Talk:Kay Adams Corleone

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"Kay went to Dartmouth College to study to be a teacher."

I'm not familar enough with the material to say anything definitive, but this doesn't sound right. Dartmouth was late to coeducation, and didn't admit women as undergrads until the early '70s. She could theoretically have been a grad student, I suppose, but then she'd be several years older then Michael, which doesn't sound right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.133.19 (talk) 07:56, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Fictional biography

"In 1945, while attending Dartmouth College, Kay meets and falls in love with Michael, also a student there" is manifestly wrong; see:

• https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/list/years-that-mens-colleges-became-co-ed/366
• https://www.quora.com/When-did-each-of-the-Ivy-League-colleges-start-admitting-women
• http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1969/1/27/dartmouth-hopes-to-become-coed-pdartmouth

Robert Greer (talk) 19:02, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Yes, the novel says they both plan to finish school after they are married, seeing each other on weekends and living together during the summer.Arnold Rothstein1921 (talk) 22:19, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Adams-Corleone? Really?

Why is this character assigned a compound name without any indication (unless in the novels, and unmentioned here) that she ever used it? Michael (talk) 17:45, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Unfortunately, it took Keaton's death for me to see this made up thing. Article moved and Keaton's article updated. There is no hyphen in the sources or Cast lists (Godfather has kay adams, 2 has just "Kay"). The time period of the character makes a hyphen extremely rare. ConstantPlancks (talk) 06:57, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

There is a process for requesting moves, particularly for long-standing titles, and that is Wikipedia:Requested moves. I would suggest holding off on such a discussion until the current deletion discussion is resolved. BD2412 T 14:21, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

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Requested move 15 October 2025

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) Tenshi! (Talk page) 19:54, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

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Kay Adams-Corleone → ? – The use of a hyphenated double surname is anachronistic for this character and not supported by the text of the novel or content of the films, to my knowledge. Metropolitan90 (talk) 14:15, 15 October 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Bensci54 (talk) 16:57, 22 October 2025 (UTC) — Relisting.  --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 19:15, 29 October 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Z E T A³ 19:44, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

• I could support Kay Adams Corleone, or even Kay Corleone née Adams, but would oppose any formulation that removes "Corleone" from the title. She went by the family surname for a substantial part of her appearances in the story. BD2412 T 19:37, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Film/American cinema task force and WikiProject Fictional characters have been notified of this discussion. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 19:15, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Film has been notified of this discussion. Z E T A³ 19:44, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Relisting comment: Lack of participation - where should this article be moved to, if it is moved at all? Z E T A³ 19:44, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

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Explanation of move

I went ahead and moved the article to the non-hyphenated form Kay Adams Corleone (see BD2412's comment at #Requested move 15 October 2025 above). While the character did not always have the same surname, there is no indication that she ever used the hyphenated form, and the full name "Kay Adams Corleone" is unambiguous and supported by the text of the novel The Godfather where it is used twice. -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 18:05, 26 April 2026 (UTC) Make that at least twice. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:26, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

This was previously discussed at RM and there was no consensus for the proposed title. Reverted. See WP:PCM. 162 etc. (talk) 18:07, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Note that the only other editor who participated in the prior move discussion said that they could support Kay Adams Corleone as one possibility for the title. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:23, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Requested move 26 April 2026

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 16:57, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

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Kay Adams-Corleone → Kay Adams Corleone – It appears that after nearly a decade of occasional discussion and one low-participation no-consensus move request, this remains a contentious title. I now support moving this to an unhyphenated title based on the actual usage of the unhyphenated form in media referencing the character. BD2412 T 19:07, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

FYI, see Mario Puzo, The Godfather (1969), p. 442: "Kay Adams Corleone had delighted her in laws by taking instruction in the Catholic religion and joining the faith". BD2412 T 19:21, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

And p. 392: "Every day when Kay Adams Corleone got up to take care of the baby's early feeding, she saw Mama Corleone, the Don's wife ...." --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:25, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

• Support move to Kay Adams Corleone per request. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:18, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

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