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The result of the move request was: moved per WP:COMMONNAME. Although the participants were split roughly 50/50 on Rob Pyne or "Robert Pyne (Australian politician)", those preferring the further cited a Wikipedia naming policy, giving their arguments more weight. Number 5 7 12:59, 9 February 2015 (UTC) reply

Robert Pyne (politician) → Rob Pyne – Known as; accidentally created duplicate at new name so won't move automatically. – Frickeg ( talk) 01:11, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply

This is a contested technical request ( permalink). Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 07:03, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply

• Use formal name or nickname? And, Robert Pyne (politician) hatlinks to Robert Pyne, which redirects to Robert Allan Pyne, who is also a politician. Is either much more notable than the other? Move Robert Pyne (politician) to Robert Pyne (Australian politician), and Robert Pyne to Robert Pyne (Canadian politician), and make a redirect page between these 2 and Robert Pine and Robert Edge Pine? Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 07:03, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
  • Why is this contested? He is universally referred to as "Rob Pyne" and the article is only at this name because the existing redirect prevented the creation of the article at the title it should have been created at? One of these men is known commonly as Robert Pyne, the other as Rob Pyne, the disambiguation is easy, and this should not have been contested. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 09:13, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
• He appeared on ballot papers as "Rob Pyne" and has universally been referred to as such. The article actually should have been deleted prior to yesterday as he wasn't notable until he won the seat, but that's by the by. As for the various other Robert Pynes, pretty simple, I'd say. This one goes to "Rob Pyne", "Robert Pyne" is made a dab page, "Robert Pyne (politician)" redirects to the dab, and as for the Canadian politician, I leave that up to people familiar with such things to decide based on how the sources describe him. Frickeg ( talk) 07:06, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
• Also, under page Rob Pyne I found an old speedy-deleted article about someone else, which I fished out from under and moved to Rob Pyne (Australian councillor) and re-deleted. Is it worthwhile undeleting it and including it in the disambig page? Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 07:11, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
  • Are you sure it's not the same guy? He was a councillor before being elected to parliament. Frickeg ( talk) 07:19, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
• This is the start of the last edit of the deleted article Rob Pyne (Australian councillor): "Cr. Rob Pyne a fifth generation Cairns resident, has always lived on the south side. He was born in Gordonvale, grew up in Edmonton and has lived in Mt Sheridan for the last 14 years. In 1991 Rob suffered a tragic diving accident that left him a quadriplegic. Although being in a wheelchair for the past 20 years, it hasn’t stopped him achieving, always putting the ‘ability’ in ‘disability’. He spent nine months recuperating in Princess Alexandria Hospital Spinal Unit in Brisbane, during which time he married his fiancé Jenny. ...", and see image of his face. It is the same man. I have history-merged Rob Pyne (Australian councillor) to Robert Pyne (politician). Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 07:33, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
• To clarify what's going on here: before yesterday, this guy wasn't notable. The article should never have been accepted at AfC; in fact, it was declined twice (and the person who eventually accepted it noted that it should probably be at Rob Pyne). Since he was elected to the Queensland Parliament yesterday, he now qualifies. The fact that it is at "Robert" at all is probably because it had already been deleted at "Rob". This really is an uncontroversial move; I would have done it myself if I hadn't started a new page at "Rob Pyne" before I found the "Robert Pyne (politician)" one. Frickeg ( talk) 07:45, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
• Move to Robert Pyne (Australian politician), and Robert Pyne to Robert Pyne (Canadian politician) as above In ictu oculi ( talk) 08:57, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
  • No, the Australian one should be at Rob Pyne, which is clearly the WP:COMMONNAME. Frickeg ( talk) 09:02, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
• Move. This should not have been contested, and I'm not sure why the two users above keep ignoring WP:COMMONNAME. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 09:13, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
  • Since it wasn't a BRD revert move, any non-mischievous reason for contesting the speedy move is a proper reason for contesting the move. It only extends the period to the move happening by 7 days -- 65.94.40.137 ( talk) 12:52, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply
• Comment the current title is wholly inappropriate, due to the existence of the Canadian politician. As the Canadian politician is currently functioning as the primary topic for "Robert Pyne", then "Robert Pyne (politician)" should also point to the primary topic. At the very least, this article needs to move to "Robert Pyne (Australian politician)" if it doesn't move to "Rob Pyne". -- 65.94.40.137 ( talk) 12:55, 1 February 2015 (UTC) reply

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