Talk:OC Ukeje

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The result of the move request was: not moved. This discussion reached no consensus. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:00, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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O. C. Ukeje → OC Ukeje

• The existing name is wrong; the offical Facebook and twitter page of the actor uses 'OC Ukeje' and he is always credited in movies as 'OC Ukeje' as well. Relisted. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:59, 5 February 2014 (UTC) Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:57, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
• Sorry but Newswatch: Nigeria's Weekly Magazine has a normal O.C. In ictu oculi (talk) 20:57, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

• Most media houses make the same mistake. The name is OC! The present Wikipedia name O. C. can easily be mistaken to be initials from two different names, which it is not. OC is just a short form of his first name Okechukwu, so it should be written together.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:42, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

User:Jamie Tubers, would you please explain why Newswatch (Nigeria) (Google Books) or online archive Abuja's Night Of Excellence By Rachel Ogbu Monday, May 05, 2008. is not a WP:RS reliable source? In ictu oculi (talk) 17:57, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

• Oppose - According to this interview his name is Okechukwu Chukwudi Ukeje, that is O. C. Ukeje. In ictu oculi (talk) 17:44, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
• I'm personally willing to give the subject's preference more weight, but if usage in other sources is more slanted towards the spaced, punctuated version, it's probably better to keep the current form. Jamie, do you have external sources to counter IIO's, or is this form just used on the subject's social media profiles? --BDD (talk) 20:22, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
• IMDB uses O.C. Ukeje, which is another possibility. See Talk:A. J. Allmendinger#Requested move for a similar case, including evidence of "XX Smith" forms. The proposed title is fine if it has support in sources. --BDD (talk) 20:24, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

• His real name is OC; but like I said earlier, media houses often use OC and O.C. and so many other versions interchangeably. Ofcourse, there are lots of external links where he's referred to as 'OC'. Examples: OC Ukeje: “I Get Sexual Offers from Older Women”, Exclusive: Meet the Cast of Gidi Up Season 2! OC Ukeje, Ikechukwu, Makida Moka & More, OC Ukeje, Omoni Oboli named ‘Best Actors’ at Best of Nollywood Awards and PHOTO: Nollywood Actor, OC Ukeje Finally Shows Off His Girlfriend. There are about 3 to 4 versions of spellings on the internet, But the fact that his social handles use 'OC' proves that the proper spelling is 'OC'. Besides, he is credited as 'OC' in his movies as well - Wikipedia is meant to always try to give the most accurate information available; especially on a biography, so I think it should be renamed to 'OC'. But it's okay if you all find it unnecessary :). Thanks

By the way, IMDB uses 'O.C. because Capital letter cannot end a name (according to IMDB's policy).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 21:45, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

• Support I'm convinced by the subject's own usage and usage in sources. Sources that differ from this usage may, like IMDB, be following their own style guides. And as I said in the Allmendinger RM, "Linguistic prescriptivism aside, periods and spaces are completely unnecessary to meaning. Whether I write J. R. R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, or JRR Tolkien, you know exactly what I mean." --BDD (talk) 17:52, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
• weak Oppose. I agree with BDD that either result here makes little difference. Inconsistent usage among the sources means that there is no compelling reason to make a change in WP. If the subject has a clear preference for the spelling of his name, eventually that preference will be evident among sources, and WP can then change the article title. In order words, default to the status quo until sources compel us to do otherwise. Xoloz (talk) 18:05, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

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