Talk:Kevin Anderson (tennis)

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Untitled[edit]

This page should be kept as it is the only page showing details of Kevin Anderson's tennis history.

We would like to add a link to our unofficial fans page on free web space but this is also blocked - please free this specific webpage.

This is not a spam or a commercial site, just set up by a fan.

Ian T Cambridge England (86.6.3.217 (talk) 09:57, 9 March 2008 (UTC)).[reply]

Requested move 5 November 2018[edit]

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The result of the move request was: not moved (page mover nac) Flooded with them hundreds 10:51, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

– I believe that the tennis player is now the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC among all of the people with the name "Kevin Anderson". The tennis player's page receives 3x as many pageviews as Kevin Anderson (actor), and many times more pageviews than all of the other people with the same name. I may be biased as a tennis fan but I also believe the tennis player's achievements as a world class tennis player have more long term significance than the achievements of the other people who also have the same name as him. Iffy★Chat -- 13:05, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – I'm skeptical about this one, and think it may be a case of WP:RECENTISM. IOW, a decade from now, I'm not sure the tennis player will be getting nearly so many views. And I personally am skeptical that the tennis player is more notable than, say, Kevin Anderson the actor – IOW, a 3:1 (i.e. 75:25) ratio in page views is not enough to be a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC in my book (I'm usually looking for 9:1 or more...). So, I'm leaning oppose. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:02, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – I prefer to leave the title as "Kevin Anderson (tennis)" (although I'm also a tennis fan). When page views are the best (or only) criterion for deciding, I think the ratio should be quite high (more like 10:1 or even 100:1) if one article is to be treated as what most people intend to find. I'm curious: does anyone know of any discussion about criteria (other than page views) to use for articles about people? (For example, for articles about cities I think city population is sometimes used as a criterion. Has anything similar been used for articles about people?) Leaning oppose. CWBoast (talk) 16:03, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. There are 15 entries at the Kevin Anderson disambiguation page — far too many for one entry to be singled out for primary topic, unless the man in question is an internationally renowned front-page personality, which does not appear to be the case in this instance. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 22:59, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I think it's probably best where it is. This is not Roger Federer and I also would want a higher ratio. I still tend to think of the actor before the tennis player, but that's me. And putting his career tennis achievements into perspective, he's only won five tournaments in his life... four at the lowest level of the ATP tour, and one at the second lowest. Perhaps in the future if he wins a few masters or majors, this might have to be re-looked at. But even then I would leave it at "Kevin Anderson (tennis)" and simply redirect Kevin Anderson to that, while creating a "Kevin Anderson (disambiguation)" article. But that's in the future. Fyunck(click) (talk) 23:24, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Due to the fact that he isn't as notable as mentioned above, Roger Federer (in which it would be obvious to make him the primary topic), and that it's a fairly common name (also mentioned above) which the latter means a more notable Kevin Anderson may come along in the not so far future. Also Kevin Anderson (tennis player) 's high page view counts may not be lasting. JC7V-talk 05:15, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Top 5 ranking[edit]

Cliff Drysdale was the first South African tennis player to be ranked in the top 5, not Kevin Curren. Drysdale was ranked nr 4 in the world in 1965. 197.82.222.190 (talk) 05:47, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]