Talk:Frankie Fredericks

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was no consensus. JPG-GR (talk) 22:28, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

"Frank Fredericks" is used as official name form by the IAAF and by the IOC, where Fredericks is a current member. --GirasoleDE (talk) 11:13, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * WP:COMMONNAME, WP:OFFICIALNAMES and WP:NAME together means we pick common names over official names - the current title is correct. Knepflerle (talk) 16:30, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * But in this case the official name is as least as common as the current name of the article. Another example: The foundation of the athlete is called Frank Fredericks Foundation, so it is obvious that "Frank Fredericks" is the name form used by the person himself --GirasoleDE (talk) 18:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * "the official name is as least as common as the current name of the article" - if you can show that with evidence of usage, then I think there is a good case to move. In my experience Frankie is much more popular, but am open to persuasion... Knepflerle (talk) 01:22, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak agree with move Personally I thought it must be Frankie Fredericks. The BBC shows 296 hits for that vs 17 hits for Frank. But if you look at the website of a newspaper in his home country (where I would think they know what his name is!) you get 86 hits for Frank and 27 hits for Frankie. Coupled with official naming etc. I think this suggests that Frank Fredericks would be suitable. Tassedethe (talk) 15:22, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
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