Talk:Herbert Murphy

Rename proposal Dummy Murphy --> Herbert Murphy
Consistent with recent discussion at WT:BASEBALL, this is a proposal to rename biographical article Dummy Murphy to Herbert Murphy. Searching on newspapers.com finds that during Murphy's time in professional baseball (1912 to 1924), especially with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1914, he was referred to as "Herbert Murphy" much more than "Dummy Murphy". Search examples, all done on newspapers.com:
 * "herbert murphy" baseball for 1912–1924 gets 526 hits
 * "dummy murphy" baseball for 1912–1924 gets 20 hits
 * "herbert murphy" shortstop for 1912–1924 gets 212 hits
 * "dummy murphy" shortstop for 1912–1924 gets 7 hits
 * "herbert murphy" philadelphia baseball for 1914 gets 174 hits
 * "dummy murphy" philadelphia baseball for 1914 gets 5 hits

As there is no current article named "Herbert Murphy" on Wikipedia, this would be a straightforward move, with "Dummy Murphy" continuing to redirect users to the new article title. Comments welcome—please reply in the below section. Thanks.

Requested move 9 May 2021

 * 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 after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Page moved. Hog Farm Talk 16:58, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Dummy Murphy → Herbert Murphy – Herbert Courtland Murphy was primarily referred to as "Herbert Murphy" during his time playing professional baseball (1912–1924). While baseball reference sites such as Baseball-Reference.com and Retrosheet list him (or have previously listed him) as "Dummy Murphy", that name was not used nearly as often as Herbert Murphy by contemporary newspaper reports. The results of searches conducted via newspapers.com are listed on the Talk page. Dmoore5556 (talk) 21:26, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support based on the searches above. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:16, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 15:47, 10 May 2021 (UTC)