Talk:Owen Bennett-Jones

Surnames

This BBC Web site lists his surnames without a hyphen: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02dbd4m>. His Twitter -- <https://twitter.com/owenbennettjone> -- lists his surnames without a hyphen. The cover of his book "Pakistan: Eye of the Storm" lists his surnames without a hyphen. The only places that seem to list his surnames with a hyphen are (1) this Wikipedia page and (2) the cover of his book "Target Britain." Given the credit on the BBC, it seems that his name should not be hyphenated. Lhimec (talk) 05:21, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

First of all, please don't start a discussion and then enact the move anyway; that's considered really bad wiki-quette. Second, you clearly didn't look very hard for other sources that use a hyphen. This BBC article, for example, lists him with a hyphen. And surely the publishers of his book would get his name right? As it is, there are multiple reliable sources for both names, so the article should stay where it is since that is where it was started. – PeeJay 07:49, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Furthermore, his brother is Peter Bennett-Jones, and his name is very definitely spelled with a hyphen too. – PeeJay 07:51, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 30 August 2015

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. (non-admin closure) kennethaw88 • talk 02:13, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

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Owen Bennett-Jones → Owen Bennett Jones – The BBC and other reputable sources, e.g., books written by OBJ, list his name without hyphenation. Lhimec (talk) 21:55, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Owen Bennett-Jones, with hyphen

• cover of his book Target Britain -- <http://www.amazon.com/TARGET-BRITAIN-political-Owen-Bennett-Jones-ebook/dp/B00C31Q7Q0/>
• BBC, for example:
  • "Best of The Interview 2009 with Owen Bennett-Jones" -- <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005l575>
  • "HARDtalk: Asif Ali Zardari" -- <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007y22y>

Owen Bennett Jones, without hyphen

• cover of his book Pakistan: Eye of the Storm -- <http://www.amazon.com/Pakistan-Storm-Owen-Bennett-Jones/dp/0300101473>
• BBC, for example:
  • "Newshour Extra" -- <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02dbd4m>
  • "OBJs Guide to the Middle East" -- <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03br24t>
• OBJ's Twitter page -- <https://twitter.com/owenbennettjone>
• OBJ's LinkedIn page -- <https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/owen-bennett-jones/48/9a0/375>

Lhimec (talk) 22:54, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

• Oppose. So is there a hyphen sometimes forgotten or a non-hyphen sometimes presumptuously supplied? The former seems more likely. Rothorpe (talk) 01:03, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose - Considering his brother, Peter Bennett-Jones, is always listed with a hyphen, I agree with User:Rothorpe that it seems like some people just accidentally leave out Owen's hyphen sometimes. – PeeJay 10:36, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose - WP:COMMONNAMES is misinterpreted; it encourages a commonly used name or title that is neither ambiguous nor inaccurate. Unfortunately, the proposed title ain't one of them. George Ho (talk) 15:21, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose. I know that personal research is not allowed, but I'll say it here in talk anyhow. For what it's worth, I asked OBJ himself, and he said there should be a hyphen. Lhimec (talk) 18:33, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

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