User:Y256/Proper Wikipedia name for the financial crisis
The first five hits on a google scholar search of "financial crisis of 2008" are
Bank lending during the financial crisis of 2008 ...V Ivashina… - Journal of Financial Economics, 2010 ...Cited by 382
Facts and Myths about the Financial Crisis of 2008 ...VV Chari, L Christiano… - Federal Reserve Bank of …, 2008 ...Cited by 100 ...
(BOOK) The financial crisis of 2008 and the developing countries ... WA Naudé… - 2009 - econ.tu.ac.th ...Cited by 72
(BOOK) The new paradigm for financial markets: The credit crisis of 2008 and what it means...G Soros - 2008 - books.google.com ...Cited by 338
But there are no exact hits for either "2007-2012 global financial crisis" or "2007-2012 financial crisis". This is because nobody who is anybody calls it that.