Talk:William Maclay (Pennsylvania politician, born 1765)

Requested move 9 August 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved —usernamekiran (talk) 22:04, 29 August 2023 (UTC)Reply


– Proposing to add birth dates for disambiguation. The first title is ambiguous with William Plunkett Maclay and the second is ambiguous with William T. Smith. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:51, 9 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. ModernDayTrilobite (talkcontribs) 13:37, 17 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

  • Oppose as unnecessary WP:OVERPRECISION. There's only one other possibility for each of the 2 articles, so hatnotes solve the issue of the extremely rare reader who might be in the wrong place. Year of birth is highly unlikely to be helpful in these 2 cases, especially Maclay since they're only a few years apart. Station1 (talk) 19:08, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
This would not be WP:OVERPRECISION, since the current titles do not "unambiguously define the topical scope of the article". The current titles are WP:INCOMPLETEDAB. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 21:03, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
No objection here. Indeed, Necrothesp seems to have a stronger grasp of the convention for Wikipedia politician article titles than most. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 13:53, 17 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
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