Talk:Matt "Guitar" Murphy

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The result of the move request was: Moved. Consensus is there with the numbers in support, and also a sound rationale that the actual formulation Matt "Guitar" Murphy appears frequently in sources and on his own album.  — Amakuru (talk) 22:28, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Press coverage: He's referred to almost exclusively by his stage name in the popular press, newspapers, and printed reference material (refer to the
  his references section
  ).
• Music guides: Including AllMusic which is used extensively on Wikipedia to reference artists, refer to him as such.
• His own work: His solo albums all refer to him by that name on their covers and credits: see here, here, here.
• Better disambiguator: It's a more faithful, accurate way to disambiguate him from other Matt Murphys than just with "(blues guitarist)".

Thanks, RubenSchade (talk) 22:39, 20 August 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. Dekimasuよ! 20:37, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

• Weak oppose per
  WP:PSEUDONYM. This also isn't the only name used. Other variants of Matt "Guitar" Murphy are also used as much and the policy says to "avoid adding a nickname in quotes between first and last name". The editor whose username is Z0 08:00, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support. He's widely known as Matt "Guitar" Murphy, so it's a suitable if not exactly preferable disambiguator.--Cúchullain ^t/c 19:07, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, as per e.g. Johnny "Guitar" Watson. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:16, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per
  MOS:NICKNAME. There are plenty of examples there, including but not limited to: Earl Strickland, aka Earl "the Pearl" Strickland. —usernamekiran(talk) 19:33, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Oppose per
  MOS:NICKNAME. In ictu oculi (talk) 14:38, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Weak support: I think it is best to look for precedents in cases where the article name is the result of an explicit RM discussion – not just cases that may exist from sheer inertia (lack of discussion or lack of a consensus to move after a discussion). As far as I know,
  MOS:NICKNAME are distinct. The former focuses on article titles and the latter focuses on the content within the article. —BarrelProof (talk) 02:32, 3 September 2018 (UTC)s[reply
  ]

I agree with what you say, although I'm very surprised you might think Johnny "Guitar" Watson is just a case of "inertia". Martinevans123 (talk) 17:31, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I see no evidence of any page moves or RM discussions for Johnny "Guitar" Watson. That's all I'm saying. As best I can tell, its name is the result of one person's initial edit in April 2005. —BarrelProof (talk) 18:17, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well ok. It's just that I believe every one of Johnny "Guitar" Watson's records, with almost no exceptions, was credited to that name. Just take a look at all his album covers. Not sure what the situation is with Murphy. I guess we do have articles named like Bobby Bland and Eddie Vinson, but we also have plenty like Cannonball Adderley and Pops Staples. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:25, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per nom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:241:300:c930:7d34:e569:9a1:2591 (talk • contribs) 01:18, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per nom. There is no proscription against use of nicknames in either
  No such user (talk) 10:32, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply
  ]

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