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Requested move 1

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved per request, no objections in two weeks. Dekimasuよ! 07:12, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gary Fan → Gary Fan Kwok-wai – Easier to search in Bing and Google because "gary fan" includes this person and fans of Gary <whoever>. Also, it is HK name-styling, especially among politicians and some celebrities, and fairly used per WP:NCP. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 06:14, 3 December 2014 (UTC) George Ho (talk) 08:03, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The first part is not a reason to move the article, however. George, if you want to shift so many articles to Hong Kong-style naming, and are going to propose several such moves each day, wouldn't it be more efficient to work on getting a naming convention established that will allow these to be processed without discussion? Dekimasuよ! 22:29, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Dekimasu, see Talk:Connie Mak and Talk:Ivy Ling Po and Talk:Anthony Wong (Hong Kong actor). I had to be careful; that is all. --George Ho (talk) 00:06, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Requested move 09 December 2014

Gary Fan Kwok-wai → Gary Fan – There's only one notable person named 'Gary Fan'. The last move was closed prematurely. The current title does not follow any standard. TheAvatar (discuss–?) 19:46, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese name results forty-eight articles; Anglicized, seventy-four(?). --George Ho (talk) 20:01, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Those should be reverted as well. TheAvatar (discuss–?) 20:04, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Cheung Kwok-che hasn't moved to Peter Cheung yet. --George Ho (talk) 20:07, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the articles you moved, you will probably want it to be something long like Peter Cheung Kwok-che. Keep it simple, like the original title 'Gary Fan'. Search count can only be use as a crude measure. TheAvatar (discuss–?) 20:17, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
At first I didn't want to. I proposed a move on Ivy Ling Po, but there was no consensus at the time. Moreover, I have not fully understood the Hong Kong culture. I proposed a move on Wong Sing-chi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) but was unaware that the article was previously Nelson Wong (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) when someone copied-and-pasted. Someone cleaned up the mess after I requested cleanup. (Off-topic and personal: What about reading WP:Five pillars?) --George Ho (talk) 00:29, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Closed prematurely" is a bit harsh–the request ran twice as long as usual, and there were no objections. However, I will reiterate what I said above, which is that it would be much more efficient to work on a naming convention related to Hong Kong (even if it ends up with guidance to treat these names the same as others) than to nominate moves of these articles piecemeal one direction or the other. This would fix the "does not follow any standard" concern as well. Dekimasuよ! 20:47, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - HK convention and per User:George Ho. In ictu oculi (talk) 23:12, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
There is no such convention. TheAvatar (discuss–?) 16:58, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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