Talk:D. Winton Thomas

Requested move 24 October 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved.

All three participating editors now agree on the proposed move, so there is a consensus.(non-admin closure) Havelock Jones (talk) 20:26, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

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David Winton Thomas → D. Winton Thomas – Per WP:COMMONNAME. 207.161.86.162 (talk) 07:25, 24 October 2021 (UTC) — Relisting. Spekkios (talk) 22:14, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:39, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

• @207.161.86.162 and Lennart97: queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:40, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
• @207.161.86.162: All three cited sources in the article use the full name, so it's not immediately clear if D. Winton Thomas is the common name. Lennart97 (talk) 15:17, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
• Support per nom. The Times certainly always uses this name to refer to him. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:57, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose. A casual look at sources shows that he's also commonly referred to by the full name, and has also signed so (Gbooks). I just do not see the preponderance of the "D. Winton Thomas" form to justify the move. No such user (talk) 12:01, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

@No such user: The preponderance is visible in, for example, this Google Books ngram, showing that "D. Winton Thomas" is used more than 80% of the time. 207.161.86.162 (talk) 03:02, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Fair enough. Changing to support. No such user (talk) 11:46, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

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