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| Registered: April 13, 2007 |  Posts: 651 |
| | Posted: | | | | From his website:
"How did Al get the name "Weird Al"?
Although he seems to remember people calling him "Weird Al" during his freshman year in the Cal Poly dorms, it didn't become official until Al started doing shifts as a DJ at his campus radio station, KCPR. He gave himself the air-name of "Weird Al" because of his penchant for playing music that was, well, kind of weird… and the nickname just kind of stuck."
Here we have both air-name (stage name) and stuck with nickname...
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Since Yankovic is his real last name, I'd go with "Weird Al" // Yankovic | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Katatonia: Quote:
Since Yankovic is his real last name, I'd go with "Weird Al" // Yankovic I agree.. | | | Berak
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| Registered: November 16, 2007 | | Posts: 80 |
| | Posted: | | | | "Weird Al" // Yankovic |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,242 |
| | Posted: | | | | Don't the Rules specify that a "Stage Name" goes into the first name field, and others and yourself have pointed out "Yankovic" being his surname would go into the last name field...therefore "Weird Al//Yankovic"
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting snarbo: Quote:
Don't the Rules specify that a "Stage Name" goes into the first name field, and others and yourself have pointed out "Yankovic" being his surname would go into the last name field...therefore "Weird Al//Yankovic"
Steve I think bentyman was asking what to do since it may be both a nickname and a stage name, and both are mentioned in the Credits section of the rules. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Bfd245: Quote:
"Weird Al" // Yankovic I agree. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | Wouldn't it be /"Weird Al"/Yankovic? (Nickname into middle name field) |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting RHo: Quote:
Wouldn't it be /"Weird Al"/Yankovic? (Nickname into middle name field) If it were 'Albert "Weird Al" Yankovic', i'd agree. But, 'Al' is his first name, so I'd parse it "Weird Al"//Yankovic. | | | | Hal |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting hal9g: Quote:
Quoting RHo:
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Wouldn't it be /"Weird Al"/Yankovic? (Nickname into middle name field)
If it were 'Albert "Weird Al" Yankovic', i'd agree.
But, 'Al' is his first name, so I'd parse it "Weird Al"//Yankovic. Agreed with Hal. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 810 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting RHo: Quote:
Wouldn't it be /"Weird Al"/Yankovic? (Nickname into middle name field) By the current rules, RHo is correct. This is a case where the current rules don't work very well, but what can you do? pdf | | | Paul Francis
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,741 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pdf256: Quote:
Quoting RHo:
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Wouldn't it be /"Weird Al"/Yankovic? (Nickname into middle name field)
By the current rules, RHo is correct.
This is a case where the current rules don't work very well, but what can you do?
pdf But the examples given by Ken in the rules inclode both a real firstname and a nickname, not just only a nickname. And stage names like Madonna are to be parsed into the first name field. | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
Quoting hal9g:
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Quoting RHo:
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Wouldn't it be /"Weird Al"/Yankovic? (Nickname into middle name field)
If it were 'Albert "Weird Al" Yankovic', i'd agree.
But, 'Al' is his first name, so I'd parse it "Weird Al"//Yankovic.
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