Talk:Charles S. Roberts Award

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The result of the debate was to move. --liquidGhoul 23:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move request

Requesting page rename to "Charles S. Roberts Awards" .. it is the official name of the award [1]. The award is a proper noun and questions of plurality and singularity (award vs. awards) don't matter, the title of the award is "Charles S. Roberts Awards". -- Stbalbach 19:44, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Support rename. --Groggy Dice 00:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC) Half-support to "Charles S. Roberts Award." When I moved the page, I considered adding the middle initial, and didn't mainly because of the number of pages linking to the name without it. However, there is a singular/plural issue. They are called Awards because there is more than one given out, in different categories. Any one award is, well, an Award. And Wikipedia naming conventions favor singular. --Groggy Dice 20:51, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

The official name is the "Charles S. Roberts Awards" and it refers to a yearly event where awards are handed out - the people who win are said to have won a "Charlie". No where on the awards website does it use a singular case, or call an award a "Charles S. Roberts Award". The wikipedia guideline (it is a guideline) is for descriptive terms, not proper nouns. This is a proper noun. You will sometimes see third parties call it an "Award", but I've never seen it referred to as such by the people who run the awards. So basically it comes down to a question of original research and verifiable source. What is your source that the name of an individual award is officially called a "Charles S. Roberts Award"? -- Stbalbach 22:46, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I've emailed the contacts on the awards page to get their opinion. Will post when they reply. -- Stbalbach 22:57, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I heard back from them and Charles S. Roberts Award is the appropriate name of the award, "Charlie" is a nickname. Note the "S." and capitalized singular "Award". I'll change the rename request if you can change your vote to support. --Stbalbach 23:02, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

• Support as amended. (Hi!) --Dhartung | Talk 04:05, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Note: There is a related matter you may be interested in. Around the same time I moved this article, I was looking at Category:Charles Roberts award winners, and put it up for a speedy rename to Category:Charles Roberts Award winners. Again, I considered adding the middle initial, but decided that was more than I could justify for a speedy rename. Presumably, according to the same principle, you would want that category renamed (to "Charles S. Roberts Awards winners"?) --Groggy Dice 04:38, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Should be Category:Charles S. Roberts Award winners -- Stbalbach 23:02, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Someone has objected to adding the middle initial on a speedy, so I've had to drop it again. As soon as the speedy goes through, it can be put up for a rename. --Groggy Dice 19:58, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

There really is no debate. The correct name is CSRA. I emailed the president of the CSRA and he told me flat out in no ambiguous terms, CSRA is the name. I have the email and can post it if required. Can we just move it and deal with any complaints afterwards? -- Stbalbach 00:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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