Talk:Clair Aubrey Huston

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Correct name / move?

What's the guy's real name? Should the article be moved, or should the content be reworked again?

Gwillhickers created this article and put much work into it from July 2010 to July 2014, during all of which time the content (and AFAICT the title) was "Houston". I can't see that the article was ever moved. The text on 26 November 2011 included in the lede:

Clair Aubrey Houston (also known as Charles Aubrey Houston; also spelled Huston) was an accomplished...

which seems nice enough. On 13 April 2015, Rajuell (since inactive) changed all instances of "Houston" in the text to "Huston", simultaneously removing the mention of alternate spellings:

Clair Aubrey Huston was an accomplished...

Then on 13 November 2015 Frietjes changed the names to "Houston" but then immediately self-reverted that edit.

Did Rajuell know something I don't know (more than revealed in their edit comment)? Why doesn't the title match the content? I believe I prefer the text present in the 26 November 2011 version, but only if it accurately represents the truth, which I can't definitively determine. I've been able to find "Clair Aubrey Huston" used at the National Post Museum, but can't confirm/refute the use of "Charles" or "Houston". Everything else I find appears to be taken from our WP article.

So, any opinions/explanations/suggestions? I'm inclined to just move the article to "Clair Aubrey Huston", but I'd never heard of the guy two hours ago and would like to gather your input before I do something rash. What's correct? Thanks, — JohnFromPinckney (talk) 11:07, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

@JohnFromPinckney: Both names are used, however the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, and Scott's U.S. Stamp Catalog, spell the name as Huston, so it's best the article employ that name as I should have done when I created the article. I just attempted to rename ("move") the article, but the attempt failed, so at this point it seem this will require an administrator's hand. I can live with either spelling, so if anyone is so inclined they can take the issue on from here. Thanks for looking out. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:58, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 22 August 2022

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. per discussion consensus (closed by non-admin page mover) — Shibbolethink ^{(♔ ♕)} 16:59, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

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Clair Aubrey Houston → Clair Aubrey Huston – As noted by Gwillhickers above, this article was formerly located at "Huston", which seems to have the best support. The Smithsonian Postal Museum uses Huston, as does Gary Griffith's fairly definitive works United States Stamps 1922-26 and United States Stamps 1927-32. I only have a 2011 pocket version of Scott's catalog, which doesn't list designer's names, but as Gwillhickers notes above that Scott's main catalog uses Huston, I think the evidence very strongly favors using Huston instead of Houston Hog Farm _Talk 16:02, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

• @Hog Farm, TheVirginiaHistorian, and Ww2censor:

• Support 'Huston', since the Smithsonian Postal Museum, and the Scott catalogue, which, btw, is by far the most referenced by collectors, spell the the name as Huston, we should use the name Huston. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 18:53, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
• Support per nom and Huston's own signature. - Station1 (talk) 19:06, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
• Support per nom, Station1 and Rarity Revealed: The Benjamin K. Miller Collection. Other uses within the article also need correction. ww2censor (talk) 21:51, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
• Support 'Huston'. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 15:57, 23 August 2022 (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.