Talk:William Hayden English
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I have translated this article to Chinese Wikipedia here and promoted to FA status, and I want to thank User:Coemgenus for his effort to write this amazing article. --Jarodalien (talk) 13:50, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
Requested move 4 June 2025
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William Hayden English → William H. English – WP:CONCISE and WP:COMMONNAME. By Google search alone, "william H. english" Indiana 1822 has 2,650 results, while "william Hayden english" Indiana 1822 has less than half as many, 1,230. Furthermore, "william h. english" Indiana congress has over 6,000 Google results, while "william hayden english" Indiana congress only 1,800.
Additionally, contemporary and modern sources alike abbreviate his middle name, ranging from an 1861 biographical directory of the Indiana state legislature, to an 1898 Indiana historical society book, to a 2020 biography about English. Arbor to SJ (talk) 23:12, 4 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 00:56, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
- This, like most historical articles about members of Congress, takes it’s name from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, which uses his full middle name. Many other sources listed in the bibilography do the same, though not all. I would leave it how it is. —Coemgenus (talk) 02:57, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
- The US Congress directory uses full names of practically every member of Congress, so my evaluation is based on the whole body of work about Rep. English. Arbor to SJ (talk) 20:35, 17 June 2025 (UTC)