Talk:Dorothy Round

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Requested move 29 September 2015

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The result of the move request was: Moved. User:Wolbo's summary agrees with whatever I've been able to find from Google. MOS:BIO gives some advice: "A woman should be referred to by her most commonly used name, which will not necessarily include her husband's surname." This doesn't completely solve our problem here, but it gives a direction. EdJohnston (talk) 19:58, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

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Dorothy Round Little → Dorothy Round – Dorothy Round Little is the subjects married name. She won all of her significant titles under her maiden - Dorothy Round and prior to her marriage in September of 1937 (her last major title was in July of 1937). A simple search of the New York Times Archives will show that Dorothy Round was the predominate use of her name at that time. Thank You. – Tennisvine (talk) 23:45, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:11, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

• @Tennisvine: Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:12, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

• Weak oppose. The two references cited in the article don't clearly mention her in the free portion of the content, so I can't evaluate them. However, the external link refers to her by her married name. If it were easier to verify, from within the article, that her maiden name is what she's more commonly known by, I'd be willing to change my recommendation. —C.Fred (talk) 19:42, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support Basically per nom. During by far the largest part of her career she was known as Dorothy Round (e.g. in Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual 1936). After her marriage (footage) the picture becomes somewhat mixed but most contemporary sources (Max Robertson's Encyclopedia (1974), last edition of World of Tennis (2001), Bud Collins' Encyclopedia (2010)) list her as Dorothy Round. Helen Jacob's Gallery of Champions (1951) has a chapter on her titled 'Dorothy Round Little ' but the two times she is mentioned in the article itself with her full name it is as 'Dorothy Round'. As mentioned above the International Tennis Hall of Fame refers to Dorothy by her married name but the Wimbledon website lists Dorothy by her maiden name. All in all the majority of reliable sources show her as Dorothy Round and that is in line with our naming conventions. --Wolbo (talk) 22:00, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

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Name

Further to the discussion above - Dorothy Round was her name before marriage and was often used afterwards, because she won her major titles before her marriage. For instance, some of her newspaper columns in the 1950s were entitled "Dorothy Round on Tennis". Her married name as used on formal documents and scorecards was Mrs Little (not Mrs Round Little). In some cases she is listed as Mrs D.L. Little, following the convention of the time (her husband was Douglas Leigh Little) or as Mrs. Dorothy Little. The combination name Dorothy Round Little appears to have been created by newspapers during her stay in North America.Nai1maker (talk) 11:08, 14 January 2019 (UTC)