Talk:Stephen Simmons (boxer)

Latest comment: 9 years ago by Armbrust in topic Requested moves

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The result of the move request was: move Stephen Simmons to Stephen Simmons (footballer) and replace it with Stephen Simmons (disambiguation). Armbrust The Homunculus 11:47, 8 July 2014 (UTC)Reply



– There are 2 Stephen Simmons. The footballer and the boxer. The footballer is currently the "Primary" page for "Stephen Simmons" on Wikipedia, however the boxer is more famous. In fact if you google "Stephen Simmons" you will see that the boxer is top and in fact the only article on the footballer in the top 10 is the wikipedia page! (posting as proxy for a confused BoxingCentral, his nomination) Reventtalk 15:50, 30 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

If you could sort this that would be great. thanks Boxing Central BoxingCentral (talk) 15:53, 30 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

  • Oppose 1st move; Support 2nd move; Move (disambiguation) to base name. The primary topic in Books, and encyclopedic significance is Stephen Simmons, hung 1830, last case of Capital punishment in Michigan under state law. Neither sportsman is more significant than all other Stephen Simmons who ever lived, and making either of them primary would be user-unfriendly to either boxing readers or football readers. In ictu oculi (talk) 03:29, 1 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
There was no dab, and the 3rd and 4th Stephen Simmons not listed. Created Stephen Simmons (disambiguation) In ictu oculi (talk) 03:31, 1 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
  • Agree with IIO. HandsomeFella (talk) 08:31, 1 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
  • Disambiguate per IIO -- 65.94.171.126 (talk) 05:55, 3 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
  • Reluctant oppose in order to disambiguate as per all y'all. I hate doing this, but Google Books are pretty clear. Red Slash 20:59, 4 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

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