Talk:Robert Wade (chess player)

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message: His name was Robert Graham Wade, but some disagree: "Incidentally, Bob's middle name was Grant, not Graham. I know it is given as Graham in some sources but he told me it was Grant." (IM David Levy). Source: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5045. Chvsanchez (talk) 21:10, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure that we should really be using Chessbase as a source seeing as how much of this entry is just a (unacknowledged) copy of our Wikipedia article. --Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:04, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was changed to "Grant" in the article, but I reverted it. I feel we should go with the best/majority reliable sources, and IMHO David Levy does not trump the multiple other sources. I've got no dogmatic feeling one way or the other, I just think we need more sources than just Levy before we change it. Peter Ballard (talk) 23:19, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A difficult one to resolve. Hard to imagine why Levy would invent "Grant", but then I'm wondering if the two would sound similar when muttered in a noisy room - so maybe a misunderstanding? For the record, Golombek, Sunnucks, Kazic and Brace all cautiously avoid giving more than a "G.", whereas Whyld and Gaige are sold on Graham. Brittle heaven (talk) 01:28, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I checked several sources for the books he has written, and I can only find "Robert G. Wade".  Bubba73 (talk), 02:32, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

text:  This says "Graham".  Bubba73 (talk), 02:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a footnote discussing the uncertainty. (i.e. give "Graham", with footnote that it might be "Grant"). How's that? p.s. I too have several books which give simply "Robert G. Wade". Peter Ballard (talk) 03:10, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The best way to handle it.  Bubba73 (talk), 03:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

text: This is an exaggeration. He was credited as "Bob Wade" for "Batsford Chess Endings", for example. Perhaps part of the trend towards less formality in crediting authorship. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 01:09, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: No, not an exaggeration - I did say "almost always", and it is most uncommon for an author's book jacket credit to change during their publishing career, for obvious reasons. Harfarhs (talk) 11:27, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not that uncommon. BCE was only one example, there were several other books that credited him as "Bob Wade". MaxBrowne2 (talk) 13:01, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
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