Talk:Tad Wieman

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A fact from Tad Wieman appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 February 2009, and was viewed approximately 1,202 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Elton Wieman moved east to play football for the University of Michigan in 1915, the Los Angeles Times called it "a calamity of almost national importance"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/February.

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Common name: Tad or Elton

@Cbl62: I saw your reverts at the two Princeton season articles. Wieman was commonly known as "Tad" while head coach at Princeton, but "Elton" at other times? I see lots of reference to "Tad" in the sources at other points his life, from 1915 to his death in 1971. Perhaps the article should be renamed to Tad Wieman? Jweiss11 (talk) 00:45, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Jweiss11: During his Princeton years, newspaper usage of "Tad Wieman" exceeded "Elton Wieman" by a factor of more than 10 to 1. When the article was created back in 2007, the "Elton" naming was presumably applied because official Michigan sources such as the Bentley refer to him as "Elton" during his years as a player (e.g., this, this). If you wish to pursue a move, I have no objection that. In the meantime, the overwhelming ratio in favor of "Tad" during the Princeton years dictates per WP:COMMONNAME that he should be referred to as "Tad" in Princeton team articles. Cbl62 (talk) 01:34, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I moved the article. The sources cited here overwhelmingly used Tad in their titles. Jweiss11 (talk) 01:54, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]