Talk:Jake Simmons

A fact from Jake Simmons appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 February 2008, and was viewed approximately 1,900 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Jake Simmons, Jr. was the most successful African-American entrepreneur in the history of the petroleum industry?

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Requested move 12 April 2022 edit

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 10:13, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Jake Simmons Jr. → Jake Simmons – The current page for 'Jake Simmons' is a fictional character page, where the alter ego of said character is nicknamed "Jake Simmons". There exists a page for an actual person named "Jake Simmons", who is disambiguated now with a "Jr.". His sources differ between utilizing the 'Jr.' tag, as well as not. An external link to a book about this person shows the title does not use the 'Jr.'. This page should be the default "Jake Simmons" page. Debartolo2917 (talk) 08:41, 11 April 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 19:11, 18 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

This is a contested technical request (permalink). GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 05:03, 12 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Debartolo2917: Just being a "real person" does not immediately make Jake Simmons Jr. the primary topic of the name "Jake Simmons". It is possible that the comic character meets the criteria for a primary redirect. Additionally, more research needs to be done to see if "Jr." is commonly used or not. Natg 19 (talk) 01:34, 12 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Support. Just needs a hatnote to Deathbolt. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:36, 13 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Support per nomination and Necrothesp. As of this writing, "Jake Simmons" redirects to a relatively brief entry for the DC Comics supervillain Deathbolt, which mentions the name "Jake Simmons" only twice — once in the infobox and once in the text. The African American oilman was an important figure and his name should indeed take precedence. A hatnote, per Necrothesp, would certainly suffice. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 22:11, 18 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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