Talk:Charlie Brown Jr. (basketball)

Requested move 1 August 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review 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: not moved. (non-admin closure) Calidum 12:47, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

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Charlie Brown (basketball) → Charles Brown (basketball) Charlie Brown Jr. (basketball) – He is widely referred to as "Charlie Brown Jr.", but his listed name on the Atlanta Hawks' website is Charles Brown. RichieConant34 (talk) 14:11, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

• Oppose WP:COMMONNAME In ictu oculi (talk) 14:23, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose "Charlie" is the WP:COMMONNAME. The Hawks referred to him as "Charlie" when they announced his recent signing, so they are not even consistent.[1] Some sources during this past NBA Summer League refer to him as "Charles", but it's too soon to tell if it will be consistent for him going forward.—Bagumba (talk) 15:50, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

@Bagumba and In ictu oculi: If we're being specific, the Hawks refer to him as "Charlie Brown Jr." and his listed name on the roster is "Charles Brown". It seems there are a lot of inconsistencies when it comes to some of the source choices for NBA player's info. I agree, the name Charles Brown is not commonly used when referring to the Hawks rookie, but it is the listed name on the roster. Based on WP:COMMONNAME though, I will gladly open a new request for a move to Charlie Brown Jr. (basketball). We should remain consistent just as Derrick Jones Jr. and Dennis Smith Jr., to name a few, include the suffix in their page name. Here are a few links referring to him as mostly Charlie Brown Jr. but also Charles Brown. RichieConant34 (talk) 16:47, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

• Procedural note. You don't need to create a 2nd move request if you changed your mind, RichieConant34, and would rather add the "Jr.". I edited your original requested move and deleted the second one. SnowFire (talk) 20:13, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose Looking through the sources in the article I see him mostly referred to as simply "Charlie Brown" (6 of 8 if my count is accurate), with one "Charles Brown" and one "Charlie Brown Jr.". I'm seeing mostly the same when I search via Google as well. I think Bagumba has it right; it's a bit too early yet to be attempting to divine what name will ultimately stick. I would suggest patience and just ensure we have appropriate redirects for the time being. CThomas³ (talk) 23:55, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

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Requested Move June 27, 2020

Charlie Brown (basketball, born 1997) → Charles Brown Jr. (basketball) OR Charlie Brown Jr. (basketball) - I'd like to reopen this discussion after a full season of experience, it seems that Charles Brown Jr. or Charlie Brown Jr. is what he is most commonly referred to as. On NBA.com, his listed name is Charles Brown Jr. which is consistent with gleague.nba.com. However, the actual bio of these two sources refer to him as Charlie Brown Jr. Simple google searches such as "Hawks Charles/Charlie Brown" consistently include the suffix with few exceptions. There are definitely inconsistencies throughout major sports websites between Charles and Charlie, but very few list him simply as "Charles Brown" almost always including the Jr. suffix. RichieConant34 (talk) 16:09, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose A search on Google News shows Charlie Brown -jr slightly ahead of Charlie Brown Jr. Keeping the birth year also keeps it consistent with the other Charlie Brown basketball player, Charlie Brown (basketball, born 1936).—Bagumba (talk) 05:00, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

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