Talk:C. Northcote Parkinson

Move request
From WP:RM: According to the hated Google test, "C. Northcote Parkinson" is more frequent than "Cyril Northcote Parkinson", but not overwhelmingly so. All the book covers I've seen give it as "C. Northcote Parkinson", so unless there's a good reason to spell out the "Cyril" in full, I can't see any support for the move. --Stemonitis 07:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * C. Northcote Parkinson → Cyril Northcote Parkinson — Move to full name, full name is redirect with 2 edits. — Mr.Z-man  talk ¢ 23:56, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * By which name is he more well-known? -GTBacchus(talk) 05:17, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I really don't care that much. If C is that much more common then it is fine. It just looks weird to me seeing an article name abbreviated like that. (abbreviating first name but giving full middle name) I tend to be an advocate of expanding abbreviations. If someone contests it, leave it. Mr.Z-man  talk ¢ 16:22, 15 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It may look weird, but this is how he was known. --  Geo Swan 16:43, 15 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It seems to me that the best policy on this is to list his name out in full and have "C. Northcote" be the redirect. That's what I've come across here in similar situations (cf E. Francis Baldwin). Mangoe 12:52, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose a move to Cyril Northcote Parkinson per WP:UCN (cf. F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. Boone Pickens, Jr., G. Gordon Liddy, though it seems to be an American thing). —  AjaxSmack     06:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Missing Recording
As I child my parents had a whole LP of C. Northcote Parkinson talking about his various theories including The Finance Committee, How to place an advert for a job and many other classics. I remeber it as being red with gold foil bits. Having scoured he web I can find no reference to it. I will try and find it next time I am home, but in the meantime if anyone has a record it would be wonderful to make it available to all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phoebebright (talk • contribs) 12:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That would be Professor C. Northcote Parkinson Explains "Parkinson' s Law", Listening Library, 1960. Thanks for the tip; I've added it to the article. --pmj (talk) 07:39, 19 June 2021 (UTC)