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Was there any discussion about moving the Walter Johnson (disambiguation) and Walter Johnson (baseball) articles? I don't see any, and I fail to understand reason for the moves. The baseball player is easily the most famous of those listed here, and should remain as the primary topic, IMO. - Eureka Lott 12:32, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
No, there doesn't seem to have been any discussion. It looks like some Wiki admin in the UK just took it upon herself to do it. I've never heard of any of the other Walter Johnsons on the disambiguation page. I would have voted against the move if given the chance. Oh well.
DutchmanInDisguise ( talk) 15:29, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Just another thought -- there are dozens, if not hundreds, of pages which link to " Walter Johnson". Now somebody will have to change all of them to " Walter Johnson (baseball)" so they'll link to the right guy. Is BrownHairedGirl gonna take care of that, or has she left the task to us Yank baseball fans? I say revert the change now!
DutchmanInDisguise ( talk) 15:29, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
I still disagree with the page move. Walter Johnson wasn't just any baseball player. He is considered by most students of the game to be the greatest pitcher in the history of the sport. He was one of the first group of players inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936. I agree that a lot of the links are bogus and shouldn't be used to gauge notability, but to us Yanks, he is several times as "significant" as a mere governor. What was done was comparable to the ludicrousness of creating a " David Beckham" disambiguation page if, let's say, there were also a "David Beckham (university president)", "David Beckham (bank robber)", and a few other gents who happen to have the same name as "David Beckham (footballer)"!
I say, revert it!
DutchmanInDisguise ( talk) 17:28, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was Moved (previous move undone), with no bad faith seen in original move. DMacks ( talk) 18:34, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
Walter Johnson → Walter Johnson (disambiguation) — This is a proposal to revert a pair of recent page moves that were performed without prior discussion and to restore the baseball player as the primary topic for the name. As one of the most important figures in the history of baseball and one of the first five people to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, he is easily the most notable person of this name. Eureka Lott 03:34, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Please also note the above discussion. - Eureka Lott 03:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Okay, so eight (8) days have passed now and everybody who has checked in on this discussion, except AnthonyAppleyard says to REVERT. How do we get this discussion closed and get somebody to put things back the way they were? From what I can see at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions, we participants aren't allowed to close and revert.
DutchmanInDisguise ( talk) 04:23, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
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Was there any discussion about moving the Walter Johnson (disambiguation) and Walter Johnson (baseball) articles? I don't see any, and I fail to understand reason for the moves. The baseball player is easily the most famous of those listed here, and should remain as the primary topic, IMO. - Eureka Lott 12:32, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
No, there doesn't seem to have been any discussion. It looks like some Wiki admin in the UK just took it upon herself to do it. I've never heard of any of the other Walter Johnsons on the disambiguation page. I would have voted against the move if given the chance. Oh well.
DutchmanInDisguise ( talk) 15:29, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Just another thought -- there are dozens, if not hundreds, of pages which link to " Walter Johnson". Now somebody will have to change all of them to " Walter Johnson (baseball)" so they'll link to the right guy. Is BrownHairedGirl gonna take care of that, or has she left the task to us Yank baseball fans? I say revert the change now!
DutchmanInDisguise ( talk) 15:29, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
I still disagree with the page move. Walter Johnson wasn't just any baseball player. He is considered by most students of the game to be the greatest pitcher in the history of the sport. He was one of the first group of players inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936. I agree that a lot of the links are bogus and shouldn't be used to gauge notability, but to us Yanks, he is several times as "significant" as a mere governor. What was done was comparable to the ludicrousness of creating a " David Beckham" disambiguation page if, let's say, there were also a "David Beckham (university president)", "David Beckham (bank robber)", and a few other gents who happen to have the same name as "David Beckham (footballer)"!
I say, revert it!
DutchmanInDisguise ( talk) 17:28, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was Moved (previous move undone), with no bad faith seen in original move. DMacks ( talk) 18:34, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
Walter Johnson → Walter Johnson (disambiguation) — This is a proposal to revert a pair of recent page moves that were performed without prior discussion and to restore the baseball player as the primary topic for the name. As one of the most important figures in the history of baseball and one of the first five people to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, he is easily the most notable person of this name. Eureka Lott 03:34, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Please also note the above discussion. - Eureka Lott 03:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Okay, so eight (8) days have passed now and everybody who has checked in on this discussion, except AnthonyAppleyard says to REVERT. How do we get this discussion closed and get somebody to put things back the way they were? From what I can see at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions, we participants aren't allowed to close and revert.
DutchmanInDisguise ( talk) 04:23, 9 February 2010 (UTC)