Talk:John J. Delaney

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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:50, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

John J. Delaney → John Joseph Delaney — per official bio --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 03:23, 9 March 2011 (UTC) Oppose Does not seem to be the name he commonly went by or was referred to.--Yaksar (let's chat) 03:44, 9 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Google book and news results show that this is the common name by a very large factor. What his official name is has little relevance. See Wikipedia:Official names, and WP:AT ("The term most typically used in reliable sources is preferred to technically correct but rarer forms, whether the official name, the scientific name, the birth name, the original name or the trademarked name"). Also, I'm not sure what "official" here means but at the start of a biography it is ubiquitous to give the person's full name regardless of how they are generally know, which is exactly why this article starts by giving his full name, as does our articles on T.S. Eliot, J.R.R. Tolkien, E.E. Cummings, etc.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:09, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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