Talk:Thomas Crooks

Requested move 14 July 2024[edit]

It has been proposed in this section that Thomas Crooks be renamed and moved to Thomas Crooks (disambiguation).

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Thomas Crooks → Thomas Crooks (disambiguation) – Thomas Matthew Crooks is clearly the primary topic for Thomas Crooks. See: [1][2][3], etc. Thomas Crooks should redirect to Thomas Matthew Crooks and a hatnote should be added to Thomas Matthew Crooks pointing to the disambiguation page. C F A 💬 22:17, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Biography has been notified of this discussion. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 • [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺] 22:43, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Assuming that Thomas Matthew Crooks should have an article about him, Thomas Matthew Crooks should also be moved to Thomas Crooks. --Jax 0677 (talk) 23:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is a blatant case of WP:Recentism, isn't it? --Joy (talk) 09:08, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Reply - Can you please elaborate? --Jax 0677 (talk) 13:47, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Surely it's obvious? It's about a recent assassin who's also no longer living, so there's going to be a spike of reader interest and then it will most likely subside. --Joy (talk) 20:19, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait per WP:TOOSOON. If I was forced to decide now, though, I do concur with Joy in opposing move on Recentism grounds. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 15:07, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait per Joy and InvadingInvader. I would put this aside for at least a year, and see whether interest in the subject is still enduring at that point. We live in the age of the flash-in-the-pan news cycle. BD2412 T 17:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on most days before the shooting and footballer move the footballer and Ferguson had no pageviews on most days while Matthew has 456,173[[4]]. This is similar to Talk:George Floyd (American football)#Requested move 28 May 2020 where the previous article got almost no views. If in a few years things change we can move it back. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:54, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Most sources use his full name, Thomas Matthew Crooks, not Thomas Crooks. The current page title leads to an appropriate disambiguation with Thomas Matthew Crooks at the top of the list, I think that is sufficient. Inexpiable (talk) 17:56, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]