Talk:Ted Olson (baseball)

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Why does "Ted Olson" direct here instead of the solicitor general? This guy pitched a whole 18 games? Who cares? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.183.171.30 (talk) 17:57, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was moved by DrKiernan. --BDD (talk) 21:11, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Ted Olson → Ted Olson (baseball) – I have no doubt that Theodore Olsen is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for the name "Ted Olson." Compare his 11,421 views last month to the baseball player's 677 (and how many of those people typed in "Ted Olson" expecting the attorney?). What I'm not sure of is whether Theodore Olsen should remain at that title, with Ted Olson redirecting there, or if he should be moved there altogether. The Ted form is more prevalent, but Theodore is also frequently used (for comparison: "ted olson" -wikipedia "theodore olson" -wikipedia; note that for the former, you have to get more than halfway down the second page before the baseball player is mentioned). I'm sure there are precedents for this sort of situation, but I can't think of any. Feel free to oppose, of course, but if you support my basic idea, please indicate whether you'd prefer Ted Olson to redirect to the attorney or to be the article title. --BDD (talk) 00:55, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

• Support Ted Olson → Ted Olson (baseball) and redirect Ted Olson to Theodore Olson with a hatnote to Ted Olson (baseball). The lawyer is WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for both Ted and Theodore, web search for Ted Olson shows [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] seven first-page listings for the lawyer, the first I could see for the baseball player is on the third page. Zarcadia (talk) 17:05, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
• Support this one seems obvious. Hot Stop (Talk) 04:27, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
• Support per the above evidence. The lawyer is the primary, while this baseball player had but a brief and unremarkable career (from MLB standards). After this is done, a move discussion on the lawyers page could decide whether to stick with "Theodore" or move to "Ted" over the redirect. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:00, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
• Support per all above. In ictu oculi (talk) 04:13, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.