The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Enough sources demonstrating a switch to the "JT" spelling were found for us to follow suit. (closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 20:59, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

J.T. Brubaker → JT Brubaker – Baseball Reference, MLB.com, and ESPN have his name without the periods. MainPeanut (talk) 20:51, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 15:50, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• stylism In ictu oculi (talk) 10:12, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Plenty of articles here have the name without the periods. MainPeanut (talk) 15:24, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? Graham (talk) 01:40, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Support The older sources use periods for "J.T.", but the newer sources ([1][2]) use "JT" without the periods. It would appear to be his preference and is common enough in the sources. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:10, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. Pure variation on style. Our house style is as currently. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:33, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Necrothesp: If we were to conform to our house style, shouldn't the initials be spaced per MOS:SPACEINITS? Graham (talk) 23:13, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

They should indeed. I hadn't actually noticed they weren't. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:12, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Either J. T. or JT per above discussion. Graham (talk) 03:00, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]