Talk:Fred

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VfD

Note that this has been listed on votes for deletion.

I propose to rename it list of people by first name, add a few extra names, and make into a parallel of our list by surname. Comments, objections?

An alternative would be to move it to Fred and make it into a disambiguation page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MartinHarper (talk • contribs) 09:15, 9 April 2003

More people

Is it just me, or does it appear that there are probably more Freds worth writing about than what is on this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.2.61 (talk • contribs) 00:28, 27 October 2005

There shouldn't be more people. This is a dab page, not a listing of people. Gflores ^Talk 21:11, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you do a Google search on allintitle:fred site:en.wikipedia.org it finds about 1100 hits. OK, some of them will be user pages, redirects and suchlike. But that still leaves hundreds and hundreds of pages whose title says they are about "Fred". They all have an article in WP so they are all "notable".

I suggest this page might say something like Fred is a very common forename. Other uses are: and then list in a disambiguation format all the non-personal-name Fred pages. Comments? - Hebrides 12:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fine if you want it. But Gflores is correct, this isn't intended to be an exhaustive list. It's intended to dab among everyone that a user could reasonably seek under that name alone. E.g., the two Brazilian footballers who play under the single name -- they certainly need dab. Some of the others, e.g. Fred Flinstone, are probably excessive. No reasonable user would expect to find those people under the entry Fred. - PhilipR 07:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Mr Laboureur

m (non notable. not even PureBasic cites him.) The above is from the one who removed Fred from the list of Freds. YOU CAN'T READ, CAN YOU? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.166.203.165 (talk • contribs) 20:24, 2 February 2006

I can read just as much as anyone can edit that article. Luckly, someone mentioned today how notable Mr. Fred PureBasic is. --Abu Badali 20:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

YouTube Fred

There is a guy on YouTube who calls himself Fred. He pretends to be an 8-year-old boy with a wierd, high-pitched, voice. He talks very fast. He is very watched and is arguably one of the most popular users on YouTube. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubble90210 (talk • contribs) 04:23, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The two Brazilians

Here on this dab page, it says that the two footballers have the apelido "Fred". But in this case(and as in most) the name Fred is short for a first name such as Frederick. Apelido means surname, which is normally the last name, or name of the family. The word apelido should be changed to nickname. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.215.128.112 (talk) 18:59, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While normally this is true, I think in this case apelido means the "soccer stage name" (which the Brazilians take quite seriously -Socrates, Pelé, Garrincha, Zico, Eder, etc.) and "nickname" really doesn't cover it. Or maybe English doesn't have an adequate term.. MURGH ^disc. 23:17, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, in spoken Brazilian Portuguese, apelido never means surname. This applies to spanish, and it sometimes it may apply to formal language. But most people in Brasil understands apelido as nickname. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.86.0.223 (talk) 14:41, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"FR3D" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect FR3D has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 October 8 § FR3D until a consensus is reached. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 18:06, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]