Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Name-letter effect

Name-letter effect

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 5, 2017 by Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:21, 16 July 2017 (UTC)



The name-letter effect is the tendency of people to prefer the letters in their name over other letters in the alphabet. Whether subjects are asked to rank all letters of the alphabet, rate each of the letters, choose the letter they prefer out of a set of two, or pick a small set of letters they most prefer, on average people like the letters in their own name the most. Crucially, subjects are not aware that they are choosing letters from their name. Discovered in 1985 by the Belgian psychologist Jozef Nuttin, the name-letter effect has been replicated in dozens of studies. Most people like themselves; the name is associated with the self, and hence the letters of the name are preferred, despite the fact that they appear in many other words. People who do not like themselves tend not to exhibit the name-letter effect. In psychological assessments, the Name Letter Preference Task is widely used to estimate implicit self-esteem. There is some evidence that the effect has implications for real-life decisions, although many studies are controversial.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 1 April 2017: Nominative determinism
 * Main editors: Edwininlondon
 * Promoted: 18 June 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: Diversity
 * Support as nominator. Edwininlondon (talk) 06:14, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Support: it looks intriguing, and it's a science article. Praemonitus (talk) 22:35, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Support, but is there a reason we didn't boldface the name of the article in the blurb? Daniel Case (talk) 18:37, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support: fascinating article, and it would add some more diversity to the main page. Aoba47 (talk) 15:39, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support with changes - Interesting, but there is one thing I want to point out. The phrase "on average people consistently" sounds weird. Maybe say "most people consistently" or something like that? RileyBugz 会話 投稿記録  00:07, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for support. I removed the word consistently. Better? Edwininlondon (talk) 16:31, 16 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Support. Looks amazing. I'd certainly click it if I saw it on our main page for the first time (I did after I'd seen it here) and I assume many people would as well.--R8R (talk) 19:06, 16 July 2017 (UTC)