Talk:James Leith (British Army officer, born 1763)

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On 11-28-07 I created the new page "James Leith (1763-1845)."

On 11-29-07 someone changed it to "James Leith (Peninsular War)" so I changed all the links to this name.

On 11-30-07 someone changed it AGAIN to "James Leith (British Army officer)."

OK, maybe the second choice was a little better than my first stab at it. But to change it A SECOND TIME in two days! Djmaschek 05:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

The problem is that there is another James Leith who was a British Army officer, that being James Leith (Scottish VC). I created a James Leith dab page instead of the redir to the VC article. If nobody objects, I'm going to move this one back to the Peninsular War title, and hereby apologize to anybody who is as frustrated as Djmaschek about the whole mess. James Leith (general) wouldn't work, incidentally, because the Scottish VC eventually became a Major General himself. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:17, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Trouble is Leith is also known for his work in the West Indies (only touched on in the article) Kernel Saunters 19:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I suggest moving to James Leith (British Army infantry officer), since the other Leith was a cavalry officer. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:24, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

The name of the page has been changed several times in the 12 days since I created it!!! I was aware of the other James Leith. Earlier, I mistakenly linked the Peninsular War battles to his name. When I realized he was a different person, I created a new James Leith page with a unique identifier (birth & death dates). BTW: Thank you for adding material about the West Indes. Djmaschek (talk) 04:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

We've got it stabilized, with the James Leith (British Army infantry officer) and James Leith (VC), and a dab page in case more James Leiths swim up from the rolls of history. Birthdates are not generally recommended when disambiguating, as raw dates tell you nothing about the person(s) involved. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:01, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 30 September 2020

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 to James Leith (British Army officer, born 1763). Other than the nom, only one other argument was brought forth, and the nom did not seem to disagree with it. WP:OTHEROPTIONS and WP:TITLECON applies. (non-admin closure)  Bait30  ^{Talk 2 me pls?} 23:30, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

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James Leith (British Army officer) → James Leith (soldier, born 1763) – The existing title is ambiguous with James Leith (VC). The proposed disambiguation is in accordance with WP:NCPDAB. 207.161.86.162 (talk) 06:02, 30 September 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. BegbertBiggs (talk) 16:07, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:27, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

• @Station1: queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:27, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
• @207.161.86.162: Not uncontroversial. Previous discussion on talk page. Station1 (talk) 06:12, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
• Rename to James Leith (British Army officer, born 1763) as per usual disambiguation for British Army officers. We never use "soldier" for them. -- Necrothesp (talk) 17:06, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

  Why is that, Necrothesp? 207.161.86.162 (talk) 19:11, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

  Consistency! We use "British Army officer" for officers and "British Army soldier" for other ranks. Always have done. No reason to make an exception here. -- Necrothesp (talk) 22:09, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

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