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Next up is the parenthetical, "(rapper)". Maybe I'm missing something at WP:TITLE, but my reading seems to indicate that if something is unlikely to be used in the search box to intend a different article, there is no reason for disamb. Yes, there are plenty of articles that someone might be looking
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First up is "B.o.B" vs. "B.O.B" or any other combination of capitalizations and punctuation. His official website, AllMusic and the majority of the sources use "B.o.B" (the current title). Whether or not the letters stand for anything or not has nothing to do with the capitalization or punctuation
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Were B.o.B. someone else, notable primarily for one thing, who also happened to believe that the Earth is flat, 9/11 was an inside job or that his mail is being stolen by aliens from the planet rXachr'r, we would not include it in the lead. In this case, however, the subject believes in multiple
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At absolute bottom, I'd see a possible argument that there might be a better term than "conspiracy theorist", but I think the term kinda captures what we are saying and fits the sources. As those sources create a fairly sizable section in the article, a summary of it in the lead is standard. -
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There is no consensus for a move here, which defaults to the last stable state. As BarrelProof pointed out, the last RM failed to gain a consensus for the current title, so reverting to the prior status quo with no prejudice against immediate renomination.
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I can find nothing suggesting his birth name is Robert so I have accepted a pending revision changing it. I did find all sorts of comments from him and in weblinks reporting bobby . If anyone can find anything please share. Thanks
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Further, he has sought attention for several of his beliefs with a song referencing several anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and an attempt to raise $ 1,000,000 for equipment to test his flat Earth beliefs.
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Another editor has just restored "conspiracy theorist" to the lead. While this would be a controversial statement in many BLPs, I believe that specific statement or something similar should be in the lead.
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Article titles follow standard English text formatting in the case of trademarks, unless the trademarked spelling is demonstrably the most common usage in sources independent of the owner of the trademark.
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unconnected* conspiracy theories, has received substantial coverage in reliable sources specifically centered on those beliefs and earned a dis-track from notable non-rapper
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all omit the dot, while the (very few) references that don't are relatively informal hip-hop blogs which are more likely to have misspelled (misformatted?) by accident. As
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Would be outright silly to move from a page name that we both know is the correct title, and widely and commonly acknowledged as so, to one we are certain is not.--
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resulting from one of the beliefs. (*I assume Holocaust denial, flat Earth belief and the U.S. government supposedly cloning celebrities are
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generally prefers styling names as in ordinary English writing conventions. I see from the citations in the article that sources sometimes
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Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
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for if they search for "Bob" or "bob" and this is one of them. The disamb page handles that. The only possible problem I see is
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it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a
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Did he ever get to see the curve? How much money did the GoFundMe raise before it was ended? Inquiring minds want to know.
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per our titling guidelines, which direct us to use title formats used by clear majorities of reliable sources.--
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I believe this article falls neatly into WP:TITLETM's exception. Let me know what you think!
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B.o.B (without the final dot) is used by the artist and the vast majority of sources.
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Forgot to add that B.o.B was featured on Quincy Jones' album "Q Soul Bossa Nostra"
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unrelated, though I'm sure someone has managed to tie them all together.)
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Talk:B.o.B/Archive 1#I think this page should be moved
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Preemptive comment re "conspiracy theorist" in lead
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