Talk:Archbishop (Council of Bishops)/@comment-5460331-20131201021800/@comment-6335668-20131201035338

Bottom line. So long as the council is electing archbishops for the entire church, that elected archbishop will be referred to as a claimant. Feel free to clean the phrasing.

I'm sorry that this seems to stick in your craw. I hope people haven't forgotten that I'm fond of the clergy myself and that I happily acknowledge Mellar as the legitimate pope IC, so this isn't a personal matter. It's a matter of policy, and one that's being enforced for other active figures and organizations as well. If you claim to be the ruler or leader of a canon organization, Kingdom or territory, claimant (or equivalent text) will be added.

I really don't see what's so hard to understand about that. Note that we don't need claimant to be added to anything that's historical, like your prior fanon archbishops or say, fanon Kings of Azeroth, Gilneas or Stromgarde.