Talk:Will McCants

POV
Article overemphasizes a single error, and ensuing media brouhaha.E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:48, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Proposed move to William McCants
This person seems to be more widely quoted and known as William McCants. Are there any objections to moving the article to that name?


 * His book The ISIS Apocalypse was published under the name William McCants.
 * His current profile at The Brookings Institution uses William McCants.


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On Wikipedia:
 * William McCants:
 * Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi external links for article by William McCants.
 * Báb cites William McCants which uses "William F. McCants". I corrected this WP article to have the citation match the cited article.
 * Jarret Brachman sites William F. McCants and William McCants but unfortunately both links are a 404.
 * Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Mention and cites William McCants for his book The ISIS Apocalypse.
 * Qutbism cites web-article which uses William McCants several times.
 * File:No god but God.jpg sources William McCants which uses William McCants.
 * Terrorism and social media mentions and cites William McCants. The cited document is named "Testimony McCants" but does not mention McCant's name. As the document is on https://homeland.house.gov I took a look on that site to get the testimony document in context:
 * Subcommittee Hearing: Jihadist Use of Social Media – How to Prevent Terrorism and Preserve Innovation has "Mr. William McCants" and links to the "Testimony McCants" document.
 * Updated — A Look Ahead: House Committee on Homeland Security "Mr. William McCants".
 * Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Homeland Security / 112th Congress / Third Quarter "Mr. William McCants"
 * Will McCants:
 * Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami cites which uses Will McCants.
 * Unmanned aerial vehicle cites which uses Will McCants.
 * While tracking down a citation used on Terrorism and social media which uses "William McCants" I found two mentions of "Will McCants" on https://homeland.house.gov
 * POLITICO: The propaganda war Obama is losing quotes "Will McCants".
 * NY Daily News: Al Qaeda bomb-making expert publishes magazine detailing how to make explosives quotes "Will McCants".

Two areas that tilt things towards "Will McCants" are: --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 19:07, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * He founded and is active on http://www.jihadica.com/ as "Will McCants" on though his About page on that site uses the name "William McCants".
 * he is active on Twitter account using the name "Will McCants".

1997 B.S. in history and top academic award from Lander University
I'm not sure how to best work this into the article.

http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/70185283/ has
 * The Index-Journal » 1997 » May » 4 May 1997, Sun » Page 6
 * Greenwood. S.C. Lakelands State Sunday, May 4, 1997
 * 245 receive Lander University diplomas
 * "William Faizi McCants, Greenwood, history, summa cum lauda, Golden L and Thayer Medal" (part of a photo caption)
 * "Dr. Glenn J. Lawhon, right, chairman of the Lander University Board of Trustees, congratulates graduate William Faizi McCants of Greenwood at Saturday's commencement exercises. McCants received Lander's top academic award, the Thayer Medal, given to the graduating senior with the highest scholastic average in a baccalaureate program pursued exclusively at Lander over a four-year period. McCants graduates summa cum laude, earning a bachelor of science in history." Caption for a photo of McCants with Dr. Glenn J. Lawhon.
 * ... : The top student academic award went to William Faizi McCants, Greenwood, a history major, who received the Thayer Medal, which is awarded on behalf of the family of Dr. Henry K. Thayer to the graduating senior achieving the highest scholastic average in a baccalaureate program pursued exclusively at (OCR garbled up too much to continue)
 * A list of graduates follows: ... William Faizi McCants, Greenwood, B.S. in history; ...
 * ... William Faizi McCants, Greenwood (Golden L); ...
 * A list of graduates follows: ... William Faizi McCants, Greenwood, B.S. in history; ...
 * ... William Faizi McCants, Greenwood (Golden L); ...

--Marc Kupper&#124;talk 21:11, 11 October 2015 (UTC)