Talk:W. T. Tutte

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I moved the page from W. T. Tutte to William Thomas Tutte. The beginning of the article was

William Thomas Tutte (May 14, 1917 - May 2, 2002) was a

which indicated that the main title should be the full name. Dbenbenn 06:44, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Why do you say that? Where a full name is not the most common name, policy is to prefer the common name. These things can't be decided in the abstract. Charles Matthews 18:35, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agree. He's almost never referred to by his full name. As for the argument that that's how the article starts, that's bogus; if it were, Bill Clinton would be at William Jefferson Clinton. (Not that I agree with the Wikipedia naming policy - I would prefer to see people at their full names, but as long as our policy is "most common form" I'm going to follow it). Noel (talk) 14:45, 6 August 2005 (UTC)