Talk:Pete du Pont

Picture
Perhaps we could replace the incumbant picture with one lacking the personal inscription to "Alex?"

Jarfingle 05:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 05:48, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Pierre S. du Pont, IV → Pierre S. du Pont IV – NO comma per MoS. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 04:15, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Support, per no commas MoS. GoodDay (talk) 15:24, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
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Requested move 29 July 2017

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The result of the move request was: moved - due to the nominator's extensive proposal and the lack of dissent I think moving is better than relisting here  Dr Strauss   talk   17:28, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Pierre S. du Pont IV → Pete du Pont – WP:COMMONNAME and WP:NATURALDIS. Du Pont is better known as "Pete" than "Pierre", and "Pete du Pont" is a simpler, more natural article title than "Pierre S. du Pont IV".

If we go with Google search results:
 * "Pete du Pont" + Delaware governor returns ~7.8k results.
 * "Pierre S. du Pont IV" + Delaware governor returns nearly ~1.4k results.
 * "Pierre du Pont IV" + Delaware governor ~450 - and "Pierre duPont IV" + Delaware governor nearly 200 more.

Popular media has consistently referred to him as "Pete".
 * The "Pete" nickname dates back to 1977 (his first year in office as Delaware governor), as this People magazine article from that year shows.
 * A 1987 New York Times profile is titled "The paradox of Pete du Pont."
 * The National Governors Association introduces him as "Pierre Samuel 'Pete' du Pont IV".
 * This press release from Bob Dole presidential campaign, 1996 calls him "Pete du Pont" without Pierre.
 * A 2015 Boston Globe article is called "In ’88, an uncomfortable meeting with Pete du Pont." Arbor to SJ (talk) 04:05, 29 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Support per nominator, "Pete du Pont" seems to be used much more often than his full name. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 07:09, 1 August 2017 (UTC)


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