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This article is classified as a stub. It needs more details of Flynt's career to be classified as a start. Capitalistroadster 01:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved to Jack Flynt. ( non-admin closure) — Guan aco 09:32, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
John James Flynt Jr. → John Flynt – WP:COMMONNAME, because Flynt's full name only returns around 2,000 google results, in contrast to "John Flynt Jr." returning 44,000+ and "John J. Flynt Jr." returning 2,500+. Also, WP:PRIMARYTOPIC - because there are no other notable people by this name.
A more "common" name is difficult for me to decide, because both Georgia's Virtual Library [1] and the Associated Press [2] use "John 'Jack' Flynt". The US Congress website [3] uses "John J. Flynt Jr." as does the Atlanta Journal-Constitution obituary [4]. Yet per PRIMARYTOPIC the "Jr." seems unnecessary. Arbor to SJ ( talk) 03:24, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 01:58, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Jack Flynt → John Flynt – I'm starting this to follow up to last year's page move to Jack Flynt, because I realize it was probably a mistake. Based on the evidence below I'm convinced "John" is the more WP:COMMONNAME, because US national media used "John" far more often during his political career.
While Flynt might have been affectionately known as "Jack" within his congressional district and state of Georgia, such as " Elect Jack Flynt your Congressman" posters and the 2000 book The Gentleman from Georgia: The Biography of Newt Gingrich published by Mercer University Press in Georgia, "Jack" didn't catch on as a nationally known nickname unlike Ted Kennedy, Ted Cruz, Johnny Isakson, etc. Arbor to SJ ( talk) 00:19, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
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This article is classified as a stub. It needs more details of Flynt's career to be classified as a start. Capitalistroadster 01:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved to Jack Flynt. ( non-admin closure) — Guan aco 09:32, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
John James Flynt Jr. → John Flynt – WP:COMMONNAME, because Flynt's full name only returns around 2,000 google results, in contrast to "John Flynt Jr." returning 44,000+ and "John J. Flynt Jr." returning 2,500+. Also, WP:PRIMARYTOPIC - because there are no other notable people by this name.
A more "common" name is difficult for me to decide, because both Georgia's Virtual Library [1] and the Associated Press [2] use "John 'Jack' Flynt". The US Congress website [3] uses "John J. Flynt Jr." as does the Atlanta Journal-Constitution obituary [4]. Yet per PRIMARYTOPIC the "Jr." seems unnecessary. Arbor to SJ ( talk) 03:24, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 01:58, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Jack Flynt → John Flynt – I'm starting this to follow up to last year's page move to Jack Flynt, because I realize it was probably a mistake. Based on the evidence below I'm convinced "John" is the more WP:COMMONNAME, because US national media used "John" far more often during his political career.
While Flynt might have been affectionately known as "Jack" within his congressional district and state of Georgia, such as " Elect Jack Flynt your Congressman" posters and the 2000 book The Gentleman from Georgia: The Biography of Newt Gingrich published by Mercer University Press in Georgia, "Jack" didn't catch on as a nationally known nickname unlike Ted Kennedy, Ted Cruz, Johnny Isakson, etc. Arbor to SJ ( talk) 00:19, 13 August 2018 (UTC)