Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Hyphens vs. dashes issues

This is a worklist to address alternate versions of redlink article titles, where there can be disagreement about whether the title should include dashes or hyphens. An issue is that all inbound links of either version need to be connected to the article once it is created. Monitoring here will help ensure that usages in NRHP county list-articles, in other mainspace pages, in disambiguation pages, in userspace worklists, in WikiProject-space mentions, in lists of things like List of women's clubs, will be connected.

Note this monitoring would not be necessary if redirects could be created in advance, but any redirect to a redlink will be deleted by a bot.

Don't change a redlink title to use dashes without listing it here.

Group the items any way you want.

When one version becomes a bluelink, redirect the other version to it, and strike out the item here. (This is without judgment about which version is "best".)

If the goal is to improve display by using dashes, then it would make sense to revise in the article also, and to update all the inbound links from mainspace should also be changed, but that may be beyond the interest of many.

Please don't strike out an item showing all bluelinks here if you haven't checked the links. We want to be sure that duplicate article pairings are discovered and fixed.

Update, 29 January 2017: Per this edit by a bot, it seems that, at least right now, when an NRHP article is created at the name version using dashes, a hyphenated version redirecting to it will be created by bot. However there is ongoing contention at ANI and elsewhere about page-moves relating to MOS issues, so who knows if this bot will continue to operate. The bot mitigates a lot of concern, but does not address the problem of new articles created at hyphenated names, unlinked from redlink uses of dashed versions. -- do ncr  am  00:22, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Update, 29 July 2017: I noticed three articles listed below which were created at the hyphen versions of their names and I just created (moved them to) the dash versions. One was Steiner–Lobman and Teague Hardware Buildings which had been showing as a redlink at many articles linking to the dash version. Seems like the purpose of this page is being met. -- do ncr  am  18:51, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's how it's supposed to work. Once the hyphen version redirects to the dashed version, the line can be removed from the list below (where you see on blue on both sides, usually).  I just removed a dozen or so. Dicklyon (talk) 18:46, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Example
After an editor has edited a disambiguation page to replace hyphens by dashes where they see fit, there is damage to the integrated system of links, for the case of Munroe–Dunlap–Snow House / Munroe-Dunlap-Snow House. The current status, as of 1/14/2017, is that the dashed version of name has one inbound link, from Snow House. The hyphenated version has three: If/when an article is created at the dashed version, say, there's a need to connect all those intended links.
 * Dunlap House,
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Bibb County, Georgia, and
 * Macon Historic District (Macon, Georgia).

Temporary resolution: The title pairing is listed here, below, with both versions showing as redlinks.

Final resolution: After one of the article versions is created, redirect the other version to it. Strike out the item here.

If one thinks that display actually matters, then also revise for dashes in the article itself, and update all inbound links from mainspace.

from Oregon

 * This is all the ones remaining since covered in 2010 at Talk:National Register of Historic Places listings in Oregon


 * Marshall–Wells Company Warehouse No. 2 / Marshall-Wells Company Warehouse No. 2
 * H.C. Keck House – Mount Olivet Parsonage / H.C. Keck House–Mount Olivet Parsonage / H.C. Keck House-Mount Olivet Parsonage
 * George W. and Hannah Martin – John B. and Minnie Hosford House / George W. and Hannah Martin–John B. and Minnie Hosford House / George W. and Hannah Martin-John B. and Minnie Hosford House
 * Goodwin–Wilkinson Farmhouse / Goodwin-Wilkinson Farmhouse
 * Haller–Black House / Haller-Black House

Recent new redlinks from Clark House for example

 * Doney–Clark House / Doney-Clark House
 * McBrayer–Clark House / McBrayer-Clark House
 * O'Keefe–Clark Boarding House / O'Keefe-Clark Boarding House
 * Clark–Cardwell House / Clark-Cardwell House
 * Wells–Clark–Strouss House / Wells-Clark-Strouss House
 * Douglass–Clark House / Douglass-Clark House
 * Clark–McConnell House / Clark-McConnell House
 * Clark–Norton House / Clark-Norton House
 * Clark–Whitton House / Clark-Whitton House
 * Clark–Brown House / Clark-Brown House

