This article is within the scope of WikiProject Spain, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Spain on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SpainWikipedia:WikiProject SpainTemplate:WikiProject SpainSpain articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Mesoamerica, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.MesoamericaWikipedia:WikiProject MesoamericaTemplate:WikiProject MesoamericaMesoamerica articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
Latest comment: 15 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
I see that this article has been renamed recently with the simple comment, "common name". I would disagree with the assertion that Gonzalo Oviedo is the more common version of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés. Most history books use the longer version; occasionally the "y Valdes" is omitted but I almost never see it shortened to just Gonzalo Oviedo. Glendoremus (talk) 04:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)Reply
Yes, agreed. While he may be called just 'Oviedo' for brevity in running text, don't think I've ever seen him called 'Gonzalo Oviedo'. It also would not make much sense in terms of the way spanish personal naming conventions work: 'fernandez' is not a given or middle name, it's part of his patronímico (although there are varying accounts as to how he came by it). So I've moved it back to his 'full' name, which is commonly used and is incidentally how his own works were signed. --cjllwʘTALK06:55, 10 July 2009 (UTC)Reply
