Talk:Lave Winham

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On 28 December 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Lafayette Winham. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Requested move 28 December 2023 edit

Latest comment: 4 months ago6 comments4 people in discussion

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lightoil (talk) 03:54, 21 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Lave Winham → Lafayette Winham – WP:COMMONNAME. Newspapers.com shows three total results for "Lave Winham" and two are from a 2003 article. "Lafayette Winham" returns 65 results. I would make the move myself but Baseball-Reference and most other modern sources say "Lave." Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 02:36, 28 December 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 10:33, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Oppose. He's primarily known for baseball and all the official sources list him as Lave including BR and MLB.com. Spanneraol (talk) 03:34, 28 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
Those are only two sources and they don't appear to have any basis in the historical record. I showed you 65 Newspaper articles using "Lafayette" vs. 1 using "Lave." Lafayette is the common name. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 20:22, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Maybe back then, but not today. Spanneraol (talk) 14:37, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Oppose. As noted in the nomination statement, "Baseball-Reference and most other modern sources say "Lave."". Therefore, whatever he was known as at the time he played, it is the modern usage that we should stick with per WP:NAMECHANGES etc. — Amakuru (talk) 14:10, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

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