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Requested move 25 December 2022

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The result of the move request was: moved. Per consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 06:41, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]


William Louis DickinsonWilliam L. DickinsonWP:COMMONNAME. Most sources during his political career abbreviated his middle name. Examples:
  • A front page story in the Alabama Journal (now Montgomery Advertiser) on November 4, 1964, the day after Dickinson first won election to US Congress, reported: "Swept into office in the wake of the states rights protest from thousands of Republican and defiant Democratic voters alike were...William L. Dickinson in the 2nd [district]..." (emphasis mine)
  • The Montgomery Advertiser, the local newspaper in Dickinson's congressional district, slightly preferred "Bill Dickinson" in its news coverage. For instance, "Congressman Bill Dickinson" has 700+ matches, and "Rep. Bill Dickinson" has 3,000+ matches, for a total of about 3,700. In contrast, there were about 3,100 for these variants of William Dickinson:
  • In contrast, national media preferred William. For instance, "william l dickinson" alabama site:Nytimes.com has 69 results to the seven for "Bill Dickinson" Alabama site:nytimes.com when searching The New York Times website.
  • Also, The Washington Post used William L. Dickinson - "William L. Dickinson R-Ala" site:washingtonpost.com has 66 results to just three for the same search term using "Bill".
Arbor to SJ (talk) 00:52, 25 December 2022 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). Steel1943 (talk) 22:37, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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