Talk:G. W. Pierce

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. Jenks24 (talk) 14:24, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

G. W. Pierce → George W. Pierce – There are two possibilities: George W. Pierce or George Washington Pierce. Both names are commonly used, but when looking at Google search and Google book search, the first has more hits and my motivation to suggest this move. But people could have arguments to take the second one. Relisted. BDD (talk) 16:52, 13 March 2013 (UTC) SchreyP (messages) 08:20, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose use George Washington Pierce instead. -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 09:11, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose: "G.W., as he was affectionately known to collegues and students alike", page 369 of
 * Seeing that George Washington distracts from this person's identity, the use of initials is explained.Rgdboer (talk) 02:15, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It doesn't do it for George Washington Carver. -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 04:48, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Mild Support - going by Google Books actual references (excluding simply bibliography and index hits) George W. has it. "G.W., as he was affectionately known to collegues and students alike", carries some weight if print sources also use the initials, but collegues and students alike are made of living tissue and therefore fail WP:IRS. We follow ink and paper. In ictu oculi (talk) 15:39, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
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