Talk:Brian Gerard James

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[edit] Requested move

He has been known as "B.G. James" for three years, and has signed a three year contract extension with TNA, so is practically guaranteed to be known by this name throughout the forseeable future. It will save on redirects for all newly created articles. It is his real name, and he is known to be addressed as "B.G.". Finally, moving the page will allow Brian James to be made into a disambiguation page. McPhail 21:08, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

  • not voting (I really don't know the guy) - just wanted to remark I use the Brian James/B.G. James ambiguity as an example in Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people) (proposed guideline); other remark, for what it's worth: according to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) ("Initials in names should each be followed by a period and a space"), the more "wikipedian" spelling of the name with abbreviations would be B. G. James, but that's a page apparently already taken by a politician, so (if not swapping the politician somewhere else) a possibility would be B. G. James (wrestler) (or something to that effect). I suppose Brian Gerard James is not being used frequently enough to consider? Lastly Google test shows that it's probably BG James that is used most often to refer to this wrestler (if wanting an exception to the point+space after abbreviation rule, maybe turning to the most common per general wikipedia naming conventions rule is after all preferable). --Francis Schonken 09:50, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
In that case, BG James would probably be preferable, as the TNA website does not include periods in his name (although they are acknowledged as being his initials). I think it would be preferable to avoid suffixing the article name with a bracketed qualifying term for aesthetic reasons. McPhail 16:32, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
Technically the move can be operated without needing admin intervention. I leave that up to you: breaking off the vote might have the risk others would contest the "unconventional" abbreviation later. If not breaking it off you could also change the move request to "BG James" here and on the WP:RM page. It's also possible to sit it out like it is now, and see what happens. (but that might be not too much, I'm still not voting) --Francis Schonken 18:10, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vote results

The proposer of the vote appears to have changed his original proposition (move to B.G. James) to:

Since no other people voted, this seems the most likely choice. Because of the backlog on WP:RM, I remove the topic there. All redirects disentangled (as far as I can see). Brian James is a disambig page now. --Francis Schonken 18:19, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Real name

What is his real name? The article says he was born Brian Gerard James but then it afterwards says he is the son of Bob Armstrong.

Was Armstrong an absent father and he took his mother's last name or was he born Brian James Armstrong? (Lostkiwi 21:40, 11 June 2006 (UTC))

     Bob Armstrong is the ring name of Joseph James.  VelvetKevorkian 02:36, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation

I came to this page looking for a motorcycle I read about years ago in Cycle Magazine or Cycle World or something. That motorcycle was home-built and over 20 feet long. I don't have much information about it, but it was called Road Dog. Wikipedia could use a disambiguation page for people who aren't looking for the wrestler.

Ah, I found it! It's listed under Roadog, not Road Dog, but if I can't figure out how to create a disambiguation page then I'd really appreciate it if someone else could. Incidentally, it was only 17 feet long; a bit shorter than I remembered.

He is such a loser i mean seriously him and dat idiot billy gunn declared war on the wwe just cos their asses got fired they really need 2 get ova themselves and really brian said he would go bak 2 wwe if they would have him but but seriously y would the wwe waste their time on a crybaby.TNA is a waste of time Samoa Joe is the only decent wrestler on dat show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.72.233.105 (talk) 05:14, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rejoining WWE

I'm a bit confused - I just watched a shoot interview where Road Dogg and Billy Gunn just tore right into Vince McMahon... yet it says on this page that he's said he'd happily rejoin WWE? He stated, quite clearly here that he would never go back to WWE! [[1]] --212.84.125.251 (talk) 19:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)