Talk:Robert Walker (Third Lanark footballer)

Latest comment: 7 years ago by KAP03 in topic Requested move 1 February 2017

Requested move 1 February 2017

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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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: No consensus. It looks like close to a consensus that "black footballer" is not a good disambiguator, but no consensus on what to replace it with. I suggest a new RM after someone studies the options and assembles a good case for one or two, since the current discussion has gotten too fragmented to converge. (non-admin closure) Dicklyon (talk) 05:21, 11 February 2017 (UTC)Reply



– The first Walker should have a qualifier analogous to that of fellow black player, Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856), as well as to qualifiers used for Robert Walker (footballer, born 1884), Robert Walker (footballer, born 1982) or Robert Walker (footballer, born 1987). The second Walker needs a qualifier more specific than "(English footballer)" since Robert Walker (footballer, born 1884) was also an English footballer. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 20:45, 1 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 21:32, 1 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
To clarify, I went with the "Third Lanark A.C. footballer" disambig qualifier to match the category this individual is in. I've no issue with it being "Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers" instead. Lugnuts Precious bodily fluids 07:41, 10 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

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The result of the move request was: Move to Robert Walker (Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers footballer) -KAP03(Talk • Contributions • Email) 02:09, 5 April 2017 (UTC)Reply


Requested move 27 March 2017

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Robert Walker (black footballer)Robert Walker (Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers footballer) – the current title is a disgrace to an NPOV enyclopedia. Labelling someone solely by their skin colour may have been acceptable when 1950s South Africa was implementing the Population Registration Act, but it is not how en.wp does things.
A move discussion in February closed as "no consensus" because it had gotten fragmented by too many issues, but discussion had begun to focus on using the player's club as a disambiguator: Robert Walker (Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers footballer), or Robert Walker (Third Lanark A.C. footballer). The club was known as "Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers" when Walker played for it, but was subsequently renamed to Third Lanark A.C., and known as that for most of its history. I prefer the Robert Walker (Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers footballer) to avoid anachronism, but support either as an alternative to the current, racially-based title.
Note that the other common disambiguators of nationality and/or year of birth are unworkable here: his year of birth is unknown, and his nationality alone does not produce a unique disambiguator. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:51, 27 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Pinging @Lugnuts, BDD, Roman Spinner, Theurgist, GiantSnowman, and Jellyman, who all participated in the previous discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:56, 27 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. --BDD (talk) 16:09, 27 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

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