Talk:Ed Davis (police officer)
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Latest comment: 7 years ago by Jenks24 in topic Requested move 27 February 2017
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Requested move 27 February 2017
edit- 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. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 05:16, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
Edward F. Davis → Ed Davis (police commissioner) – WP:COMMONNAME; Davis is more commonly known as "Ed" not "Edward", such as in WBZ television's official biography. Also, a search for "Ed Davis" Boston police returns over 80k google results while "Edward F Davis" boston police around 11k. Arbor to SJ (talk) 22:08, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Multiple books and news articles use the name. Though I'm not fully enthusiastic with the proposal, those source prove that the name and descriptive phrase are more used often than the current name. --George Ho (talk) 10:06, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.