Talk:Bernard Shaw

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corrected the redirect. Bernard Shaw, that's the journalist. The poet is George Bernard Shaw. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxl (talk • contribs) 21:05, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Maxl. If you feel that the journalist is the WP:primary topic for the name, then you should propose moving Bernard Shaw (journalist) to the base title Bernard Shaw. See WP:RM for instructions on how to request a page move.
 * But let me suggest a less radical solution, that there is nobody who is primary topic for the name. Then propose moving Bernard Shaw (disambiguation) → Bernard Shaw. That would probably have a better chance of gaining consensus. Please sign your talk page comments with four tildes . – wbm1058 (talk) 18:23, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Who says the poet is the primary topic? The poet's name is GEORGE Bernard Shaw. When someone wants to read his article they'll, therefore, type George Bernard Shaw. I mentioned that twice when I made my edits. When you just type Bernard Shaw you'll usually mean the journalist. This means that the current redirect which you seem to be intent on keeping is wrong even if you say otherwise. And if you hadn't undone my edit - an action that was unsolicited - I wouldn't need to "propose" anything at all. --Maxl (talk) 18:44, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
 * See 18 Famous People Who Go By Their Middle Names
 * George Shaw was an English botanist and zoologist.
 * James Paul McCartney is commonly known as Paul McCartney, not James McCartney.
 * John William Ferrell: Will Ferrell is a different person than John Ferrell.
 * We don't force everyone who goes by their middle name to use their full first, middle and last name.


 * BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. It shouldn't be that big of a deal to take this to the discuss step. The playwright has established long term notability and significance. I'm not sure the same can be said about the retired journalist. wbm1058 (talk) 19:50, 10 July 2017 (UTC)