Talk:Chris Smith (defensive end)

Latest comment: 9 years ago by Dekimasu in topic Requested move 16 November 2014

Requested move 16 November 2014

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The result of the move request was: move the page, per the discussion below; please help disambiguate any links to Chris Smith created due to this move. Dekimasuよ! 07:04, 4 December 2014 (UTC)Reply


Chris Smith (American football)Chris Smith (defensive end) – There is other American football player's with this name – Yankees10 22:18, 16 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:12, 17 November 2014 (UTC)Reply
Yes this is exactly how it is done with American football players. The only time (American football, born XXXX) is used is if there are two players that played the same position. But every other time the disambiguation is the position the player played.--Yankees10 17:49, 17 November 2014 (UTC)Reply
  • Support this title should redirect to the disambiguation page, just as Chris Smith (football) does. This page title fails WP:PRECISE there being other players of American football by this name with articles (multiple players, not just one other), so ambiguous disambiguation is a fairly bad idea in this case. The problem edit history can be displaced per my earlier comment above -- 67.70.35.44 (talk) 04:38, 18 November 2014 (UTC)Reply
  • Support. Those looking for this article will know what a defensive end is, and it's a likely disambiguator elsewhere in view of the importance of this position (is it already in use?). Noted that the article histories are a (solvable) problem, but this is where we want to end up. Andrewa (talk) 16:26, 27 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

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