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Brian d foy → BRIAN D FOY – {brian d foy does not work because Misplaced Pages won't let me lowercase the name. However, proper style according to the guide is all of the same case, so BRIAN D FOY is also correct. Therefore, I would like Brian d foy moved to BRIAN D FOY. TIA. Pudgenet04:31, 26 January 2006 (UTC)} copied from the entry on the WP:RM page
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Comment Clearly this should be "brian d foy" , but it is currently at "Brian d foy" due to standard WP technical restrictions. I see no reason to put the entire name in capitals (which is probably also correct according to the style guide), when Template:Lowercase should be used --Lox (t,c) 16:30, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
If I may ask... why is his name in lowercase letters? If it's a person, then it should be capitalized, should it not? I am simply confused... Kareeser|03:47, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
For as long as I have known (of) him, brian has preferred an all-lowercase representation of his name, and has consistently used it both online and in traditional print media. His website states a clear preference for (in order of preference), "brian d foy" or "BRIAN D FOY", and I think it's probably reasonable to abide by his wishes, as we no doubt would for other people who choose to change their names or use variant forms of their names for whatever reason. (c.f. Madonna, for instance). Skud04:52, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Many articles should really start with a lowercase letter, but cannot, due to technical limitations. {{lowercase}} is good enough to denote those articles; why not this one? – Mipadi19:54, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
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Should wikipedia use someones official name on their birth certificate, or a name they chose for themselves later in life? Ansell00:31, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
I think their official name, if it's just a difference of capitalization, but either way, the name the person chose for himself as well as the normal-cased version should be discussed at the top of the article. -Barry-04:59, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
One more thought on this, which I posted to another article and was reverted by user:Scarpia, who I suspect is Brian D Foy.
"I don't think his name should be in lower case. If so, there needs to be a footnote or something parenthesized to mention his preference and how his name is generally written, and that's sloppy. I'll agree not to use a period after the "D" because maybe it really doesn't stand for anything, but unless there's a consensus for lower casing it, I won't."
I think the lower case thing is to get him attention, not only by the look of the name, but also by extra explanatory text that would probably need to be written so people don't think the lower case is a typo.
