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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Omar Ahmad (American politician) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 22:30, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
Another editor recently moved this article from "David Butler (American politician)" to "David Butler (politician)", giving the reason "no other politician named David Butler".
I think this is shortsighted, and I'm going to move the article to an even more specific "David Butler (Nebraska governor)". Google searches turned up a David Butler who unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Arizona state House ( [1], [2]), one who unsuccessfully ran for the state legislature in Oklahoma in 2002 ( [3]), one who was mayor of Whittier, California, and ran for the California State Assembly ( [4], [5]) as well as several who've run for or served in less notable posts: a member of the town council in Leesburg, Virginia ( [6]), a prosecuting attorney in Arkansas ( [7]), a mayor of Woodworth, Louisiana ( [8]), and a mayor of Atchison, Kansas ( [9]).
I doubt whether any of these was significant by WP standards, but had any of the legislative candidates won, they would have been; and given the number of David Butlers out there, it seems not at all unlikely that one or more will achieve notability in the field of politics. We should anticipate this possibility in the naming of this article. — Ammodramus ( talk) 11:55, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved. The consensus is in favour of the original proposal, and I see no point in WP:CRYSTALBALLing that there might be another notable DB politician in the future. If there is, we can move again, it's no big deal. — Amakuru ( talk) 12:03, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
David Butler (Nebraska governor) →
David Butler (politician) – The current name is too
WP:PRECISE; this is the only
notable politician with this name. I don't buy the argument there are other notable David Butler politicans, but even if there are:
WP:WTAF. --
Tavix (
talk)
00:31, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Omar Ahmad (American politician) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 22:30, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
Another editor recently moved this article from "David Butler (American politician)" to "David Butler (politician)", giving the reason "no other politician named David Butler".
I think this is shortsighted, and I'm going to move the article to an even more specific "David Butler (Nebraska governor)". Google searches turned up a David Butler who unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Arizona state House ( [1], [2]), one who unsuccessfully ran for the state legislature in Oklahoma in 2002 ( [3]), one who was mayor of Whittier, California, and ran for the California State Assembly ( [4], [5]) as well as several who've run for or served in less notable posts: a member of the town council in Leesburg, Virginia ( [6]), a prosecuting attorney in Arkansas ( [7]), a mayor of Woodworth, Louisiana ( [8]), and a mayor of Atchison, Kansas ( [9]).
I doubt whether any of these was significant by WP standards, but had any of the legislative candidates won, they would have been; and given the number of David Butlers out there, it seems not at all unlikely that one or more will achieve notability in the field of politics. We should anticipate this possibility in the naming of this article. — Ammodramus ( talk) 11:55, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved. The consensus is in favour of the original proposal, and I see no point in WP:CRYSTALBALLing that there might be another notable DB politician in the future. If there is, we can move again, it's no big deal. — Amakuru ( talk) 12:03, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
David Butler (Nebraska governor) →
David Butler (politician) – The current name is too
WP:PRECISE; this is the only
notable politician with this name. I don't buy the argument there are other notable David Butler politicans, but even if there are:
WP:WTAF. --
Tavix (
talk)
00:31, 22 September 2016 (UTC)