Talk:Matt Pottinger

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A fact from Matt Pottinger appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 August 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Matthew Pottinger, a member of the U.S. National Security Council, was a journalist in China for seven years before becoming a U.S. Marine?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Matthew Pottinger.

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On 3 December 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Matthew Pottinger to Matt Pottinger. The result of the discussion was moved.

DoB?

How is it possible that we do not have authoritativer data of the date of birth of a relatively important wheel in the administration of the USA in XXI century? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.245.111.223 (talk) 05:28, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 3 December 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. Moved as an uncontested request with minimal participation. If there is any objection within a reasonable time frame, please ask me to reopen the discussion; if I am not available, please ask at the technical requests page. (non-admin closure) ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:08, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew Pottinger → Matt Pottinger – WP:COMMONNAME. Ngrams. Theparties (talk) 12:21, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support because I only found two sources using Pottinger's full first name;^[1]^[2] the overwhelming majority of sources use his abridged first name.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] R. J. Dockery (talk) 18:11, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

[1] ttps://profiles.stanford.edu/matthew-pottinger

[2] ttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-matthew-pottinger-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings

[3] ttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-pottinger-face-the-nation-transcript-06-02-2024/

[4] ttps://www.pbs.org/video/matt-pottinger-gar0gd/

[5] ttps://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2021-04/Matt_Pottinger_Bio.pdf

[6] ttps://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/matt-pottinger

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