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It looks like this article had been moved back and forth between the two names a couple of times, over a decade ago (2006 & 2007), but there hadn't ever been a discussion and therefore no consensus.
per MOS:INITIALS:
An initial is capitalized and is followed by a full point (period) and a space (e.g. J. R. R. Tolkien), unless:
That MOS article refers to people, not companies, but the company name is derived from that of Richard Rogers Bowker, which seems to support the space.
I searched on archive.org to see how the company printed its name in its publications over the years, and found that they usually used a space:
It wasn't a scientific study by any means, but I only found one example where there wasn't a space:
When I looked at publications not by Bowker, the company name was referenced both ways, with a space:
and without:
I provide this additional information to paint as complete a picture as I can, based on what I was seeing.
Given the above, I propose renaming/moving the article to "R. R. Bowker" because:
WikkanWitch ( talk) 11:24, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
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It looks like this article had been moved back and forth between the two names a couple of times, over a decade ago (2006 & 2007), but there hadn't ever been a discussion and therefore no consensus.
per MOS:INITIALS:
An initial is capitalized and is followed by a full point (period) and a space (e.g. J. R. R. Tolkien), unless:
That MOS article refers to people, not companies, but the company name is derived from that of Richard Rogers Bowker, which seems to support the space.
I searched on archive.org to see how the company printed its name in its publications over the years, and found that they usually used a space:
It wasn't a scientific study by any means, but I only found one example where there wasn't a space:
When I looked at publications not by Bowker, the company name was referenced both ways, with a space:
and without:
I provide this additional information to paint as complete a picture as I can, based on what I was seeing.
Given the above, I propose renaming/moving the article to "R. R. Bowker" because:
WikkanWitch ( talk) 11:24, 19 March 2020 (UTC)