Talk:Joseph Sua'ali'i

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Narkova in topic Joe or Joseph

Joe or Joseph edit

Currently, Suaalii is widely known as Joseph in the media, however, there are small mentions of him being known as Joe among teammates and coaches. As per WP:COMMONNAME, this is not reason enough to move the article title, but as for the infobox title, I don't think it's an appropriate place to WP:REFSPAM about a MOS:HYPOCORISM. I personally think that for WP:BLPs, the title of an infobox should be the same as the article name, but I'm not sure if the MOS is specific about that. @Fleets: perhaps you'd like to weigh in. Narkova (talk) 03:31, 29 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

I would say if the likes of Trent Robinson and Wayne Bennett refer to him as Joe, backed up by cited sources, then it is justified. I am not claiming that he is only known as Joe, and the links you have referred to could be appropriately targeted to the body text.Fleets (talk) 07:24, 30 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
Joe is a common English-language diminutive of Joseph, and its acknowledgement is seemingly unnecessary under MOS:HYPOCORISM, but for the time being I've moved it to the body text and reduced the string of references to just one to tidy it up. Narkova (talk) 12:33, 30 May 2021 (UTC)Reply