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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.
Michael Johnson (Alaska politician) → Michael Johnson (educator) – WP:ATDAB suggests that parenthetical disambiguators be kept as short and sweet as possible. The "Alaska politician" disambiguator is overused and even outright abused in some cases. The position Johnson holds is not a political position per se. Among Alaska's gubernatorial cabinet members, most heads of principal executive branch departments are strictly gubernatorial appointees and can therefore be considered political positions by nature. The exceptions are the heads of the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, who are both required to have a masters degree and professional experience in that field, and who are appointed by boards rather than the governor. This move would make things as unambiguous as possible, especially since notability is not temporary and it's not guaranteed that Johnson will be in this or a similar position X number of years down the road. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 03:14, 6 April 2022 (UTC) — Relisting.—CX Zoom[he/him](let's talk • C • L)08:23, 16 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
No. He isn't an Alaska. This isn't how we disambiguate people. We disambiguate them with what they are. The only exception (for some bizarre reason) is some sportspeople. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:48, 6 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Oppose educator. He seems to be notable because of his position as the Commissioner of Education. He might not otherwise merit an article as an "educator". I don't see anything especially terrible about the current title, but Michael Johnson (Alaska official) might be more accurate. Station1 (talk) 07:44, 23 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
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