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Jerk - Changes his name to the same as mine and I end up on the no fly list. Thanks (from one of the many decent American citizens named Christopher Paul... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.167.74.104 (talk) 15:17, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 31 March 2025

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. No consensus for moving after 1.5 months of discussion. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 00:38, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Christopher Paul → ?
Chris Paul (disambiguation) → Christopher Paul

– The basketball player Chris Paul is likely WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Not sure where to move the al-Qaeda militant article to. Please leave your suggestions below. Scarlet Violet 14:37, 31 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPath^talk 11:28, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Yes, Chris Paul's birth name is Christopher, but has any reliable source ever called him that? I know that Google isn't everything, but I went through the first 10 pages of search results for "Christopher Paul" and did not get a single hit for the basketball player. 162 etc. (talk) 17:35, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Move the militant to Christopher Paul (militant) - I don't think the distinction between a short and long form of the same name is a good way to disambiguate. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:08, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Military history, WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, and WikiProject Ohio have been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 11:28, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with * Pppery *'s suggestion. In suggesting this change I think it is also helpful to note that the militant's actual name is not even Christopher Paul. That is an alias. Donner60 (talk) 04:58, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:COMMONNAME is what matters, not birth name. The Al-Qaeda militant is commonly known as "Christopher Paul", and the basketball player is not. Oppose. 162 etc. (talk) 05:16, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

True about WP:COMMONNAME. That addition to my comment was not really relevant or helpful and should have been omitted. However, I still agree with * Pppery *'s proposal as a better way to disambiguate the two articles rather than the short and long forms of the same name. I suppose a hatnote on each article would also work, for the time being at least, since there are only two articles under consideration. Donner60 (talk) 03:23, 20 April 2025 (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.