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Dab to Richard Head (disambiguation)

@15zulu: It's pretty much safe to assume that if a nickname is mentioned, they aren't known by it. And although it is true that dabs for similar names are included, Richard Head isn't really similar to Dickhead. For example, ISS (disambiguation) has a See also section to IIS (disambiguation), as these two are very similar. -©2016 Compassionate727^{(Talk)(Contributions)} 17:15, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Compassionate727: Dick Head redirects here. I think it is reasonable to include Richard Head (disambiguation) in the see also section of the disambiguation per MOS:DABSEEALSO.—Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 20:36, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dick Head redirects here thus we're comparing "Richard Head" to "Dick Head", not to dickhead. Alternatively we can have "Dick Head" redirect directly to "Richard Head", but there has been objection to that previously. It's common practice on Wikipedia to have alternative versions of the name listed in See also section. Dick is a very common diminutive of Richard, so standard practice would link or redirect "Dick [surname]" to "Richard [surname]". 15zulu (talk) 23:38, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As for your argument of "safe to assume that if a nickname is [not] mentioned, they aren't known by it", that's false. E.g. I follow figure skating. The top two men's singles skaters are Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernández (figure skater). They're called "Yuzu" and "Javi", respectively, by fans, friends, and coaches. Neither article lists their nicknames, partial because they compete under their full names and news articles are written using the name they compete under. In fact, there are many figure skaters who go by a diminutive of their name to family, friends, coaches, and fans, yet Wikipedia doesn't bother listing that. Outside of figure skating, many Wikipedia articles use the person's "official name". E.g. a lawyer may go by "Robert Smith" but all his friends call him Bob, but Wikipedia would never mention Bob on the article page. I guess you're arguing that since a person "known by" Bobby Smith, he shouldn't be listed on Robert Smith. Or that Nathaniel Smith (disambiguation) and Nathan Smith (disambiguation) shouldn't be listed on Nate Smith since all the Nathaniel's and Nathan's "known by" Nate are listed on Nate Smith page already. If that is what you're arguing then you should start the debate on some main page, because it's a lot bigger than this page. If that's not what you're arguing, then common Wikipedia practice applies: link "[form A of given name] [surname]" to "[form B of given name] [surname]". 15zulu (talk) 08:16, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What?

The article which the "insult" link directs to doesn't say anything about "dickhead"; the word's not even on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.89.176.249 (talk) 23:06, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]