Talk:Barry Cooper (political scientist)

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Requested move 22 February 2018

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The result of the move request was: Page moved. (non-admin closure)  samee  talk 06:07, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Barry F. Cooper → Barry Cooper (political scientist) – Per MOS:COMMONNAME. 142.161.81.20 (talk) 20:33, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:20, 22 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:22, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It appears the name is more appropriately F. Barry Cooper instead. Artix Kreiger (talk) 20:56, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * If you do a quick Google search for "F. Barry Cooper" you will find almost no results referring to this individual. (There's only two pages of search results in total.) So I'm not sure how that would even come close to meeting WP:COMMONNAME. 142.161.81.20 (talk) 21:00, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Moreover, despite the fact that (as best as I can tell) Fraser seems to be the subject's first given name (hence why I re-added it earlier), there are at least as many references to the subject as Barry F. Cooper as there are references to the subject as F. Barry Cooper (see, e.g., Manning Centre, Frontier Centre). But either way, he is still almost always referred to without an initial, irrespective of its placement. 142.161.81.20 (talk) 21:05, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * His faculty listing and his pen name does appear to be simply "Barry Cooper". &mdash;Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 22:04, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Regardless of whether his name is F. Barry Cooper or Barry F. Cooper, it does seem true that he is known as "Barry Cooper" predominantly. See, for example, his academic page and his columnist profile, and these works published by him etc. — the Man in Question  (in question)  22:05, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ope, sorry, I see you already posted about his faculty listing, Roman Spinner. Didn't mean to repeat. Also, I have found four (possibly five) distinct listings of his name as "Fraser Barry Cooper" in books (possibly ), and only one, in French, of "Barry Fraser Cooper" . — the Man in Question (in question)  22:15, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Support per nomination. Barry Cooper seems to be the most-frequently referenced form of the political scientist's name. &mdash;Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 23:58, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Full name is better than name with parenthetical descriptor IMO. &mdash; Coffee //  have a ☕️ //  beans  // 09:19, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * While the existing title is not his "full name", it seems the argument you're making is premised on WP:NATURALDIS. So what leads you to believe that the existing title is a "name that the subject is also commonly called in English reliable sources [emphasis added]", as provided by WP:NATURALDIS?
 * Additionally, given the above the discussion, is it even fair to assume that Fraser is the subject's middle name rather than his first name? 142.161.81.20 (talk) 23:37, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:MIDDLE disagrees with you. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:19, 28 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:19, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Support per common name. --Yaksar (let's chat) 02:54, 1 March 2018 (UTC)


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