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Requested move 24 December 2017

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. (closed by page mover) GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 01:51, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Elaine S. Edwards → Elaine Edwards – Obvious WP:PRIMARYTOPIC as "Elaine Edwards" redirects to the current title, and other uses are in a disambiguation page. Arbor to SJ (talk) 19:36, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). TonyBallioni (talk) 04:05, 24 December 2017 (UTC)


 * The title isn't a matter of WP:PRIMARYTOPIC since that is already established. The concern/question that needs to be answered is ... is "Elaine Edwards" without the "S." middle initial the WP:COMMONNAME for the subject? From what I'm seeking, it looks like sources that refer to the subject of the article use the "S." middle initial when referring to the subject of the article. Steel1943  (talk) 02:43, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
 * procedural RM started. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:05, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Support move, with the following evidence: My Google search for "Sen. Elaine Edwards" returned several news sources from her (brief) Senate career using that form.


 * The Town Talk August 8, 1972
 * The Times (Shreveport) October 4, 1972
 * Associated Press wire stories from October 26, 1972 and November 5, 1972
 * Also, The Times in Shreveport from July 10, 1979 uses "Elaine Edwards" right before "Jackson B. Davis", a possible indication that Elaine preferred to omit her middle initial.

Also, here is an example of a scholarly source using "Elaine Edwards": The 1972 CQ Almanac by Congressional Quarterly.

Furthermore, searching google for "Senator Elaine Edwards" ("Senator" in full) returns results like the September 22, 1972 issue of Life magazine that captions a photo of the senator, "Interim Senator Elaine Edwards" with an article that does not use her middle initial at all. Also, Getty Images and the US House of Representatives Historian  omit her middle initial. Arbor to SJ (talk) 04:33, 24 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Support as per above - She doesn't appear to go by "Elaine S. Edwards" so pointless having the title as such. – Davey 2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 22:55, 24 December 2017 (UTC)


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