Talk:George Washington

RFD discussion: December 2020–March 2021

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George Washington

A compound name - no more entryworthy than Mary-Anne, John-Joe, Day-Lewis Calvert-Lewin. La más guay (talk) 22:11, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

And we might want to visit some of these in other language too, like Jean-Claude, Marie-Louise, Jose Maria, José María. La más guay (talk) 22:14, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Delete. Note: Moved the RFD tag to the Proper noun section, since the noun is not up for deletion. PseudoSkull (talk) 00:50, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

In that case, {{rfd-sense}} is appropriate. DonnanZ (talk) 09:42, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Delete (keep any hyphenated form) SemperBlotto (talk) 10:46, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

On one hand, it seems to function as a unit at least some of the time; on the other hand, so do "double" surnames, and at Talk:Dufour-Lapointe (and Talk:Cavalier-Smith and Talk:Bromley-Davenport) we determined to delete those. Talk:Marie-Therese was kept, but it is at least hyphenated; Talk:Billy Jean and Billy Bob exist but so do unspaced versions which COALMINEd them in. Does this ever exist as Georgewashington? It wouldn't surprise me if some children in India had been given that name, given other Anglo-namesmash names I've seen, but I'm not finding any. Does it ever exist as George-Washington? Again, wouldn't surprise me. But as it stands, weak delete. - -sche (discuss) 19:11, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

@SemperBlotto @-sche It's just a combo of the first and middle name; some people just prefer to be referred to by their first and middle instead of just their first. You could make up any number of middle names, though, and by extension also middle-first combos. Someone named "Allen Gregory DeLongpre" might just refer to be called "Allen Gregory" instead of just "Allen", but that doesn't mean "Allen Gregory" has any lexical significance. That a middle name happened to be named after a last name (in this case Washington from the historical figure George Washington) doesn't matter that much, because middle names are not lexically significant as middle names any case I've ever heard of; they're usually just taken from surnames to begin with. PseudoSkull (talk) 19:23, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

It is a unit in some way (people aren't called Washington George or even Anne-Mary) but I don't know. The individual parts just mean their normal meaning. Equinox ◑ 20:59, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

I think in this respect, it's more like a collocation than a lexical unit. We also don't say "do an exam" (at least not in most places), but that doesn't make "take an exam" entry-worthy under our current CFI. Delete. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 21:26, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

• I think this is a delete. To be an entry there needs to be some established further meaning. Take John Hancock as a valid entry example. -- ALGRIF talk 21:14, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

• Delete. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 21:16, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
• Weak delete. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 11:16, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
• Delete, not a compound first name. Ultimateria (talk) 18:52, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

• Delete, just SOP. Although John Hancock has an entry to refer to a signature. Facts707 (talk) 18:12, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
• RFD-deleted. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 08:33, 7 March 2021 (UTC)