Talk:Edward D. Eddy

Should we have "Ted" in the intro
The general guidelines discourage the inclusion in quites of very common standard nicknames for a formal name that are seen as diminitive. For example Ted Kennedy where the nickname form is not even used as the article name open thus "Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years" it does not use Ted in the opening in quotes.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:35, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * The hypocorism rule applies here. This is what the Manual of Syle says "It is not always necessary to spell out why the article title and lead paragraph give a different name. If a person has a common English-language hypocorism (diminutive or abbreviation) used in lieu of a given name,[j] it is not presented between quotation marks or parentheses within or after their name. Example:

Use: William Henry Gates III Avoid: William Henry "Bill" Gates III" As we see from the Ted Kennedy article, Ted is a common enough nickname for Edward that we do not need to spell it out.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:40, 30 September 2021 (UTC)