Talk:Sam Thompson

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Requested move 31 October 2024

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Sam Thompson → Sam Thompson (baseball) – This article may not be in certain people's minds first when searching for a particular Sam Thompson. I think a lot of people may expect Sam Thompson (TV personality) to be the most looked at page instead of the baseball one so I don't think this is the primary topic. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 20:49, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Sam Thompson (outfielder) would be the title, since Sam Thompson (baseball) is ambiguous. 162 etc. (talk) 22:14, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To be fair, I don't know much about baseball but I should have checked the disambiguation page first before committing the opening edit. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 16:54, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Does a reality show contestant really have more long-term notability than a Hall of Famer? 162 etc. (talk) 22:23, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, from pageviews last year[1], the TV personality, who is the only Sam Thompson I've heard of, has been page viewed at least 10,000 times near the end of the year 2023 for his I'm a Celebrity contribution but has not gained more than 8000 a day this year. Our base page gets less views than the TV personality and therfore gets read less often and has less significance but the base page was the earliest one. That spike in page views seems to be a month of notability. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 16:54, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose move. The baseball player is one of the all-time greats. His notoriety has been continuous for over a century. The reality show guy is a flash in the pan. Cbl62 (talk) 22:29, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As well as the fact he gets more page views under normal situations than the base page but I've seen from other talk pages, page views are not always the deciding factor. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 16:54, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, Baseball Hall of Famer clear primary. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:50, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For baseball fans, definitely. The other two Sam Thompsons who are baseballers may not be notable enough but could still be kept on Wikipedia. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 16:54, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strong support the baseball player has 685 views but the TV personality has 19,713, the playwright has 106, the basketball player has 73, the writer has 31, the rugby league player has 21, the catcher has 15, the tennis player has 13 and the pitcher has 10[[2]]. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:03, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support (outfielder) an 19th century, lesser known baseball player is hardly the PT for this name. Natg 19 (talk) 02:21, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support outfielder. Not the primary topic amongst all those people. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:44, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support outfielder as well. Not the PTOPIC among all Thompsons, but nevertheless still a notable person. TiggerJay (talk) 02:54, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]