Talk:George O. Abell

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cleanup edit

Latest comment: 17 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion

I added the CLEANUP tag because there are too many one-sentence paragraphs listing a single fact, and these don't seem to be in any particular order. I moved a couple of them, but more work needs to be done. Bubba73 (talk), 03:56, 14 March 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, the article has been improved. Bubba73 (talk), 01:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Article name edit

Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

An article on a person should be named according to how the person was best known. In this case, that would be George Abell or George O. Abell. Obits from UCLA and NY Times called him "George O. Abell." Google gives

15,100 hits for "george abell" -wikipedia
46,400 hits for "george o. abell" -wikipedia
23,500 hits for "george ogden abell" -wikipedia

Listings of books by or about Abell on Amazon use the following:

10 use "George abell"
15 use "George O. Abell"
2 use "George Ogden Abell"

Eliminating duplicates (different editions) and using the name on the book cover where an image is available, the count becomes

0 use "George abell"
8 use "George O. Abell"
1 uses "George Ogden Abell"

Any objections to a rename to the "O." form? Articles that display "George Ogden Abell" should also be changed to display "George O. Abell". --RichardMathews (talk) 19:39, 12 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

Rewrite George O. Abell WP edit

Latest comment: 7 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion

I am working on a rewrite of the George O. Abell WP.

Any useful input/information that I might not have come across would be welcome. Shortsword (talk) 11:03, 2 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

Shortsword (talk) 11:03, 2 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

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