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The title of the article should be changed to maintain neutrality
This article refers to the public figure Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, and Tommy Robinson is merely one of his Pseudonyms. The motivations of his Pseudonym is because he wants to appeal to the working class and using his fake name as his official title violates Wikipedias rule to maintain political neutrality, therefore the title of the article should be changed from Tommy Robinson to Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon. Blenderbits (talk) 07:29, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
- Personally I only ever refer to him as Yaxley-Lennon, but on Wikipedia we go by WP:COMMONNAMEin an article. Although it is now usual to see news reports tell you his real name, the headline name is still Robinson, and Tommy Robinson clearly remains the common name. The article quite rightly opens with his correct name, and then tells you his common name, but it is also correctly titled. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 07:42, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
Edit request
Take Islamophobia off this page. Blatant lie and very one-sided point of view claim. ~2026-39583-86 (talk) 19:14, 13 July 2026 (UTC)
- Agreed. A phobia is an irrational fear. He is not afraid of Islamists; he simply doesn't like people who migrate to the UK and refuse to integrate with their host nation's culture, instead promoting their own and claiming victimhood in spite of legal issues like spousal abuse, religious violence, and even "honor killings." (Kyanite228) 21:39, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
- Firstly, I suggest you read our Etymological fallacy article: we use words for their common meaning, and not according to arguments regarding what people think they ought to mean. And secondly, per WP:NOTFORUM, we aren't the slightest bit interested in your personal opinions of Robinson, of Islam, or of anything else: we go by what published reliable sources have to say. AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:11, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
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A phobia is an irrational fear. He is not afraid of Islamists
» => You should look at xenophobia, homophobia, Mormonophobia, Christianophobia, Judeophobia, Hinduphobia, Islamophobia. Visite fortuitement prolongée (talk) 21:11, 30 July 2026 (UTC)
- Firstly, I suggest you read our Etymological fallacy article: we use words for their common meaning, and not according to arguments regarding what people think they ought to mean. And secondly, per WP:NOTFORUM, we aren't the slightest bit interested in your personal opinions of Robinson, of Islam, or of anything else: we go by what published reliable sources have to say. AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:11, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
- RS disagree. Slatersteven (talk) 19:25, 13 July 2026 (UTC)