Talk:Richard Yates Sr.

Two Richards

I have just split up the two Richard articles. I just realized now that the links here will have to be straightened out. Unfortunately, I cannot do that right now, but will be back to work on that tomorrow. I suspect this richard (1818-1873) should be Richard Yates (governor). If that's what most the links are, we are reasonably okay at the moment. I will be back. John (Jwy) 07:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I've moved the father back to Richard Yates (governor). When I'm finished with all this switching, this page will be deleted. John (Jwy) 15:10, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:37, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Birth year

Was he born in 1815 or in 1818? Many sources say 1818 but at least Biographical Directory of the United States Congress says 1815. How to solve this dilemma? 128.214.205.5 (talk) 15:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

He was a product of Miami University in Ohio, as was Oliver P. Morton, Governor of Indiana, and William Dennison, Governor of Ohio, all Civil War Governors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.24.29.59 (talk) 03:45, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

(19th century politician) to (19th-century politician) or (politician, born 1815)

Would there be any objection to moving this article to Richard Yates (19th-century politician) or perhaps better yet, Richard Yates (politician, born 1815)? If we stick with the word century in the title, since 19th and century are working together as a compound adjective before the noun politician, it should be hyphenated. Richard Yates (19th century politician) would remain as a redirect to the new title. If there's a consensus, or at least no objection, I'll make the move in about a week. Thank you. SchreiberBike (talk) 06:01, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

@SchreiberBike: There is a related move request at Talk:Richard Yates, Jr.#Removing Jr. from title again for the son's article. (Also: Did we ever figure out whether this Yates, the father, was born in 1815 or 1818? And should we even have the article named that way if the year is unclear?) --Closeapple (talk) 19:14, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

@Closeapple: I don't know anything about the subject of the article, other than that there was a grammar error in the title. If the date of birth is unclear, then perhaps Richard Yates (19th-century politician) is better. Feel free to change. Thank you. SchreiberBike talk 19:20, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

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Requested move 28 July 2025

The following is a closed 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 after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 21:48, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

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Richard Yates (politician) → Richard Yates Sr. – His son, Richard Yates Jr., is also a politician so it doesn't make sense to have this article be known as "Richard Yates (politician)", if anything Richard Yates (politician) should be a disambiguation page with Richard Yates Sr. and Richard Yates Jr. listed. Just a thought. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:56, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Also for the record, the National Governor's Association has Yates listed as Richard Yates Sr. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 23:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

• Support per WP:NATURAL, better way to disambiguate.--Staberinde (talk) 12:05, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.