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MOS:NICKNAME
Noticed that you took the nickname out of the opening sentence of Henry Smith (moneylender) with the edit summary MOS:NICKNAME. Since it's well-sourced I couldn't see what in NICKNAME indicates it should come out and have reverted it. Then I got nosy and looked at your contribs and noticed you've done this a fair bit previously. What am I missing? what's your thinking on that? DeCausa (talk) 10:32, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
- If the nickname is so commonly used, the move the article accordingly. If it's not, the it should not be there. We do not have 'George W. "Dubya" Bush' or 'Paul "Gazza" Gascgoine' do we, so why should we have 'Henry "Dog" Smith'. I have no issues with the nickname being mentioned elsewhere in the article (with appropriate sources), just not in the very opening. GiantSnowman 11:30, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
- Ok. Thanks. That's a reasonable point of view but I don't see anything in MOS:NICKNAME that says that. I guess by that logic it should be really be treated as an ALTNAME i.e "Henry Smith, known as "Dog" Smith..." DeCausa (talk) 12:45, 23 November 2024 (UTC)