Talk:List of works by E. W. Hornung

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Neelix, can we get rid of this bloody awful title? Firstly it's a grammatical horror: it should at least be in the possessive form of Hornung's biblio, rather than the painful and abysmal form it currently takes. Secondly, he wasn't Ernest William Hornung, he was E.W Hornung - see the book covers on the page to see how he styled his professional name, and the name under which people know him. The original title of Bibliography of E.W. Hornung was carefully selected when the page was first formed, and I strongly oppose the current form it now uses. Thanks. - SchroCat (talk) 21:51, 15 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for pinging me in this discussion. If Hornung is best known as E.W. Hornung, then why don't we move Ernest William Hornung to E.W. Hornung? Either way, these two article titles should be consistent. What do you find painful, abysmal, or ungrammatical about the current title? The other bibliography articles have had such titles for years. Neelix (talk) 21:57, 15 January 2014 (UTC)Reply
It should be E.W. Hornung (and I've moved it as such). I find this title painful, abysmal and ungrammatical because it is. It should be in the possessive "E.W. Hornung's bibliography", or "Bibliography of E.W. Hornung". The current form is just wrong, wrong, wrong: as an encyclopaedia we certainly should not be promoting the error and it's a form of title that's bugged me for some time, which is why I had tried to avoid it in this instance. - SchroCat (talk) 22:10, 15 January 2014 (UTC)Reply
Avoiding the pain of the previous version, I have moved to List of works by E.W. Hornung, in line with most of the other FLs. - SchroCat (talk) 22:30, 15 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived 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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved, per closing rationale in the extended discussion at Talk:E. W._Hornung#Requested_move. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:23, 9 March 2014 (UTC)Reply



List of works by E.W. HornungList of works by E. W. Hornung – Per WP:INITS, consecutive initials include a space. Rob Sinden (talk) 14:39, 28 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

Attempting to centralise some of the debate
*Move, as nominator, for what should be an uncontroversial move per naming conventions. --Rob Sinden (talk) 14:39, 28 February 2014 (UTC)Reply
See the guideline. Not an WP:ENGVAR issue. Or see A. A. Milne, J. R. R. Tolkien, J. B. Priestley, etc, etc, to see how we consistently use a space. --Rob Sinden (talk) 14:44, 28 February 2014 (UTC)Reply
Then see about getting the guideline changed. See policy WP:NC regarding consistency. --Rob Sinden (talk) 14:52, 28 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

Sinden, I'm not going to get into yet another pissing contest with you, so I suggest we leave a consensus to develop from other editors. - SchroCat (talk) 14:55, 28 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

  • ? Did you get round to having a look at a couple of the style guides of various media and publishing organisations which state the polar opposite of your opinion? - SchroCat (talk) 12:03, 3 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Rather than people having to comment in multiple places, could all further comments please be made at the almost-identical discussion at Talk:E.W. Hornung#Requested move. - SchroCat (talk) 13:47, 3 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.