Talk:Bill Hewlett

Hewlett vs Packard coin toss
Wikipedia needs factual content. The founders' coin toss is disputed. The true version must be located in a reliable source and correctly  cited. Failing this, the mention f the coin toss episode will be deleted.--Kudpung (talk) 13:02, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Incorrect spelling of middle name
William (Bill) Hewlett's middle name is spelled "Redington" Only one "d". I don't seem to be able to edit your heading. Please go to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation website to verify this if you wish. Fewill51 (talk) 03:16, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

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Requested move 6 July 2018

 * 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. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 17:58, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

William Redington Hewlett → Bill Hewlett – Hewlett's full name is not WP:COMMONNAME, because "William Redington Hewlett" gets only 12.4k Google results. He was most popularly known as "Bill" - as "Bill Hewlett" "Hewlett Packard" gets 71.5k Google results. "William R. Hewlett" "Hewlett Packard" gets only 17k.

At first I was inclined to request a move to "William R. Hewlett" due to most news sources using "William" upon his passing in 2001. The Associated Press ,Los Angeles Times, The New York Times , and San Francisco Chronicle used "William Hewlett" in their obituaries, and the San Jose Mercury News used "William Hewlett" in the headline and "William R. Hewlett" in the story. Biography.com's entry about him is "William R. Hewlett", and Encyclopedia Britannica uses "William Hewlett."

However, Hewlett was far more commonly known as Bill, as indicated in the google search result numbers. The books Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company (Michael S. Malone, 2007) and Becoming Hewlett Packard: Why Strategic Leadership Matters (2016, Robert A. Burgelman, Webb McKinney, Philip E. Meza) use Bill instead of William. Entrepreneur magazine says that Hewlett and co-founder David Packard were affectionately known within their company as "Bill and Dave." Packard's 1996 bestselling memoir uses "Bill" in the title: The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company. Arbor to SJ (talk) 17:24, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Seems to be his common name. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:10, 11 July 2018 (UTC)


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