Talk:Larry King

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An editor has been edit warring over the first sentence (coming in under a new username moments after being blocked under the first) regarding how King's name should be expressed. See WP:BIRTHNAME for how we normally write the first sentence when the person has legally changed his or her name, as compared to a stage name or professional name. The article clearly says that King changed his name legally, so the correct expression is:

Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger November 19, 1933) .

The talk page is here for discussion - edit warring, especially sockpuppeting - is not ok. Tvoz/talk 07:48, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please read and stop edit-warring. He legally changed his name - see WP:BIRTHNAME and dozens of examples across the encyclopedia. Tvoz/talk 07:52, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, LEGALLY? Well then why didn't you say that at the very START? Oh my gosh!

YOU were edit-warring too, "buddy." If you expect someone else to be punished for warring, then you should expect that for yourself too. Remember, the rule about edit-warring includes a phrase like "even if you are right." So you should be blocked if you want me blocked; either that, or neither of us should be.

Before I noticed that Larry had legally changed his name, the MOS I was talking about is this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biographies#Pseudonyms.2C_stage_names_and_common_names But since Larry is legally King (and I missed that in the article), then this MOS doesn't apply, of course. Sometimes I remember to search for "legal" in the body, but sometimes I forget.

Want a Hertz Donut? (talk) 08:06, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]