others

 * Bond–Baker–Carter House / Bond-Baker-Carter House
 * Elmore–Carter House / Elmore-Carter House
 * Carter–Callaway House / Carter-Callaway House
 * Carter–Fortmiller House / Carter-Fortmiller House
 * Carter–Goodrich House / Carter-Goodrich House
 * Maverick–Carter House / Maverick-Carter House
 * Mason–Lloyd–Wiley House / Mason-Lloyd-Wiley House
 * Mason–Hughes House / Mason-Hughes House
 * Fox–Pope Farm / Fox-Pope Farm
 * Cooke–Robertson House / Cooke-Robertson House
 * Cooke–Kefauver House / Cooke-Kefauver House
 * Jackson–Johns House / Jackson-Johns House
 * Jackson–McConnell House / Jackson-McConnell House
 * Jackson–Niles House / Jackson-Niles House
 * Jackson–Browne House / Jackson-Browne House
 * Ford–Williams House / Ford-Williams House
 * Ford–Faesch House / Ford-Faesch House
 * Ford–Rigby House / Ford-Rigby House
 * Crouch–Ramsey Family Farm / Crouch-Ramsey Family Farm
 * Clark–Palmore House / Clark-Palmore House
 * Bonner–Sharp–Gunn House / Bonner-Sharp-Gunn House
 * Brown–Kennedy House / Brown-Kennedy House
 * Yenowine–Kennedy House / Yenowine-Kennedy House
 * Kennedy–Hunsinger Farm / Kennedy-Hunsinger Farm
 * R. A. Kennedy–J. M. Lowrey House / R. A. Kennedy-J. M. Lowrey House
 * A. C. Kennedy–Runnells House / A. C. Kennedy-Runnells House
 * Evans–Holton–Owens House / Evans-Holton-Owens House
 * McNamar–McLure–Miller Residence / McNamar-McLure-Miller Residence
 * Monroe Township Hall–Opera House / Monroe Township Hall-Opera House
 * Sherwood–Davidson and Buckingham Houses / Sherwood-Davidson and Buckingham Houses
 * Upham–Wright House / Upham-Wright House
 * Kurth–Glover House / Kurth-Glover House
 * Forsythe–Puhl House / Forsythe-Puhl House
 * Gillett–Shoemaker–Welsh House / Gillett-Shoemaker-Welsh House
 * Huron–Superior Streets Warehouse–Produce Historic District / Huron-Superior Streets Warehouse-Produce Historic District
 * Morehouse–Downes House / Morehouse-Downes House
 * Pray–Starkweather House / Pray-Starkweather House
 * Standart–Simmons Hardware Company / Standart-Simmons Hardware Company
 * Erie Terminal Building–Commerce Plaza Building / Erie Terminal Building-Commerce Plaza Building
 * Crandall Park–Fifth Avenue Historic District / Crandall Park-Fifth Avenue Historic District
 * Maple-Dell / Maple-Dell
 * McKelvey–Higbee Co. Buildings / McKelvey-Higbee Co. Buildings
 * Ohio One–Ohio Edison / Ohio One-Ohio Edison
 * Strouss–Hirschberg Company / Strouss-Hirschberg Company
 * Cochran–Wilson–Owen Estate / Cochran-Wilson-Owen Estate
 * Killian–Appleton–Cochran House / Killian-Appleton-Cochran House
 * Cochran–Cassanova House / Cochran-Cassanova House
 * Hargis–Mitchell–Cochran House / Hargis-Mitchell-Cochran House
 * Butte–Cochran Charcoal Ovens / Butte-Cochran Charcoal Ovens
 * FitzSimons–Hampton House / FitzSimons-Hampton House
 * Doerhoefer–Hampton House / Doerhoefer-Hampton House
 * Ellis–Hampton House / Ellis-Hampton House
 * Davis–Hill House / Davis-Hill House
 * Hill–Howard House / Hill-Howard House
 * McKinney–McDonald House / McKinney-McDonald House
 * Parker–Reynolds House / Parker-Reynolds House
 * Southgate–Parker–Maddux House / Southgate-Parker-Maddux House
 * Parker–Bradshaw House / Parker-Bradshaw House
 * Burnette–Berry House / Burnette-Berry House
 * Teasley–Holland House / Teasley-Holland House
 * McPherson–Holland House / McPherson-Holland House
 * Austin–Wherritt House / Austin-Wherritt House
 * Sheldon–Hawks House / Sheldon-Hawks House
 * Smith–Harris House (Vesta, Georgia) / Smith-Harris House (Vesta, Georgia)
 * Porter–French House / Porter-French House
 * Adams–French House / Adams-French House
 * French–Parks House / French-Parks House
 * Mead–Rogers House / Mead-Rogers House
 * Jenkins–Mead House / Jenkins-Mead House
 * Mead-Zimmerman House / Mead-Zimmerman House


 * xxx House / xxx House

from various templates

 * Ordeman–Shaw Historic District / Ordeman-Shaw Historic District
 * Smith–Joseph–Stratton House / Smith-Joseph-Stratton House
 * Greenville Street–LaGrange Street Historic District / Greenville Street-LaGrange Street Historic District
 * Green Street–Brenau Historic District / Green Street-Brenau Historic District

from county NRHP list pages

 * Burgener–Boss Farmstead / Burgener-Boss Farmstead
 * Clotworthy–McMillan House / Clotworthy-McMillan House
 * Meyer–Davis House–Hasty Cottage / Meyer-Davis House-Hasty Cottage
 * xxx House / xxx House

Federal Buildings

 * US Post Office and Federal Building–Delta Main / US Post Office and Federal Building-Delta Main
 * US Post Office and Federal Building–Monte Vista Main / US Post Office and Federal Building-Monte Vista Main
 * US Post Office, Federal Building, and Federal Courthouse–Sterling Main / US Post Office, Federal Building, and Federal Courthouse-Sterling Main
 * Federal Building–US Post Office (Independence, Kansas) / Federal Building-US Post Office (Independence, Kansas)
 * US Post Office and Federal Building–Salina / US Post Office and Federal Building–Salina
 * Federal Building and US Post Office–Owensboro / Federal Building and US Post Office-Owensboro
 * US Post Office–Federal Building–Brenham / US Post Office-Federal Building-Brenham