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{{old move|date=8 September 2023|from=B.B. King|destination=B. B. King|result=moved|link=Special:Permalink/1174984736#Requested move 8 September 2023}} {{old move|date=8 September 2023|from=B.B. King|destination=B. B. King|result=moved|link=Special:Permalink/1174984736#Requested move 8 September 2023}}

== First year as active ==

If you look at different Misplaced Pages language versions of this article, his years as active is listed differently on different Misplaced Pages languagues. In this article it says his first year as active was 1942. In the article I find only info of him being active first in 1943. It would be nice with clear info and source why he is written as first active in 1942. This could then also be used on other B.B. King articles on different languages of Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 17:16, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

== Manual of Style ==

Title of this article does not conform to ], which prescribes periods and spaces after initials in personal names unless the subject styles themselves otherwise, so ]. Example given is ].
Is B.B. King an exception? My favorite reference work (]'s ''Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music'') thinks not, but "B.B." seems rusted on in Misplaced Pages. I'd '''boldly''' change it, but would then feel obliged to change all incoming links, and may not live that long. ] (]) 23:04, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

:Apparently so, per ], though this was over 12 years ago. &#8209;&#8209;] (] <b>·</b> ] <b>·</b> ]) 09:40, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
:{{re|Doug butler}} I think another RM could be in order here. &#8209;&#8209;] (] <b>·</b> ] <b>·</b> ]) 13:08, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
:::{{re|Neveselbert}} Done, after several false starts ] (]) 16:30, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

== Requested move 8 September 2023 ==

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:''The following is a closed discussion of a ]. <span style="color:red">'''Please do not modify it.'''</span> Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a ] after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.''

The result of the move request was: '''moved.''' <small>(])</small> – ]] 17:17, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
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] → {{no redirect|B. B. King}} – It is acknowledged that most references to this musician style his name as "BB King" or "B.B. King" but not by such an overwhelming majority as to demand overriding the Manual of Style (]), which is quite clear on the subject, citing as an example ]. As two examples of the requested style, see ] ''Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' 1998 (Second edition), and the interpretive sign "A Guitar Named Lucille" (Commons file /Twist AR BB king Marker 1.jpg) ] (]) 16:10, 8 September 2023 (UTC) ] (]) 16:09, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
* '''Support''' per nom and ]. &#8209;&#8209;] (] <b>·</b> ] <b>·</b> ]) 18:13, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. This is a formatting issue. ] (]) 19:14, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
* '''Support''' This has always bugged me. ] <small><sup>]</sup></small> 02:39, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. This is not a case like ] where the subject has publicly insisted in a particular rendering. <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> — ] ] ] 😼 </span> 00:54, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
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