Talk:JT Brubaker

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On 28 June 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from J.T. Brubaker to JT Brubaker. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 28 June 2022[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Enough sources demonstrating a switch to the "JT" spelling were found for us to follow suit. (closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 20:59, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

J.T. Brubaker → JT Brubaker – Baseball Reference, MLB.com, and ESPN have his name without the periods. MainPeanut (talk) 20:51, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 15:50, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

stylism In ictu oculi (talk) 10:12, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Plenty of articles here have the name without the periods. MainPeanut (talk) 15:24, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? Graham (talk) 01:40, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support The older sources use periods for "J.T.", but the newer sources ([1][2]) use "JT" without the periods. It would appear to be his preference and is common enough in the sources. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:10, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Pure variation on style. Our house style is as currently. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:33, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Necrothesp: If we were to conform to our house style, shouldn't the initials be spaced per MOS:SPACEINITS? Graham (talk) 23:13, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

They should indeed. I hadn't actually noticed they weren't. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:12, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Either J. T. or JT per above discussion. Graham (talk) 03:00, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Orthography note[edit]

In case the topic of "JT" vs "J T" vs "J.T." vs "J. T." comes up again, I'll preemptively share the Language Log post that shows the AP and other styles respecting variant name orthography preferences. (As much as you or I may think a great deal of it is just blatant pretentiousness, unless it's what you grew up using.) SamuelRiv (talk) 20:12, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]