Talk:Jim McAllister

Requested move 12 October 2016

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The result of the move request was: pages moved. (non-admin closure) GeoffreyT2000 (talk, contribs) 19:14, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

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• Jim McAllister (Irish republican) → Jim McAllister
• Jim McAllister → James McAllister

– Sole subject of Wikipedia biographical entry bearing this exact name, thus obviating need for qualifier. James McAllister, presently a redirect to the Jim McAlister (disambiguation) page, should be the dab page's main title header (according to his article's lead sentence, Jim McAllister (Irish republican) was born "James McAllister"), but in any event, "James" is at least equally appropriate for the main header. The third entry on the dab page is a fictional character who has no mythic or cultural significance warranting the creation of an article and therefore will always remain as a WP:DABMENTION. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 19:39, 12 October 2016 (UTC) --Relisting. © Tbhotch^™ (en-2.5). 01:57, 20 October 2016 (UTC) --Relisting – see WP:ONLYONE.  Paine  ^u/c 18:24, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose given the popularity of Jim McAlister (Scottish footballer) and Jim McAlister (American soccer) and the fact that the surname/clan/family occurs about equally McAlister and McAllister is this move going to benefit anyone? In ictu oculi (talk) 08:33, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

It should be noted, for the record, that the above-mentioned Jim McAlister (Scottish footballer) and Jim McAlister (American soccer) are not main title headers. Both are redirects, with the main headers appearing without qualifiers as Jim McAlister and Jimmy McAlister, respectively. Furthermore, Jim McAlister (disambiguation) and Jim McAllister (disambiguation) are separate dab pages for the same reason that those named Smith, Brown, Green or Reed have separate dab pages from those named Smythe, Browne, Greene or Reid. Thus, in the same manner that the unique names Jim McAlister and Jimmy McAlister use no qualifiers, so should the unique name Jim McAllister/Jim McAllister (Irish republican) be indicated without a qualifier. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 22:38, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

There's been some moving around. The fact remains that there is no absolute topic for "Jim McAllister". In ictu oculi (talk) 07:07, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

The fact also remains that Wikipedia has only a single article bearing the exact name Jim McAllister in the same manner that there are sole entries for the exact names Jim McAlister, Jimmy McAlister and James McAlister. If these last three names are listed without parenthetical qualifiers, then the qualifier for the unique entry Jim McAllister (Irish republican) should also be deleted (deletion of the qualifier would require the renaming of the Jim McAllister dab page to James McAllister, which is currently a redirect to that same Jim McAllister dab page). —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 06:29, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

• Support per nom. Unreal7 (talk) 17:38, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
• Here are statistics. George Ho (talk) 03:01, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support per nom. This is the only subject with this spelling. Distinguish the others with a hat note.--Cúchullain ^t/c 15:44, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
• Relisting note: Notices will be placed on the project talk pages.  Paine  ^u/c 18:24, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
• Support Only subject with this name. Hatnote can deal with the rest. Number 57 17:39, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

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