Talk:Alexander Procofieff de Seversky

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Of the various forms of his name, it was not at all clear which one was most common. The surname seems to have been most commonly given as "de Seversky" in the 1920s and 1930s and as "DeSeversky" in the 1960s through 1980s, but it's not very definite. I finally decided that since his company was the "Seversky Aircraft Corporation") I should not use a form with DeSeversky (joined) as his surname.

The book "Victory through Air Power" gives his name as "Major Alexander P. De Seversky".

I basically am shrugging my shoulders and putting in every redirect I can think of. But by all means, the more the merrier. I decided to include Seversky and De Seversky and DeSeversky since it—they—are not a common surname and we can always disambiguate them when and if it ever becomes necessary. The redirects I have created are:

I've never seen Alexander abbreviated to A, or spelled Aleksandr, or anything like that. Thank goodness. Dpbsmith (talk) 20:08, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I've decided that if the title of the article is "Alexander P. de Seversky" then I should refer to him throughout the article as "Seversky" (rather than "de Seversky"). Dpbsmith (talk) 02:10, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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