Talk:M. D. Ball

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was moved. No opposition after over three weeks. --BDD (talk) 16:58, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Mottrom D. Ball → M. D. Ball – Sources conflict as to how his first name is really spelled. I get the impression that the Alaska governor articles were all titled strictly based on how they appear in the governor's list found in The Alaska Almanac (I still believe that the titling was based upon one particular source. I've since consulted both a physical copy and Google Books, representing separate editions of The Alaska Almanac, and discovered that it was not the culprit). I've seen his name written as "Mottrom", "Mottram" and "Mottrone" across various retrospective sources. Even R. N. DeArmond, arguably one of the most knowledgeable authorities on this particular era in Alaska's history, used all three spellings in different works. Contemporary sources almost universally refer to him by his initials. There is a caveat there, as it was common then for people in his position to be publicly referred to only by their initials. --Relisted. Steel1943 (talk) 04:16, 21 April 2013 (UTC)  RadioKAOS  –&#32; Talk to me, Billy  22:38, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
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