Talk:Ralph Harding

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On 25 August 2026, it was proposed that this article be moved from Ralph R. Harding to Ralph Harding. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 25 August 2026

Latest comment: 1 day ago3 comments3 people in discussion

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) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 15:56, 1 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Ralph R. Harding → Ralph Harding
Richard H. Stallings → Richard Stallings
Gerald T. Whelan → Gerald Whelan
Roland A. Luedtke → Roland Luedtke
John E. Everroad → John Everroad
Philip C. Sorensen → Philip Sorensen
Dwight W. Burney → Dwight Burney

– per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CONCISE. in these cases, the subjects were known by their first and last names without their middle initials:

Harding was known much more as "Ralph Harding" than "Ralph R. Harding." A Newspapers.com search in Idaho from 1954 to 2006, when he was active in public life, shows 7,924 results for "Ralph Harding" and 901 results for "Ralph R. Harding."
Stallings was known much more as "Richard Stallings" than "Richard H. Stallings." A Newspapers.com search in Idaho from 1969 to 2025 (when he was active in public life) shows 11,812 results for "Richard Stallings" and just 163 results for "Richard H. Stallings."
Whelan was known much more as "Gerald Whelan" than "Gerald T. Whelan." A Newspapers.com search in Nebraska from 1960 to 1993 shows 9,386 results for "Gerald Whelan" and 1,638 results for "Gerald T. Whelan."
Luedtke was known much more as "Roland Luedtke" than "Roland A. Luedtke." A Newspapers.com search in Nebraska from 1953 to 2005 shows 21,654 results for "Roland Luedtke" and 5,151 results for "Roland A. Luedtke."
Everroad was known much more as "John Everroad" than "John E. Everroad." A Newspapers.com searching Nebraska from 1966 to 1984 shows 3,965 results for "John Everroad" and 1,785 results for "John E. Everroad"
Sorensen was known far more as "Philip Sorensen" than "Philip C. Sorensen." A Newspapers.com in Nebraska (where he served in office) and Ohio (where he taught after leaving office) from 1964 to 2017 shows 4,648 results for "Philip Sorensen" and 2,707 results for "Philip C. Sorensen"
Burney was known far more as "Dwight Burney" than "Dwight W. Burney." A Newspapers.com search in Nebraska from 1944 to 1987 shows 30,681 results for "Dwight Burney" and 6,435 results for "Dwight W. Burney"

thus, in these cases, "Ralph Harding," "Richard Stallings," "Gerald Whelan," "Roland Luedtke," "John Everroad," "Philip Sorensen," and "Dwight Burney" are each the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable, English-language sources) per WP:COMMONNAME. PA Uploader (talk) 12:35, 25 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 14:20, 25 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

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.