Talk:Leonard Alterman

Rename proposal Chink Alterman --> Leonard Alterman

This is a proposal to rename biographical article Chink Alterman to Leonard Alterman, per WP:COMMONNAME. Searching on newspapers.com finds that during Alterman's time playing college and professional basketball (1941–1949), he was referred to as "Leonard Alterman" much more than "Chink Alterman". Search examples, all done on newspapers.com:

• "Leonard Alterman" for 1941–1949 gets 136 hits
• "Chink Alterman" for 1941–1949 gets 18 hits
• "Leonard Alterman" basketball for 1941–1949 gets 130 hits
• "Chink Alterman" basketball for 1941–1949 gets 18 hits
• "Leonard Alterman" denver basketball for 1941–1949 gets 130 hits
• "Chink Alterman" denver basketball for 1941–1949 gets 18 hits

As Leonard Alterman is currently a redirect to Chink Alterman, a swap of those pages via WP:RM/TR (if consensus is reached) would be required to complete the move. Comments welcome—please reply in the below section. Thanks. Dmoore5556 (talk) 01:55, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 12 May 2021

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. (closed by non-admin page mover) ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 02:07, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

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Chink Alterman → Leonard Alterman – Leonard Alterman was primarily referred to by that name, during his time playing college and professional basketball (1941–1949). While there are instances of him being called "Chink Alterman", that name was not used nearly as often as Leonard Alterman by contemporary newspaper reports. The results of searches conducted via newspapers.com are listed on the Talk page. Wikipedia page "Leonard Alterman" currently exists as a redirect to "Chink Alterman". Dmoore5556 (talk) 02:00, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support per well-documented nomination under Talk:Chink Alterman#Rename proposal Chink Alterman --> Leonard Alterman, above. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 03:53, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 14:41, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

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.