Talk:Matt Doocey

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On 30 August 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Matthew Doocey to Matt Doocey. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 06:39, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew Doocey → Matt Doocey – I see Doocey being referred to as 'Matt' instead of 'Matthew' with increasing regularity and thought to test whether there is agreement that this has become the Wikipedia:COMMONNAME. Schwede 66 22:48, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. No evidence offered supporting the move. Suggest the nom read WP:RM#Requesting a single page move: Note: Unlike certain other request processes on Wikipedia, nominations should not be neutral. Strive to make your point as best you can; use evidence (such as Ngrams and pageview statistics) and make reference to applicable policies and guidelines, especially our article titling policy and the policy on disambiguation and primary topic. Andrewa (talk) 11:05, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There is a near identical move request for Joanne Hayes and other editors may want to cast their eye over that discussion before commenting here. Schwede 66 21:11, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Most sources seem to indicate Matthew. Mattlore (talk) 06:57, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 30 August 2021

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: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 (talk) 23:17, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew Doocey → Matt Doocey – I thought it might be time to suggest this move again. General Google searches give 14,200 results for Matt to 5,770 for Matthew. Google News searches are very skewed - 2,440 results for Matt, and only 93 for Matthew. For what it's worth, Matt is used on his Parliament and National Party pages, in Hansard (throughout his tenure) and for his social media accounts. MW691 (talk) 11:47, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 14:53, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support as it's the WP:COMMONNAME. Schwede 66 19:44, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:COMMONNAME. YttriumShrew (talk) 22:42, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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