Talk:Nathaniel Wales (American politician)

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Wmcewenjr (talk) 22:15, 3 October 2008 (UTC)Wmcewenjr Wmcewenjr (talk) 22:15, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: no consensus for move billinghurst sDrewth 03:09, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nathaniel Wales → Nathaniel Wales (Massachusetts politician) — There's a New Zealand politician of the same name, and this one doesn't look like the primary topic. Schwede 66 18:47, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~Oppose~~ unless and until an article is written about the N.Z. politician. There's no need to preemptively disambiguate. Station1 (talk) 00:08, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Query Given that the New Zealand article has been set up, do you now support the move? Schwede 66 04:16, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Let's say I'm less opposed. If Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales is the best name for the new article, as opposed to Nathaniel Wales (New Zealand politician), because he's known by the longer name, then there's no real need to move this article but only to put a hatnote on it directing readers to the other article (which has already been done). That way readers looking for this article are not inconvenienced and readers looking for the NZ article still get there in one click, the same as they would from a dab page. But this article is not heavily viewed, so if others want to move it I have no strong objection. Station1 (talk) 05:18, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose As disambiguation has been dealt with by a hatnote, there doesn't seem any point. What would be gained? Those seeking the New Zealand politician would still have to go through a disambiguation page, while those seeking the American politician would be further inconvenienced. In addition, disambiguation pages are deprecated when there are only two pages to be disambiguated: the guidance is to disambiguate using hatnotes, as has been done in this case. Skinsmoke (talk) 04:37, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus for a move, though I believe that we would be able to review this down the track if there is an significant imbalance of links, or another Nat Wales appears. billinghurst sDrewth 03:09, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.