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@ Amakuru: In this article Joseph is used to address Dennis. But the real problem is Joseph is the name of the father and Dennis is the name of the person. There is no family name for this person. So if you address this person with Joseph then you are addressing his father not him. So I suggest to correct the Joseph with Dennis. Usually in India the surname might be the name of husband, father, grandfather etc. might not be the family name. So it is better to use the first name to avoid confusion. Now the artcile is like attributing the works of Dennis to his father Joseph. For example if you are writing about Eliyamma Joseph and addressing Eliyamma by the name Joseph then it will feel very awkward because Eliyamma is a female name and Joseph is a male name. So you are addressing a female with a male name, which is her husband. In the case of family names it is ok but here there is no family name. MOS:GIVENNAME and Patronymic#India explain more on this.-- Ranjithsiji ( talk) 07:34, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
In these sources they refer as Dennis Joseph, Dennis not Joseph. You can check these sources these are the popular newspapers in Kerala. In the case of M. N. Joseph you must read Patronymic#India here M.N are toponym. Joseph is the primary name.-- Ranjithsiji ( talk) 19:24, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
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@ Amakuru: In this article Joseph is used to address Dennis. But the real problem is Joseph is the name of the father and Dennis is the name of the person. There is no family name for this person. So if you address this person with Joseph then you are addressing his father not him. So I suggest to correct the Joseph with Dennis. Usually in India the surname might be the name of husband, father, grandfather etc. might not be the family name. So it is better to use the first name to avoid confusion. Now the artcile is like attributing the works of Dennis to his father Joseph. For example if you are writing about Eliyamma Joseph and addressing Eliyamma by the name Joseph then it will feel very awkward because Eliyamma is a female name and Joseph is a male name. So you are addressing a female with a male name, which is her husband. In the case of family names it is ok but here there is no family name. MOS:GIVENNAME and Patronymic#India explain more on this.-- Ranjithsiji ( talk) 07:34, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
In these sources they refer as Dennis Joseph, Dennis not Joseph. You can check these sources these are the popular newspapers in Kerala. In the case of M. N. Joseph you must read Patronymic#India here M.N are toponym. Joseph is the primary name.-- Ranjithsiji ( talk) 19:24, 12 May 2021 (UTC)