The proper title for this entry is Caravaggio with a dab at top about Caravaggio, Italy and a note about Caravaggio (movie) below. That's the NCP (normal cultural perspective). Wetman 23:02, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Agreed. I almost didn't find the page because of the odd naming. This should be the default page for "Caravaggio", with the disamb linked from it. Mpolo 10:26, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)

Agreed. For now, I've moved the disambiguation page from Caravaggio to Caravaggio (disambiguation), and made Caravaggio in a redirect to Michelangelo Merisi. If noone complains about this, an administrator can move this page to Caravaggio later. Eugene van der Pijll 13:19, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I object. I think that Caravaggio should certainly be a redirect here (with a note on this page saying caravaggio is also a town and movie. But that the main article should stay here at Michelangelo Merisi, since that was after all his name. The bellman 08:26, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)

I think it's more than a little pretentious, to be frank. --Wetman 00:57, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I have just finished reading the French version of the article, which is currently featured on fr.wikipedia. It contains a veritable mother lode of information relative to the English version and IMHO does an altogether better job with Merisi. I suggest incoporating much of the French article into the English.

La traduction, c'est à vous la faire, hein? --Wetman 00:57, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Unless anyone is willing to translate the long French list, may I suggest an image gallery (like the one in the article for Jacques-Louis David), based on this Wikimedia Commons page? Note that Caravaggio redirects to 'Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio' there. –Ham 18:54, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The first line of this entry reads 1573, though if you look 3-4 lines down when M.M. is compared to Shakespeare, his year of birth is listed as 1571. Which is correct? Unless I missed it there is nothing in the entry about there being confusion about his y.o.b. Dismas 05:29, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

i agree. this needs to be resolved, at least for this article. Whateley23 06:39, 20 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

and, to be fair, i've done some research: i find 1573, c.1572, 1571, 1573, 1571, 1571, 1573, and 1571, with the date ranging from September 28-29, on 8 websites. that's 4 for 1571, 3 for 1573, and 1 for c.1572. who wants to make the decision? Whateley23 06:46, 20 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

These two categories are listed at the bottom of the article but the article makes no mention of M.M.'s sexual orientation. It seems to me that we should have some sort of text relating to this especially since he was a painter of such religious work. Afterall, religion and homosexuality/bisexuality don't historically get along together very much at all. I'd add any pertinent info myself but I'm not an art scholar by any means. Dismas 07:37, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I also nearly didn't recognize this page, because of its title. I find this choice peculiar. I would like to call a survey for discussion of this question; which I would do by approval voting between Michelangelo Merisi, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, and Caravaggio (with other nominations acceptable).

Comments? Septentrionalis 02:23, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hearing no objection, therefore: Approval voting until 18:32, 25 July 2005 (UTC), or consensus (one sentence comments here please):

Michelangelo Merisi

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

1. Acceptable, but do not prefer Septentrionalis 18:32, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
2. Look at this title as a compromise. – AxSkov (T) 04:55, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Caravaggio

1. Normal English usage. Septentrionalis 18:32, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
2. preferred due to usage Whateley23 00:04, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
3. I don't consider myself an idiot and I'd never heard anything but "Caravaggio" until I read the article. Dismas 00:26, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
4. Most common name used in English. – AxSkov (T) 04:55, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Other (please specify)

Comments

Consensus seems to have been achieved; I've moved the page. Eugene van der Pijll 17:37, 28 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]