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@Sulfurboy, Robert McClenon, Onel5969, and Sphilbrick: Notifying editors involved with this article and Ian C Powell. We obviously shouldn't have both articles. With the AFC/NPP/REVDEL involvement, hoping someone can straighten this out. MB 03:13, 19 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
MB, That's on me. I attempted a check per usual to avoid duplicates, didn't think to look with the middle initial C in the name. Pretty terrible disambiguation on the older article. I think the newer article has more info and the better article disambiguation since it doesn't seem any of the sources refer to him as "Ian C Powell"? I'm happy to work to combine both of the pages on the front end. Anyone have any advice on how to work this on the back end, seems proposing a formal merger is a bit much considering this was just created out of draftspace. Sulfurboy (talk) 03:20, 19 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
Robert McClenon, So by front end I meant figuring out a way to actually combine the information of the two pages in to one article. By back end I meant whatever an admin would need to do with their mop to make two pages one. Sulfurboy (talk) 03:35, 19 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
User:Sulfurboy - There is nothing that needs cleaning up with the mop on the back end. If the information in the two articles is merged into one, then the other one can be cut down to a redirect. I have moved the footballer to Ian Powell (footballer); that is a minimally viewed article and doesn't need to be primary. When the two versions of the swimmer are merged, a disambiguation page can be created in where the footballer was. Actually, what will need to be done on the back end, after the work is finished, is a history merge of the two articles on the swimmer. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:42, 19 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
Robert McClenon, Yeah history merge was what I was trying to think of. I'm just starting to get warmed back up again from my hiatus I might have some blonde moments over the next few days. Sulfurboy (talk) 03:44, 19 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I missed that pathetic C in the other article title. I don' think a histmerge is needed here. The articles were virtually identical. However, there is a huge copyvio issue with this article (the other was already deleeted and revdel'd). The other can simply be redirected to this. I'll take care of the copyvio issue now. Onel5969TT me 12:19, 19 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
Onel5969, I was having deja vu as I worked on the RD1. I thought sure I previously handled this, so I'm happy to see the explanation (it beats the alternative that I'm going nuts). I spent some time in Guernsey, and I remember thinking when I worked on the first one that I doubted many admins could say the same, which is why I remembered it. I completed the RD one on both articles but someone ought to decide which one stays and which one goes. S Philbrick(Talk) 13:05, 19 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
Sphilbrick, thanks for taking care of that so expediently. And yes, Deja vu all over again. And @MB, Sulfurboy, Onel5969, and Robert McClenon: - if there are no objections, I'll simply redirect the other article here. Onel5969TT me 13:08, 19 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
