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Conflicting date of birth

Several sources indicate ~~Chink~~ Albert Zachary's date of birth as May 14, 1914, while others use October 19, 1917.

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Bob305 (talk) 01:31, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting date of debut

Sources differ on Zachary's MLB debut. Some (baseballcube.com) list April 25, ~~1994~~ 1944, while others (MLB.com, baseball-reference.com, retrosheet.org) indicate April 30.

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Bob305 (talk) 01:49, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Corrected my typo! Bob305 (talk) 02:47, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rename proposal Chink Zachary --> Albert Zachary

Following recent discussion at WT:BASEBALL, this is a proposal to rename biographical article Chink Zachary to Albert Zachary. Searching on newspapers.com during his time in professional baseball (1936 to 1951) finds that he was referred to as "Albert Zachary" (or "Al Zachary") much more than "Chink Zachary". Search examples, all done on newspapers.com:

"Albert Zachary" pitcher for 1936–1951 gets 123 hits
"Al Zachary" pitcher for 1936–1951 gets 46 hits
"Chink Zachary" pitcher for 1936–1951 gets 41 hits
"Albert Zachary" baseball for 1936–1951 gets 104 hits
"Al Zachary" baseball for 1936–1951 gets 45 hits
"Chink Zachary" baseball for 1936–1951 gets 39 hits
"Albert Zachary" brooklyn for 1936–1951 gets 115 hits
"Al Zachary" brooklyn for 1936–1951 gets 39 hits
"Chink Zachary" brooklyn for 1936–1951 gets 30 hits

As there is no current article named "Albert Zachary" on Wikipedia, this would be a straightforward move, with "Chink Zachary" continuing to redirect users to the new article title. Comments welcome—please reply in the below section. Thanks. Dmoore5556 (talk) 22:13, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 3 May 2021

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: Moved (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 23:16, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Chink Zachary → Albert Zachary – Albert Myron Zachary was predominantly referred to as "Albert Zachary" (and secondarily as "Al Zachary") during his time playing professional baseball (1936–1951). While baseball reference sites such as Baseball-Reference.com and Retrosheet list him (or have previously listed him) as "Chink Zachary", that name was not as often as Albert Zachary by contemporary newspaper reports. The results of searches conducted via newspapers.com are listed on the Talk page. Dmoore5556 (talk) 22:19, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support: Per nom on the COMMONNAME front and, secondarily but importantly, because the current title does contain what I think we would now recognize as a slur. Go Phightins! 23:05, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 13:58, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support The slur does not appear to be so common in its use. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:35, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.