Talk:Fred F. French

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Eh? What's with the article name change? Didn't everybody call him Fred F French? Isn't that the name he put on his promotions? Doesn't Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)#Names apply as much to Fred F French as to Tony Blair? -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jim.henderson (talk • contribs) 21:51, January 17, 2009

I agree with Jim that there is little warrant to move a page from the most used form of the name (including the name of his firm and the landmark building it had erected!)

The following stats are from a search of the NYT's database (7:09 PM 1/17/2009) with the 2nd number in each case being hits on the name alone (i.e. w/o the terms real or estate)

(432 / 1150)..."fred f. french" real estate

(5 / 14)........."frederick f. french" real estate

(1 / 9).........."frederick fillmore french" real estate

(2 / 2).........."fred fillmore french" real estate

-- RCEberwein | Talk 03:17, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The result of the move request was moved back to original name. Aervanath (talk) 04:25, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick Fillmore French → Fred F. French — This what he called himself, his company, and his landmark building — Jim.henderson (talk) 07:08, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

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Support. WP:NCCN. THF (talk) 14:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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delete page

Wikipedia is not the place to include articles on non-achieving real-estate developers. This person has not achieved anything significant enough to deserve an article - I propose it is removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.72.243.97 (talk) 20:56, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]