Talk:Zack (given name)

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Is Zak short for Isaac and Zachariah too ? PeterGrecian 11:11, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I have changed the opening line of this article as zac etc. is not always a shortened version of zachary, granted it is common, but there are some people who are called just zac/zak/zack —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.33.116.73 (talk • contribs) 20:34, 30 July 2007

Requested move 25 March 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 20:38, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

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Zack (personal name) → Zack (given name) – "(given name)" is the usual disambiguator for this type of page. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 11:24, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

• Support per reason given.★Trekker (talk) 16:35, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Support per nom  – CityUrbanism 🗩 🖉 22:53, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

• Support move per nom. O.N.R. ^(talk) 00:02, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
• Support per above. The standard qualifier. Narky Blert (talk) 11:54, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
• Support and snow close. Unanimous support and approaching the backlog. --Killuminator (talk) 14:44, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

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Requested move 8 November 2024

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. The discussion became about splitting, which isn't handled with RM. (closed by non-admin page mover) Frost 05:25, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

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Zack (given name) → Zach (given name) – The article should be moved to a page called Zach (given name) as that is by far the most common spelling, evidenced by the article itself, in which "Zach" appears at an almost 2:1 ratio with the second most common spelling "Zack." Zahonzik (talk) 21:11, 8 November 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 21:54, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

• Split. "Zach" and "Zack" are distinct. 162 etc. (talk) 22:48, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
• Comment. The RM seems reasonable per Ngram[1] and Trends[2] but I'm curious if there are guidelines or norms that should inform the decision. My intuition is that "Zach" and "Zack" are usually considered variants of the same name/hypocorism and that splitting would be unhelpful and would raise the question of whether we need separate lists or articles for Zak, Zakk, and Zac.--MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 00:21, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

  See Shawn/Sean, or Roger/Rodger, or many more such examples currently on Wikipedia. 162 etc. (talk) 17:25, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

  Interesting, thanks. I was interested in other names with common hypocorisms. I see we have articles for Jonathan_(name) and John_(given_name) plus Johnathan, Johnny, Jonny, and Jon; Michael_(given_name) and Micheal which is described as a distinct name but also a spelling variant… [that] is sometimes considered erroneous plus Mikey, Mike (given name), and Mikee. I don't intend to look up the tens of thousands of possible examples. I guess I'm at weak split Zach and Zack. If Mikee gets its own list then I guess Zac, Zak, and Zakk can, too… I would prefer one list @ "Zach" but I don't have a strong argument for it. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 18:17, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

• Split, there's enough here to make two suitably long full length lists, per the analysis above. Bobby Cohn (talk) 21:58, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
• Split the article into Zack, Zach, Zac, Zak, and Zakk. The names are distinct and there is enough content to make several articles. Theparties (talk) 19:14, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

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