Talk:Thomas McNutt

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Flatoncsi in topic Contested deletion

The AfD was on an article for a political candidate and businessman, not the present disambiguation. Boleyn (talk) 20:32, 9 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Contested deletion edit

This page should not be speedily deleted because... This has been tagged with speedy deletion tag. The criteria for it is at Template:db-disambig: disambiguates only one extant Wikipedia page and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic).. (doesn't meet this, clearly doesn't have disambiguation in its title) or disambiguates no (zero) extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title. This disambiguates between two extant Wikipedia articles. Plus with two men, both North American, involved in politics and with the same name, this page meets WP:USEFUL. --Boleyn (talk) 20:05, 9 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

One links to Thomas MacNutt. The other links to a bakery. That's not disambiguation per MOS:DABNOENTRY. There's a case to be made that the former is the proper target of a redirect from here. Chris Troutman (talk) 20:11, 9 August 2017 (UTC)Reply
And WP:USEFUL (which I've never seen before) is part of WP:AADD. You can't seriously be using an argument to avoid as an argument. Today is not April 1st. Chris Troutman (talk) 20:13, 9 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Chris troutman, WP:USEFUL isn't covered in WP:AADD, saying something is useful but not giving a reason is covered in it. The reason is that these are ambiguous names, and both involved in North American politics. I would have used either as a redirect target if it wasn't for the other, buty choosing one for a redirect target could easily mislead readers, this won't. The second entry isn't covered in MOS:DABNOENTRY, but is a clear example of MOS:DABMENTION. He's mentioned in more than one article, but that one was the most appropriate. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 20:22, 9 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Contested deletion edit

This page should not be speedily deleted because notability was clearly discussed on the talk page, and the main editor who abusively keeps tagging it as speedy delete refused to engage on the talk page. This is just the personality issues with Chris Troutman causing this page to get speedy delete, even though he's notable for several reasons described there. --Flatoncsi (talk) 20:37, 9 August 2017 (UTC)Reply