Talk:DJ Campbell

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The result of the move request was: moved to DJ Campbell. Favonian (talk) 13:51, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

D. J. Campbell → DJ Campbell –

This article was originally created at Dudley Campbell, the subject's given name and surname, then, in 2007, was moved to DJ Campbell, the name by which he is generally known. In 2009, it was moved to its current name, spelt with dotted spaced initials, the mover citing "Correct formatting per Wikipedia's manual of style" in their edit summary. A recent move to D.J. Campbell, with no space between the dotted initials, was reverted.

A Google search for "D. J. Campbell" produces minimal hits for that orthography, the vast majority being for the form DJ with neither dot nor space. Likewise for Google news. The name is written DJ at his current football club profile, and the subject himself writes it that way at his Twitter account. By WP:Naming conventions (people), we "use the most common format of a name used in reliable sources". Of particular relevance is the clarification that where the subject's name is abbreviated, "There is no consensus for always using spaces between initials, neither for never using them." cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:34, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. Struway2 (talk) 09:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Only ever seen his name written without spaces or dots. Number   5  7  09:50, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support quick searches around multiple verifiable sources indicate that he is referred to as DJ Campbell. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:01, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support very few sources spell his name "D. J.". Same with people like JC Chasez, JJ Cale and LA Reid. Unreal7 (talk) 16:07, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Edinburgh   Wanderer  22:24, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.