJM/Sandbox/Nordic Given Names. The changes aren't much (right now), but you can see the expanded scope of the article. It's because this is such a good resource for Sweden that I want to expand its usefulness across the entire Nordic region. Making this part of the Scandinavian Given Names is certainly an option, and would address what I think is a lack of locality-specific information in the article. What do you think? SvareJM (talk) 14:08, 28 March 2021 (MDT)

I think there are 2 good reasons to leave the list on this page. One, it has been a resource on this page for 12 years and there are people who expect to see a list of interchangeable first names to be there, see the conversation in the FS Nordic Countries Community Group at https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/82196/interchangeable-given-names-wiki-page-is-gone#latest. I put the list back because someone removed it without creating a alternative page. Secondly, the name of the page is "Sweden Personal Names" and users expect the content of the page to match the title. If you are creating a list that compares the names across all the Nordic Countries, how about making it part of the Scandinavia pages in the FamilySearch Wiki? See https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Scandinavia.

MorrisGF (talk) 13:41, 28 March 2021 (MDT)

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A revised page that will not be limited to Swedish names in under constructions. When this page is completed, this section will be removed and a link to the new page added. SvareJM (talk) 09:29, 28 March 2021 (MDT)