Talk:Muzharul Islam

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Correct spelling?

There appears to be some disagreement about how to spell this person's name. So far it has taken place on three User Talk pages...

The discussion needs to be centralized in one place, so please can we discuss it here - we can request a move of necessary (it would have to be an admin move, as there is already a redirect in place). -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:48, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think Google search results are not relevant here ... if the subject himself uses an unconventional spelling, then the article needs to be moved there. The name Mazhar is quite common, and most people spell it with the spelling Mazhar. However, if the subject chooses to spell it otherwise, that is the correct spelling for the bio. Note that it isn't like Bangladesh doesn't use English language ... rather most of the official documents in Bangladesh are in English language along with Bangla. So, Google hits don't matter here. --Ragib (talk) 17:53, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree that if the person himself has his own favored English language spelling, we should use that. And so far, that foundation web site is the closest we have - some more confirmation that he spells it that way himself would be great, if anyone could find any. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:04, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've done some Google searches...

General Google searches...
< "Mazharul Islam" > = 26,000

< "Muzharul Islam" > = 7,160

< "Mazharul Islam" architect > = 3,380

< "Muzharul Islam" architect > = 18,100
Google scholar searches...
< "Mazharul Islam" > = 313

< "Muzharul Islam" > = 41

< "Mazharul Islam" architect > = 26

< "Muzharul Islam" architect > = 14

I have to say that looks pretty inconclusive, which is a little disappointing - more work needed -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:01, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I agree the Google searches above are probably not that relevant -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:06, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I've done some more searching and have had a closer look at the results, and the independent sources I can find seem to be pretty consistent on "Muzharul Islam", eg [1], [2]. There are hits on "Mazharul Islam" which are about the same guy, but the first couple of those I looked at were mirrors of the Wikipedia article, eg [3] - if nothing comes up ahead of Wikipedia mirrors, I think that suggests it is not the correct spelling. So, looks like it's "Muzharul Islam" - I'll do a formal move request shortly -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:20, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The request to rename this article to Muzharul Islam has been carried out.

If the page title has consensus, be sure to close this discussion using {{subst:RM top|'''page moved'''.}} and {{subst:RM bottom}} and remove the {{Requested move/dated|…}} tag, or replace it with the {{subst:Requested move/end|…}} tag.

Mazharul Islam → Muzharul Islam — See reasoning above - it needs an admin move as there is a redirect in the way. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:22, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]