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The male name Gary (pronounced GARE-ee) Originated from Germany, meaning spear carrier.
This dab page was marked for cleanup per MoS:DAB. I removed the following entries:
GNIS also lists the following tiny (or uninhabited) towns: -- redlinks, non-notable
I removed as non-notable and/or unsourced:
I moved the info about the given name to Gary (given name), but removed all names there because Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information and because such a list would be unmanageable (but there is a Search function there instead).
– sgeureka t• c 21:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: no consensus to move. Favonian ( talk) 13:34, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Gary (disambiguation) → Gary — Shift malplaced page as per WP:MOSDAB where there is no primary topic SamuelTheGhost ( talk) 12:38, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
*'''Support'''
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polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account
Wikipedia's policy on article titles.The result of the move request was: not moved and please assume good faith and use civility in move proposals. -- JHunterJ ( talk) 17:42, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Gary (disambiguation) → Gary – What a stupid redirect. It just goes to show how dumb people are, thinking 'Gary' is more known for being some minor settlement in the middle of nowhere, than being a given name. The last 90 days, the page barely reached 1300 hits in a single day [1]. Gary Lineker surpassed the 3000 mark 7 times during the same period [2], thus a more popular Gary. Of course a disambiguation page isn't gonna score many hits, they're there to guide people who are vague with their searches.
As been mentioned before, the page title is 'Gary, Indiana'. Hell, even the infobox labels it 'City of Gary, Indiana'. Try applying some common sense before opposing the move. [3] VEO one five 11:40, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
I would also support moving this article to Gary for concision. -- Born2cycle ( talk) 09:20, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: move. -- tariqabjotu 06:54, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Gary (disambiguation) → Gary – Let's ignore all rules for a while and apply some common sense, everyone got too caught up in petty bureaucracy last time it seemed.
When you think of the word 'Gary', what do you think of; a city that's not in the top 300 population-wise in the USA and just 7th in Indiana (2010 census) with little administrative significance, or someone with that name? Let's not forget that Gary (IN) was named after a Gary, or be it a family name. If the place in Indiana is the primary Gary, how come the Wikipedia article isn't just that, like with San Francisco et al? To be honest, I have never heard of the place before I came across this and I'm sure many people would assume the same (yeah original research is frowned upon round these parts, especially when it's speculative). Regina is a disambiguation page and its leading article is the given name (which I've never heard either, thought it was a Latin title), not the capital of Saskatchewan. In Regina's case, it's the opposite of the Gary situation; an obscure name taking some precedence over a major city but at least it is a disambiguation.
It's not the original Gary, whether it is the most-known is debatable. VEO one five 20:47, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
Data. DjKimozabe250 ( talk) 06:30, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Disambiguation | ||||
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The male name Gary (pronounced GARE-ee) Originated from Germany, meaning spear carrier.
This dab page was marked for cleanup per MoS:DAB. I removed the following entries:
GNIS also lists the following tiny (or uninhabited) towns: -- redlinks, non-notable
I removed as non-notable and/or unsourced:
I moved the info about the given name to Gary (given name), but removed all names there because Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information and because such a list would be unmanageable (but there is a Search function there instead).
– sgeureka t• c 21:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: no consensus to move. Favonian ( talk) 13:34, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Gary (disambiguation) → Gary — Shift malplaced page as per WP:MOSDAB where there is no primary topic SamuelTheGhost ( talk) 12:38, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
*'''Support'''
or *'''Oppose'''
, then sign your comment with ~~~~
. Since
polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account
Wikipedia's policy on article titles.The result of the move request was: not moved and please assume good faith and use civility in move proposals. -- JHunterJ ( talk) 17:42, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Gary (disambiguation) → Gary – What a stupid redirect. It just goes to show how dumb people are, thinking 'Gary' is more known for being some minor settlement in the middle of nowhere, than being a given name. The last 90 days, the page barely reached 1300 hits in a single day [1]. Gary Lineker surpassed the 3000 mark 7 times during the same period [2], thus a more popular Gary. Of course a disambiguation page isn't gonna score many hits, they're there to guide people who are vague with their searches.
As been mentioned before, the page title is 'Gary, Indiana'. Hell, even the infobox labels it 'City of Gary, Indiana'. Try applying some common sense before opposing the move. [3] VEO one five 11:40, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
I would also support moving this article to Gary for concision. -- Born2cycle ( talk) 09:20, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: move. -- tariqabjotu 06:54, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Gary (disambiguation) → Gary – Let's ignore all rules for a while and apply some common sense, everyone got too caught up in petty bureaucracy last time it seemed.
When you think of the word 'Gary', what do you think of; a city that's not in the top 300 population-wise in the USA and just 7th in Indiana (2010 census) with little administrative significance, or someone with that name? Let's not forget that Gary (IN) was named after a Gary, or be it a family name. If the place in Indiana is the primary Gary, how come the Wikipedia article isn't just that, like with San Francisco et al? To be honest, I have never heard of the place before I came across this and I'm sure many people would assume the same (yeah original research is frowned upon round these parts, especially when it's speculative). Regina is a disambiguation page and its leading article is the given name (which I've never heard either, thought it was a Latin title), not the capital of Saskatchewan. In Regina's case, it's the opposite of the Gary situation; an obscure name taking some precedence over a major city but at least it is a disambiguation.
It's not the original Gary, whether it is the most-known is debatable. VEO one five 20:47, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
Data. DjKimozabe250 ( talk) 06:30, 7 January 2017 (UTC)