Talk:R. Budd Dwyer

Graphic description of suicide Unnecessary
Based on the English Wikipedia guideline regarding Offensive Material "Wikipedia articles may contain offensive words and images, but only for a good reason. Do not use disclaimers." It does not seem that the following portion of the "Suicide" section does not meet this standard. "One of the cameras remained focused on Dwyer and captured close-up footage of the aftermath of the shooting; as his body slumped, blood streamed from the exit wound in the back of his head as well as from his nostrils and mouth" I cannot ascertain the purpose of this graphic description, and therefore think its removal should be seriously considered. Forgive me if my proposal is not in line with wider standards on Wikipedia. I am not a frequent contributor so I hope my ignorance can be forgiven in this instance. Wagenenr (talk) 00:12, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * R. Budd Dwyer family photograph.jpg
 * R. Budd Dwyer swearing in as Pennsylvanian state treasurer, 1984 (cropped).jpg
 * R. Budd Dwyer with Gerald Ford.jpg
 * Young R. Budd Dwyer.png

Requested move 21 May 2024

 * 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: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 16:09, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

R. Budd Dwyer → Budd Dwyer – WP:COMMONNAME, Google Trends data shows that the term "Budd Dwyer" is overwhelmingly searched more than "R. Budd Dwyer". (https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=R.%20Budd%20Dwyer,Budd%20Dwyer&hl=en-US) Additionally, this seems to be the name most people, in the media and otherwise, addressed and addresses him as. MountainDew20 (talk) 09:50, 21 May 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 10:29, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose. In encyclopedic contexts, he was typically always known as R. Budd Dwyer. In the PA house, he was billed as "Rep. R. Budd Dwyer", and later as "Sen. R. Budd Dwyer"  in the PA senate. Contemporary articles about his election as treasurer called him R. Budd Dwyer . When he died, NYT AP Washington Post LA Times and the Inquirer all called him R. Budd Dwyer, and his grave reads "in memory of R. Budd Dwyer". Nohomersryan (talk) 19:56, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose. As already pointed out by Nohomersryan, in encyclopedic, political, and even personal contexts, Dwyer is noted as R. Budd Dwyer. Donald Trump is colloquially referred to as just "Trump" to a lot of people, but it would be silly to move the Donald Trump article to "Trump". Archimedes157 (talk) 23:06, 24 May 2024 (UTC)