Talk:William Oakes (botanist)

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Requested move 11 August 2020[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. —usernamekiran (talk) 09:55, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

– No indication that the 15-sentence entry for the American botanist from 200 years ago portrays a historical figure of such overriding notability as to completely overshadow the legacy of music publisher William H. Oakes and Scottish footballer William "Will" Oakes. — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 07:22, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support 1 page view per day does not warrant being a primary topic.—Bagumba (talk) 09:57, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. If the rugby player Will Oakes isn't known as "William", the results of page views are inconclusive. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:12, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.