This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourcedmust be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.
This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Olympics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Olympics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.OlympicsWikipedia:WikiProject OlympicsTemplate:WikiProject OlympicsOlympics articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Athletics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the sport of athletics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page and join the discussion.AthleticsWikipedia:WikiProject AthleticsTemplate:WikiProject AthleticsAthletics articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Africa, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Africa on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.AfricaWikipedia:WikiProject AfricaTemplate:WikiProject AfricaAfrica articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Running, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of running on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.RunningWikipedia:WikiProject RunningTemplate:WikiProject RunningRunning articles
The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the proposal was no consensus. JPG-GR (talk) 22:28, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Frank Fredericks" is used as official name form by the IAAF and by the IOC, where Fredericks is a current member. --GirasoleDE (talk) 11:13, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
But in this case the official name is as least as common as the current name of the article. Another example: The foundation of the athlete is called Frank Fredericks Foundation, so it is obvious that "Frank Fredericks" is the name form used by the person himself --GirasoleDE (talk) 18:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"the official name is as least as common as the current name of the article" - if you can show that with evidence of usage, then I think there is a good case to move. In my experience Frankie is much more popular, but am open to persuasion... Knepflerle (talk) 01:22, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak agree with move Personally I thought it must be Frankie Fredericks. The BBC shows 296 hits for that vs 17 hits for Frank. But if you look at the website of a newspaper in his home country (where I would think they know what his name is!) you get 86 hits for Frank and 27 hits for Frankie. Coupled with official naming etc. I think this suggests that Frank Fredericks would be suitable. Tassedethe (talk) 15:22, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
.jpg){kind=small}
