Talk:Sal Khan/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Requested move 28 April 2016

Latest comment: 8 years ago4 comments4 people in discussion

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 04:48, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Salman Khan (educator) → Sal Khan – Requesting move for several reasons.
First reason — Per COMMONNAME: Wikipedia generally prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable English-language sources). Salman Khan is commonly referred to as simply Sal Khan. See [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Second reason — Per WP:D: When there is a commonly used name that the subject uses and is available (meaning that no other article uses that name), it is encouraged to use that name instead of using disambiguation per WP:NATURAL — Natural disambiguation: Using an alternative name that the subject is also commonly called in English reliable sources, albeit not as commonly as the preferred-but-ambiguous title. Do not, however, use obscure or made-up names. CookieMonster755 ^📞 ^✉ ^✓ 19:50, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Support Both forms (Salman Khan and Sal Khan) are equally used. His legal name is indeed 'Salman Khan', however 'Sal Khan' uniquely identifies him. Now that I think about it, I lean more towards Sal Khan than Salman Khan (educator). --nafSadh did say 21:11, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
Support WP:NATURALDAB -- 70.51.46.195 (talk) 08:07, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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