Talk:Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr./Archives/2015

Requested move 3 June 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved to Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr.. Jenks24 (talk) 11:49, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Hubert B. Wolfe + 666, Sr. → Hubert B. Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr. – The individual described in this article is notable for his very long name, though reliable sources disagree on the exact length and spelling of it. In any case, the full name (the surname alone having up to 666 letters, by many accounts) is too long to use as an article title.

There are several abbreviated forms of the name which we could use instead. At least two reliable sources (Borgmann, 1965 and Borgmann, 1968) say the man preferred to abbreviate his name as "Hubert B. Wolfe + 666, Sr.", and at least one later reliable source (McWhirter, 1984) said his preferred short form was "Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585, Sr."

However, all three of the above sources, plus several more (including Brookhouser, 1957; a 1952 Time article; and a 1964 Associated Press wire story) agree that the surname is or can be abbreviated as "Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff". All these sources also agree that his long string of given names was usually abbreviated to "Hubert Blaine" or "Hubert B." I therefore suggest that per WP:COMMONNAME, the article should be moved to either Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr. or Hubert B. Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr.. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 01:39, 10 June 2015 (UTC) Psychonaut (talk) 12:42, 3 June 2015 (UTC)


 * AGREE, with redirects from all the abbreviated forms mentioned above. --Thnidu (talk) 16:48, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Suggest Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr. In searches of books:
 * "Hubert Blaine Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff" gets "About 9 results"
 * "Hubert B. Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff" gets "1 result"
 * "Hubert Blaine Wolfe" gets "3 results"
 * "Hubert B. Wolfe" gets "4 results"
 * pinging in case of possible change.
 * GregKaye 17:41, 3 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Strong Support Move to "Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr." per Google Books search and per lede of the article. Khestwol (talk) 18:54, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Support move to Hubert Blaine et cetera, I'm not typing out the whole thing. ONR (talk) 21:03, 6 June 2015 (UTC)


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