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The result was redirect to Photios I of Constantinople, because of the phonetic relationship, this search term appears reasonable. Note that while Wikipedia normally does not have articles on the etymology of various given names, I believe Wiktionary does accommodate such articles. The history is in tact if anyone thinks transwiki is appropriate. Sjakkalle (Check!) 15:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fotios[edit]

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Discussion with the creator on the article's talk page. Despite what could have been an expired PROD, the article remained and he rightfully removed the PROD tag. There's still no evidence this is a notable name and the only reason he provided is essentially WP:OTHERSTUFF in that, "Fotios is not a family name - it is a first/given name. Therefore, it has nothing to do with genealogy and is very much a type of entry like Michael". Regardless of names that do and don't exist, WP is not a name directory and there's no evidence this is a notable name. _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 02:51, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Besides the provided references in the original article please do check the following links that demonstrate how "Fotios" is a first name given to a significant mumber of people all over the world.[1] [2] The first one lists registered people with a first name of "Fotios" just in the state of NY. One can imagine that with Greece included there are thousands of people by that name and that is demonstrated by the Google search link, which obviously brings up only those who have something to do with computers and the internet Lonwolve (talk) 05:26, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople - valid search term - Peripitus (Talk) 03:37, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Greece-related deletion discussions. -- brewcrewer (yada, yada) 04:53, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.