Talk:Molly Goodnight

Page move
It's polite to discuss a page move like this first; some even will propose on the talk page first. The subject was known equally by both names. Her husband called her Mary and some others called her Molly. See her induction page at the Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame for one example. There are other policies that apply besides common name. It's late though and I don't have time to look them up now. Will check tomorrow. dawnleelynn(talk) 05:41, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Even in Charles Goodnight's article, she is first addressed as Mary Ann (Molly) Dyer. I can see I need to make some changes in the article to address this. dawnleelynn(talk) 06:17, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Also, there are other articles named like this, here's one Mary Ellen (Dude) Barton.

Sources which use her full name and nickname:
 * MARY ANN (MOLLY) GOODNIGHT
 * GOODNIGHT, MARY ANN DYER [MOLLY ]
 * Charles Goodnight
 * Mary Ann (Molly) Dyer Goodnight
 * Mary Ann “Molly” Dyer Goodnight
 * Mary Ann "Molly" Goodnight
 * “The Mary Ann (Molly) Goodnight Day”

Sources which use Mary Ann:
 * Mary Ann Goodnight: the Texas Woman Who Saved Buffalo From Extinction
 * Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight Home
 * MARY ANN GOODNIGHT and The Texas State Bison Herd
 * “Restored 1887 home of Charles & Mary Ann Goodnight”
 * Goodnight, Mary Ann -1926

Further regarding the article title and subject name:

MOS:NICKNAME "If a person is known by a nickname used in lieu of or in addition to a given name, and it is not a common hypocorism[d] of one of their names, or a professional alias, it is usually presented between double quotation marks following the last given name or initial; the quotation marks are not put in lead-section boldface. Example:


 * From Bunny Berigan: Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan.
 * From Tina Fey: Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey."