Talk:George O. Abell

cleanup
I added the CLEANUP tag because there are too many one-sentence paragraphs listing a single fact, and these don't seem to be in any particular order. I moved a couple of them, but more work needs to be done. Bubba73 (talk), 03:56, 14 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, the article has been improved. Bubba73 (talk), 01:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Article name
An article on a person should be named according to how the person was best known. In this case, that would be George Abell or George O. Abell. Obits from UCLA and NY Times called him "George O. Abell." Google gives Listings of books by or about Abell on Amazon use the following: Eliminating duplicates (different editions) and using the name on the book cover where an image is available, the count becomes
 * 15,100 hits for "george abell" -wikipedia
 * 46,400 hits for "george o. abell" -wikipedia
 * 23,500 hits for "george ogden abell" -wikipedia
 * 10 use "George abell"
 * 15 use "George O. Abell"
 * 2 use "George Ogden Abell"
 * 0 use "George abell"
 * 8 use "George O. Abell"
 * 1 uses "George Ogden Abell"

Any objections to a rename to the "O." form? Articles that display "George Ogden Abell" should also be changed to display "George O. Abell". --RichardMathews (talk) 19:39, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Rewrite George O. Abell WP
I am working on a rewrite of the George O. Abell WP.

Any useful input/information that I might not have come across would be welcome. Shortsword (talk) 11:03, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Shortsword (talk) 11:03, 2 May 2017 (UTC)