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On 3 April 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Jerry Falwell Sr. to Jerry Falwell. The result of the discussion was moved.

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First or 3rd president?

https://www.liberty.edu/news/2019/07/18/dr-a-pierre-guillermin-remembered-as-founding-leader-and-cherished-friend/ On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, Dr. A. Pierre Guillermin passed away at the age of 82. Dr. Guillermin served as President of Liberty University from 1971 to 1996 and as President Emeritus since his retirement in 1996

https://www.liberty.edu/news/2017/02/06/former-lu-president-encourages-students-to-be-missional-in-all-things/ John Borek, president emeritus of Liberty who served from 1997-2003

https://www.liberty.edu/news/2020/08/25/liberty-university-board-accepts-jerry-falwell-jr-s-resignation-as-president/ Falwell was the fourth president of Liberty University, assuming the role after his father, Liberty founder Dr. Jerry Falwell, Sr., passed away in 2007 antony.trupe (talk) 19:22, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

This article reads like a low-quality twitter-dunk

Is part of his legacy really receiving prank calls? Are Jr's sexcapades 13 years post-mortem relevant? This article is the kind of trash you'd hear from your 14 year old after he discovers atheism, not something worthy of an encyclopedia that aims to collect and categorize knowledge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.226.5.218 (talk) 03:20, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Theology

This article lacks any clear statement of Falwell's theology. Surely this is worth a section of it's own, stating his personal theological viewpoints. Darkman101 (talk) 22:07, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 3 April 2022

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. (closed by non-admin page mover) 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 01:14, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

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Jerry Falwell Sr. → Jerry Falwell – Per MOS:COMMONNAME. The father is almost exclusively referred to without the suffix, similar to the case of Donald Trump (versus Donald Trump Jr.). See, e.g., this ngram. (Only the tiniest fraction of the references to "Jerry Falwell" picked up in the ngram will be to Falwell's eldest son.) Jerry Falwell currently redirects to Jerry Falwell Sr. as it is well established that the father is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for that title. Graham (talk) 23:20, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). (t · c) buidhe 06:04, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

This is a highly viewed page so I think it's better to discuss the move. (t · c) buidhe 06:04, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

• Support per nom. The fact that "Jerry Falwell" already redirects to this page is a particularly strong point of evidence for Jerry Sr. being the primary topic. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 19:20, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.