Talk:Chris Hayes

ridiclous

how do you do it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.196.144.11 (talk) 14:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Stupid comment by Coulter

Lots of people have commented about the "controversy". Why give sace to more of Coulters inane misogynist rants?

Controversy based on twitter post

An anonymous editor has repeatedly inserted a "controversy" section whose only citation is one of the subject's own Twitter posts. Twitter is obviously not a reliable source, and especially given that the subject is a living person, it's not appropriate to include in the article. Anyone disagree? Binarybits (talk) 20:58, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Kate A. Shaw

Chris marries Kate A. Shaw, here referred to as "long-time Kate A. Shaw", what is a "long-time Kate A. Shaw"? V85 (talk) 08:15, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Proposed rename to Chris Hayes (journalist)

Rationale is described in WP:COMMONNAME: Wikipedia's editorial standard for naming of persons is that the common name be used rather than the individual's formal name. EG WP article is "Bill Clinton" not "William Jefferson Clinton". I will move this in a few days unless someone thinks this might be controversial. J JMesserly (talk) 21:42, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Chris himself is ambiguous

When I first saw this question, I was all ready to say that of course the name should be changed to "Chris."

But then, when I clicked on the link to "Chris Hayes' personal site" in the Wikipedia article, I found a site called "ChrisHayes.org," with the heading of his bio page as "Christopher..." On the right side was:

"Christopher Hayes is the Washington, D.C. Editor of The Nation and a contributor to MSNBC.

"Follow Chris on Twitter.

"Join Christopher's email list."

On The Nation's website, he's "D.C. Editor Chris Hayes" as well as "Washington Editor Christopher Hayes." (I must admit that I was shocked by this.)

So it seems that Chris is somewhat ambiguous about what name he uses. Would it make sense to contact him and ask him what he thinks?

Printphi (talk) 00:41, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

There are links to his first two shows in the article. Not once will you hear anyone refer to him as Christopher. Since you asked there is some doubt so I have twittered him to confirm. J JMesserly (talk) 02:18, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

OK. Hayes was kind enough to respond quickly. This is documented in his twitter feed anyone can see it for this date, it is publicly verifiable. But I repeat here FYI:

JohnMesserly John Messerly 
@chrislhayes Do people commonly call you Chris or Christopher? Need to know for your Wikipedia article.
[link to:]Talk:Christopher Hayes (journalist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


@chrislhayes
@JohnMesserly Friends and ppl in my life call me Chris

Seems pretty definitive that the article should be renamed to Chris Hayes (journalist) then. Will do so late tomorrow unless there is further comment. J JMesserly (talk) 03:22, 19 September 2011 (UTC)