Talk:CJ Ujah

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Shibbolethink in topic Requested move 13 August 2021

Requested move 13 August 2021

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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. per discussion consensus and COMMONNAME (non-admin closure) — Shibbolethink ( ) 11:14, 24 August 2021 (UTC)Reply


Chijindu UjahCJ Ujah – I believe CJ is his WP:COMMONNAME, as per BBC, Independent, Athletics Weekly and his own Twitter. Even some sources that refer to him as Chijindu also use CJ in other places in the article e.g. Guardian. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:53, 13 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

  • Support Neither name is unacceptable given both are used in reliable sources, but the proposed title appears to be more commonly used. Regarding how the the initials would be written, as our MOS:INITIALS guideline explains, when "the person demonstrably has a different, consistently preferred style for their own name; and an overwhelming majority of reliable sources use that variant style for that person" we should use that version.--Yaksar (let's chat) 13:28, 13 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose enough UK media are using his full name to not have to take the nickname. In ictu oculi (talk) 19:58, 13 August 2021 (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.

Semi-protected edit request on 13 August 2021

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Chijindu Ujah was born in Enfield, London, into a family who are originally from Nigeria. He grew up in Enfield and has one older sibling. He attended St Matthews CE Primary School and Bishop Stopford's School alongside his brother. Chijindu went on to study at Sir George Monoux College, a sixth form college in Walthamstow, where he took up Science and Maths. He studied sport science at Middlesex University in London. 82.37.14.48 (talk) 10:53, 13 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Yes that's what the article says. If you want to suggest a change, please write it in the form "change X to Y" with reliable sources. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:12, 13 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
Updated. Please make the request clear next time and provide a source. Thanks!Renerpho (talk) 02:35, 17 August 2021 (UTC)Reply