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Any thoughts on whether this article should be moved to Dai Greene? The media all refer to him as Dai these days, even the IAAF does. MOS:BIO says: "While the article title should generally be the name by which the subject is most commonly known, the subject's full name should be given in the lead paragraph, if known." (my emphasis). Daicaregos (talk) 08:27, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking the same thing myself! I think an enthusiastic English person probably moved it, not suspecting that when a Welsh person does well at someone, that the whole world might not accept he's Welsh and accept the use Welsh anachronisms. Suggest you start a moving debate - Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 12:36, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I had a quick look through the page history and didn’t notice any previous page moves. The older newspaper reports note him as David, so that's probably why the article was created with that name (the redirect page 'Dai Greene' was created in August 2009). No need for a move debate if the page move is considered uncontentious, which I think this probably is. If it turns out I'm wrong, it can always be moved back and a full debate started. Daicaregos (talk) 14:24, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
 Done
It should remain as David Greene, as this is the English language Wikipedia. But heck, it's already been moved, so I'm not gonna loose any sleep over it. GoodDay (talk) 16:40, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
GoodDay, as per our mutual agreement for me to save you from yourself (and vice versa) - your comment above is your opinion. Nobody cares about opinions. Please remember what we talked about earlier. Use a policy/guideline/previous consensus/anything to back up your argument. Take a leaf from Dai's opening argument above. Read policies like WP:BIO before commenting. --HighKing (talk) 00:16, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. GoodDay (talk) 00:21, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Totally disagree on two counts: Dai is one of many acceptable English language shortening of the Hebrew originated word David; secondly if UKAthletics and World Athletics governing body are using the name Dai, then MOS:BIO overtakes English translation of the translation. Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 17:14, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have never ever heard of him being referred to as David Greene in the media, only Dai Greene. I'm glad to see that Goooday won't loose any sleep over it. Carson101 (talk) 18:26, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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