Talk:Walter the Softy

Requested move 28 February 2022

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Sceptre (talk) 01:44, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Walter the Softy → Walter Brown (character) – The Beano don't even call him this anymore, and he is not a softy anymore either. Thomasfan1000 (talk) 00:25, 28 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Oppose - Walter Brown is a very recent name for the character. The name also wasn't mentioned at all on the Walter Brown disambiguation page until I just linked to it. So isn't a WP:COMMONNAME for the character. Also I dont think just (character) is the best disambiguator, (comics) would be better. Eopsid (talk) 09:23, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Fine, Walter Brown (comics) maybe. The Beano themselves don't want the character to go by this name anymore. The modern version of Walter is anything but a softy, and the current Walter will probably remain for a long time. Also, his last name being Brown was first mentioned in 1994. I think since like 2009, he hasn't been called Walter the Softy. Thomasfan1000 (talk) 16:19, 28 February 2022 (UTC)


 * It also depends what they call the character in the article's sources. Most of them use Walter the softy (or softie). 1994 is still 4 decades after the character was introduced. And they never used his full name regularly until 2009. The name isnt used at all in the 1990s cartoon, although its hinted at; he has an uncle called Slasher Brown. I cant remember the Brown surname being used at all in the comic before 2009. Honestly I find how he slowly acquired the surname Brown interesting. It would be good to add the history of it to the article. Eopsid (talk) 18:03, 28 February 2022 (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.
 * Move to Walter (Dennis the Menace), per WP:UCRN. Ham II (talk) 18:51, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Very, very clear WP:COMMONNAME. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:59, 2 March 2022 (UTC)