Talk:Charles W. Alcock

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This is exactly the sort of article that should aim for GA (if not FA) status.--Sparklism 22:04, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

The renaming of the article
I'm not too sure about the moving of the article to Charles W. Alcock. The article on Wikipedia naming guidelines referred to by the mover includes "Generally, use the most common format of a name used in reliable sources." I've often seen him referred to as C. W. Alcock and sometimes as Charles Alcock, but I don't recall ever seeing Charles W. Alcock used. That seems to be a form much more used in the US (eg John F. Kennedy) than in the UK. JH (talk page) 16:16, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

I can see your point JH. My main issue was that C.W. Alcock went against the naming policy - I'm not sure that Alcock is known most commonly as C.W., he might be named that in contemporary sources like newspapers, but so were most people at the time. I took Charles W. Alcock from the main biography, mentioned in the references. A good parallel example from a similar time might be W.E. Gladstone - I note that his page is William Ewart Gladstone. Perhaps "Charles William Alcock" might be more suitable here? Pisgah16 (talk) 15:11, 27 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I hadn't noticed that Keith Booth's biography of him was entitled "Charles W. Alcock". That being the case, I withdraw my objection. I think "Charles W." is preferable to "Charles William". JH (talk page) 16:31, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

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