Talk:Melvin M. Webber
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[edit] moving the page - Melvin M. Webber
should this not be moved to Melvin M. Webber? --Emesee (talk) 23:53, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- Could you check the style guide, bound to be something in there about which convention to use (to dot or not to dot, that is the question). It is not a controversial proposal, so if the style guide supports your view (as I suspect it does), you can just go ahead and do the move (using the move tab at the top of the page). --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
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- WP:NCP, scroll down a bit to Every abbreviation is generally followed by a point (period), unless when that is demonstrably not the way that name is written most often. If there is to be an M in the middle it should be written as M. However, use of <first name> <last name> is encouraged. A Google search indicates more hits for Melvin Webber, although it's not entirely conclusive. In which case, I support the standard use of <first name> <last name> i.e. Melvin Webber. Thoughts? SeveroTC 21:30, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- I prefer "Melvin Webber", but it seems to be American usage always to use middle initials? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 13:30, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not so sure of that. If you search "Melvin Webber" on Google, a good number of the top 20 are US sites. However, most journal articles that Webber wrote are down as "MM Webber" or "Melvin M Webber" (see Google Scholar). For me, as it's unlikely that "Melvin M. Webber" is used more than "Melvin Webber" so it should probably be at the latter, as <first name> <last name>. SeveroTC 17:36, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- I prefer "Melvin Webber", but it seems to be American usage always to use middle initials? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 13:30, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- WP:NCP, scroll down a bit to Every abbreviation is generally followed by a point (period), unless when that is demonstrably not the way that name is written most often. If there is to be an M in the middle it should be written as M. However, use of <first name> <last name> is encouraged. A Google search indicates more hits for Melvin Webber, although it's not entirely conclusive. In which case, I support the standard use of <first name> <last name> i.e. Melvin Webber. Thoughts? SeveroTC 21:30, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
