Talk:Bob McGregor

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I think he was usually called Bobby McGregor. PatGallacher (talk) 13:54, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:58, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Bob McGregor → Bobby McGregor – He was usually known by this name, see the video link on this article as an example. PatGallacher (talk) 21:59, 13 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Oppose Bobby, but support moving to Robert McGregor (swimmer). It is his official name and used in all medal tables. So why should we use the (one or the other) nickname? --RJFF (talk) 23:53, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
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Requested move 2

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Favonian (talk) 20:25, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Bob McGregor → Robert McGregor (swimmer) – Nothing indicates that this swimmer is commonly known as "Bob". All the medal tabels call him Robert. Why should we use a nickname which is not used by any of the sources? RJFF (talk) 21:04, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose The Scottish Sports Hall of Fame (link from the article ) calls him Bob McGregor. Google searching "mcgregor" "falkirk flyer" also shows plenty of hits for Bobby McGregor e.g. BBC or The Herald. It's quite common to find official documentation, such as medal tables, using the full name of an athlete, but the article should be the WP:COMMONNAME. From the distribuation of results I would support a move to Bobby McGregor as per the previous move nomination. Tassedethe (talk) 22:29, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose I agree that he wasn't commonly known as Bob, he was commonly known as Bobby, which is why we called our goldfish Bobby after him (seriously). I think the link of a sports broadcast from the time I provided earlier was evidence of this, where the commentator referred to him as Bobby a few times (the swimmer, not the goldfish). PatGallacher (talk) 14:49, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
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