Talk:Harry Allan (footballer)

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Requested move 12 November 2023[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. Per consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 07:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Harry Allan (footballer, born unknown)Harry Allan (footballer) – There aren't any other footballers called Harry Allan. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 07:41, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support per nomination. Appears to be an uncontroversial technical request. —Roman Spinner (talkcontribs) 09:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Ambiguous with Harry Allan (rugby union). Why not use Harry Allan (Scottish footballer)? Jenks24 (talk) 11:11, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Rugby footballers and association footballers aren't ambiguous with each other. See WP:NCSP. 162 etc. (talk) 17:32, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Where does it say that? Rugby is a type of football. Jenks24 (talk) 11:32, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    "If a sportsperson in any form of rugby football—rugby league, rugby union, or beach rugby—is not a primary topic of all people with a similar name, use (rugby), (rugby player), (rugby union), (rugby league), or (beach rugby)." Note that (footballer) is not used. 162 etc. (talk) 16:56, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Just because footballer is not the preferred dab for rugby players on Wikipedia does not mean that they are never known as footballers. Jenks24 (talk) 11:14, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. "Born unknown" doesn't really help to identify him (aren't we all born unknown?). Just add a hatnote to Henry Allan (footballer) (nicknamed Harry, and also Scottish) and maybe Harry Allan (rugby union). These are all lightly viewed articles. Station1 (talk) 18:25, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above, hatnotes can be used. DankJae 03:10, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per WP:NCSP.--Ortizesp (talk) 04:07, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. Rugby players are not known as footballers, even though rugby is officially called rugby football. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:26, 14 November 2023 (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.