Talk:Gene Hayden

Rename proposal Lefty Hayden --> Gene Hayden

Consistent with recent discussion at WT:BASEBALL, this is a proposal to rename biographical article Lefty Hayden to Gene Hayden. Searching on newspapers.com is consistent with findings noted in the Baseball-Reference/Sports-Reference discussion found here. That is, from contemporary newspaper reports during Hayden's time in professional baseball (1954 to 1958), he was referred to as "Gene Hayden" much more than "Lefty Hayden" (or his given name of Eugene). Search examples, all done on newspapers.com:

• "gene hayden" pitcher for 1954–1958 gets 1,192 hits
• "lefty hayden" pitcher for 1954–1958 gets 65 hits
• "eugene hayden" pitcher for 1954–1958 gets 16 hits
• "gene hayden" reds pitcher for 1954–1958 gets 956 hits
• "lefty hayden" reds pitcher for 1954–1958 hets 55 hits
• "eugene hayden" reds pitcher for 1954–1958 gets 12 hits

As there is no current article named "Gene Hayden" on Wikipedia, this would be a straightforward move, with "Lefty Hayden" continuing to redirect users to the new article title. Comments welcome—please reply in the below section. Thanks. Dmoore5556 (talk) 03:32, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 3 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) 06:45, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

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Lefty Hayden → Gene Hayden – Eugene Franklin Hayden was predominantly referred to as "Gene Hayden" during his time playing professional baseball (1954–1958). While baseball reference sites such as Baseball-Reference.com list him as "Lefty Hayden", that name was not used nearly as often as Gene Hayden by contemporary newspaper reports. The results of searches conducted via newspapers.com are listed on the Talk page. Dmoore5556 (talk) 03:44, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 17:00, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support per nom – Muboshgu (talk) 21:35, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Hog Farm _Talk 00:59, 9 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.