Talk:Robert Wade (chess player)

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Name

His name was Robert Graham Wade, but some disagree: "Incidentally, Bob's middle name was Grant, not Graham. I know it is given as Graham in some sources but he told me it was Grant." (IM David Levy). Source: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5045. Chvsanchez (talk) 21:10, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Not sure that we should really be using Chessbase as a source seeing as how much of this entry is just a (unacknowledged) copy of our Wikipedia article. --Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:04, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

It was changed to "Grant" in the article, but I reverted it. I feel we should go with the best/majority reliable sources, and IMHO David Levy does not trump the multiple other sources. I've got no dogmatic feeling one way or the other, I just think we need more sources than just Levy before we change it. Peter Ballard (talk) 23:19, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

A difficult one to resolve. Hard to imagine why Levy would invent "Grant", but then I'm wondering if the two would sound similar when muttered in a noisy room - so maybe a misunderstanding? For the record, Golombek, Sunnucks, Kazic and Brace all cautiously avoid giving more than a "G.", whereas Whyld and Gaige are sold on Graham. Brittle heaven (talk) 01:28, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

I checked several sources for the books he has written, and I can only find "Robert G. Wade". Bubba73 (talk), 02:32, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

This says "Graham". Bubba73 (talk), 02:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

I've added a footnote discussing the uncertainty. (i.e. give "Graham", with footnote that it might be "Grant"). How's that? p.s. I too have several books which give simply "Robert G. Wade". Peter Ballard (talk) 03:10, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

The best way to handle it. Bubba73 (talk), 03:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

His name was Robert Graham Wade. How do I know. From his passports, which he loaned to me, whilst working with him on a biography. (Paul McKeown) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.2.219.121 (talk) 01:28, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

His name when he was referred to in news, accounts of tournament and match play, etc., in magazine articles was always "Bob", never "Robert". Book authorship is almost always under the full form of the author(s)' name(s); this separate convention being in use, the usage does not come under consideration for WP:COMMONNAME.Harfarhs (talk) 00:45, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

This is an exaggeration. He was credited as "Bob Wade" for "Batsford Chess Endings", for example. Perhaps part of the trend towards less formality in crediting authorship. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 01:09, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

No, not an exaggeration - I did say "almost always", and it is most uncommon for an author's book jacket credit to change during their publishing career, for obvious reasons. Harfarhs (talk) 11:27, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Not that uncommon. BCE was only one example, there were several other books that credited him as "Bob Wade". MaxBrowne2 (talk) 13:01, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

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