Talk:Geoffrey E. Coates

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Requested move 24 May 2021[edit]

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 (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 15:36, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Geoffrey Coates → Geoffrey E. Coates – To distinguish from Geoffrey W. Coates, the living professor at Cornell. Confusingly, he is also a chemist who worked on organometallics and polymer chemistry. Aherthabey talk 23:12, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support and create DAB at base name.--Ortizesp (talk) 00:10, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Appears to be the primary topic. And also commonly known as just Geoffrey Coates in his own country (see Guardian obituary), although the American love of middle initials means he appears to have often been known as Geoffrey E. Coates in the US media. Geoffrey Coates (British chemist) would be the best alternative if it's decided he's not primary topic. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:27, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support While some sources may have him as simply Geoffrey Coates, many use the full Geoffrey E. Coates (see for example this obit); we're not just adding an initial for the sake of disambiguation. 162 etc. (talk) 23:49, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Whether we decide to go with Geoffrey Coates (British chemist) or Geoffrey E. Coates--- the other chemist, Geoffrey W. Coates appears to be the primary topic. A Google search of "Geoffrey Coates" via https://encrypted.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en&pws=0 brings up results primarily for Geoffrey W. Coates, the Tisch professor at Cornell. Aherthabey talk 17:14, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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