Talk:David French/Archive 1

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Requested move 1 June 2016

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) Calidum ¤ 04:19, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

David A. French → David French (writer) – Not very commonly referred to with the middle initial. He is best known as a writer. WP:INITS says not to add uncommon names for disambiguation only. JFH (talk) 17:48, 1 June 2016 (UTC) -- Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:32, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

When I created the page, I wasn't sure what to call it since there were already several other pages for David Frenches. I considered calling it David French (writer), but I decided against it because I could have just as easily called it David French (lawyer). I wasn't sure what he was more notable for, writing or law. It seems like a toss-up to me. I do agree a page name move is probably a good idea, I'm just not sure what the best new name would be. Safehaven86 (talk) 18:51, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

No worries, it's not an crystal clear case, but I think it's a little better to have a parenthetical to make it easier to find. It seems like most sources are introducing him as a writer than a lawyer. --JFH (talk) 19:13, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

At the very least, we should make sure that both David French (writer) and David French (lawyer) redirect here. Safehaven86 (talk) 19:14, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Oppose David A. French looks just fine. There's already a David H. French at the dab page; we don't need to identify all David Frenches by their profession. Note that his author bio at Amazon lists him as David A. French, so I see no reason to suppress the middle initial. I would however support Safehaven86's suggestion to create a (writer) redirect, but not additional (lawyer), (soldier) or (veteran); let's keep it simple. — JFG ^talk 12:36, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Support: pageview analysis shows that of all the David Frenchs, David A. French is the most popular search, but not by a significant enough margin. Adding "(writer)" would help identify. DaltonCastle (talk) 23:59, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Oppose - natural disambiguation is well suited for this person. Even when the current title may not be as commonly used as ambiguous "David French", the current title is "optimal" per policy. George Ho (talk) 11:24, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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Name

He should be listed as David French, not David A. French. He's not Michael J. Fox. He's never referred to by his middle initial.

I am going to move the page to address this Jaydavidmartin (talk) 23:56, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 18 May 2024

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The result of the move request was: Moved to David French. (closed by non-admin page mover) SilverLocust 💬 22:58, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

David French (political commentator) → David A. French (edit: or David French)
David French → David French (disambiguation)

– WP:PTOPIC for the name David French. David A. French is good WP:NATURAL disambiguation. David French should redirect to David A. French. Page views, WikiNav. Schierbecker (talk) 19:57, 18 May 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. JuniperChill (talk) 21:58, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. David French, the political commentator, is credited as David French when he writes for the papers. DuncanHill (talk) 20:41, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
Move to David French. If he's the primary topic (and I agree he is), there's no need for any disambiguation, natural or otherwise. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:44, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Move to David French and I agree that he is the primary topic. Killuminator (talk) 23:55, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Oppose the first proposed move I guess that David French is a primary topic, so the best possible conclusion for the first move page is keep the current title but without any disambiguator whatsoever (just David French). 103.111.100.82 (talk) 10:59, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Oppose the original proposal per WP:COMMONNAME. Graham (talk) 05:22, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

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