Talk:Seán Scanlan

Neutrality
I believe some of the statements may be a bit too hyperbolic for a Wiki page...JoelWhy (talk) 21:39, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Actually, they may seem that way, but I actually toned them down! (from some other sources). I may need to tone them down further. But it is true that Scanlan has made really major contributions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donn300 (talk • contribs) 10:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Article title
The title of an article should be the most common name by which the subject is referred to in reliable sources. I'm sure that this isn't "J.O.(Seán) Scanlan", but I can't work out what it is. From Scanlan's achievements confirmed by the source that I added I would expect to be able to find loads of sources under some name, but can't find many under the ones that I tried: "Seán Scanlan", "J. O. Scanlan", "John Scanlan" and "John O. Scanlan". Is there another form of the name that is more commonly used? Phil Bridger (talk) 13:02, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

I agree that it's harder than one would imagine to find lots of links to him from a straight search, but (1) I think I know why the name is not consistent and (2) I found lots of links if you include "IEE" or "IEEE" in front or after his name - these refer to the (U.K.'s) Institution of Electrical Engineers and the (U.S.'s) Institution of Electronic and Electrical Engineers, and it will link to their publications & references to same much faster. Re (1), I think he may have used the Irish and English form of his Christian name at different times. I think he used "J Scanlan" and "J O Scanlan" earlier in his career, and "S O Scanlan" (and maybe "S Scanlan") Try a search for "IEE Seán O Scanlan" and get 516,000 results, Try a search for "IEEE Seán O Scanlan" and get 5,330 results, etc..

He is known as Seán Scanlan....but many famous papers were written under the name J.(O.) Scanlan... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donn300 (talk • contribs) 23:02, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

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