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FDR's middle name

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BUR #21569 has been approved by @evazion.

create alias franklin_delano_roosevelt -> franklin_d._roosevelt
rename harry_s_truman -> harry_s._truman

Franklin D. Roosevelt is currently tagged as "Franklin Delano Roosevelt". His middle name "Delano" is rarely fully written and would do nothing but complicate the search, just like how John F. Kennedy tag were once tagged with "Fitzgerald" middle name. So I suppose the tag should be changed with the middle name shortened to "F." instead.

Also, I would add a dot behind Harry S Truman's middle name since it lacked one, for the sake of consistency.

TrueKringe said:

BUR #21569 has been approved by @evazion.

create alias franklin_delano_roosevelt -> franklin_d._roosevelt
rename harry_s_truman -> harry_s._truman

Franklin D. Roosevelt is currently tagged as "Franklin Delano Roosevelt". His middle name "Delano" is rarely fully written and would do nothing but complicate the search, just like how John F. Kennedy tag were once tagged with "Fitzgerald" middle name. So I suppose the tag should be changed with the middle name shortened to "F." instead.

Also, I would add a dot behind Harry S Truman's middle name since it lacked one, for the sake of consistency.

I agree with the Roosevelt one, but Harry S Truman's middle name really was just the letter S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman

The_Bob said:

I agree with the Roosevelt one, but Harry S Truman's middle name really was just the letter S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman

Even so, the period is still included in official media.

Alao to make it easier for those to not have to dig through the Wikipedia link.

Wikipedia:

[...] He was named for his maternal uncle, Harrison "Harry" Young. His middle initial, "S", is not an abbreviation of one particular name. Rather, it honors both his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young, a somewhat common practice in the American South. [...]

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