Talk:Christian S. Oftedal

Proposed move to Christian Oftedal
This page should be under Christian S. Oftedal. His full name was indeed Christian Stephansen Oftedal, but the middle name was not commonly used. See for instance http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/result?cql=bd+%3D+%22Christian+Oftedal%22&aktivKilde=biblio&sortering=sortdate-&treffPrSide=10&side=1&kilde=biblio, a list of his published works at a Norwegian library database.--Barend (talk) 12:59, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Question: If his middle name was not used, why not moving to Christian Oftedal and stating his full name in the article like many other bios do? Sebastian scha. (talk) 01:35, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Answer: As you see from the link to the library database, it would seem that he most commonly used the form Christian S. Oftedal, a format sometimes used by Norwegian public figures, analogous to Carl I. Hagen and Jan P. Syse.--Barend (talk) 10:26, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, but even you searched "... d+%3D+%22Christian+Oftedal%22&aktivKi ..." (note: bold by editor) for "Search result: Christian Oftedal" ,-) And I allways thought article names are not so important, because of redirects. Don't mind. Have a nice day. Sebastian scha. (talk) 11:18, 25 September 2008 (UTC)