Talk:Phylicia Rashad/Archives/2015

Name

Would it be worth adding a section to explain why the second 'a' in her surname has an accent on it? I was not aware it did until I saw this page and would like to know why. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nev (talk • contribs) 15:42, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

It has to do with her most recent ex-husband's last name; see Ahmad Rashād for more on the meaning of his name. --198.45.18.69 (talk) 15:18, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Ahmad Rashad's last name is taken from Rashad Khalifa's first name, which does not use an "ā". Wikipedia is the only source I've found that uses the "ā" on Ahmad or Phylicia's name. If there's no authoritative source for the "ā" spelling, the titles of these two articles should be changed to "Rashad". 68.165.77.136 (talk) 06:34, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

On the Cosby Show, her name contained the accent over the "a" in the opening credits. [1] [2] ((Rhythmnation2004 talk 23:09, 30 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.187.16.5 (talk)

That mark only appears in two seasons out of eight. It was absent in seasons 5 through 8 (i.e., the most recent). Furthermore, a google image search indicates that she does not add the mark when signing autographs. WP:COMMONNAME indicates that we should adopt the most common spelling. The mark is demonstrably a fluke. I'm requesting a move. Krychek (talk) 16:02, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 13 May 2015

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The result of the move request was: Result is to move. (non-admin closure) Imzadi 1979 → 04:09, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

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Phylicia Rashād → Phylicia Rashad – Per WP:COMMONNAME. The only rationale given for the current spelling is the opening credits of seasons 3 and 4 of The Cosby Show, ignoring the four subsequent seasons where the diacritical mark does not appear. You would be hard-pressed to find this mark anywhere else on the Internet or in print, not even on autographs signed by the subject herself.relisted--Mike Cline (talk) 12:39, 21 May 2015 (UTC) Krychek (talk) 16:20, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

• Support - 55,800 google results for "Phylicia Rashād", and 740,000 results for "Phylicia Rashad". LADY LOTUS • TALK 13:03, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
• Support, the references and External links seem to support the move. Randy Kryn 13:15, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
• Neutral The rational is not limited to the opening credits of TCS. Her husband from '85 to '01 was Ahmad Rashād and his name, then and now, uses the diacritic. She has chosen to keep that name through the intervening years. Now there is nothing wrong with that - people in the entertainment business often do that due to name recognition and other factors. WP:SPECULATION on my part is that most websites don't use it because a) they don't want to make the extra effort to add it or b) they don't know about it. OTOH its use in the WikiP article isn't that important in the grand scheme of things and if the consensus is to remove it that is fine - especially if she isn't using it in autographs. MarnetteD|Talk 18:07, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

• Hmm. I've just had another WP:OR thought. It is possible that she removed the diacritic so the name would be the same - yet different - from when she was married to AR. Anyway I just want to reiterate that I have no real objection to the page move. My posts are just food for thought. MarnetteD|Talk 18:14, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

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Bill Cosby Abuse

Reliable documentation linking Phylicia Rashad to the present Bill Cosby rape scandal should be included if the article is edited again to discuss the story. Justify its inclusion in her wikipedia biography and use supporting evidence. Creating its own section would also be more appropriate than where the previous passage was located because it is unrelated to the aspects of her career mentioned in the introduction. 138.253.107.77 (talk) 15:41, 7 July 2015 (UTC)