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On 28 February 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved to Walter Brown (character). The result of the discussion was not moved.

Requested move 28 February 2022

Latest comment: 2 years ago7 comments5 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: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Sceptre (talk) 01:44, 10 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Walter the Softy → Walter Brown (character) – The Beano don't even call him this anymore, and he is not a softy anymore either. Thomasfan1000 (talk) 00:25, 28 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Oppose - Walter Brown is a very recent name for the character. The name also wasn't mentioned at all on the Walter Brown disambiguation page until I just linked to it. So isn't a WP:COMMONNAME for the character. Also I dont think just (character) is the best disambiguator, (comics) would be better. Eopsid (talk) 09:23, 28 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Fine, Walter Brown (comics) maybe. The Beano themselves don't want the character to go by this name anymore. The modern version of Walter is anything but a softy, and the current Walter will probably remain for a long time. Also, his last name being Brown was first mentioned in 1994. I think since like 2009, he hasn't been called Walter the Softy. Thomasfan1000 (talk) 16:19, 28 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

It also depends what they call the character in the article's sources. Most of them use Walter the softy (or softie). 1994 is still 4 decades after the character was introduced. And they never used his full name regularly until 2009. The name isnt used at all in the 1990s cartoon, although its hinted at; he has an uncle called Slasher Brown. I cant remember the Brown surname being used at all in the comic before 2009. Honestly I find how he slowly acquired the surname Brown interesting. It would be good to add the history of it to the article. Eopsid (talk) 18:03, 28 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Move to Walter (Dennis the Menace), per WP:UCRN. Ham II (talk) 18:51, 1 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
Oppose. Very, very clear WP:COMMONNAME. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:59, 2 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

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