Talk:Oliver Ryan

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Requested move 8 June 2025

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– The footballer no longer has WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Even before the Whatsapp scandal, the politician consistently got thousands more views than the footballer, with the footballer barely scratching 200 views per month. The politician also dominates the news. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 20:43, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Move to Ollie Ryan, which appears to be the common name. 162 etc. (talk) 22:15, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. Giant Snowman 11:41, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as suggested, as no PRIMARYTOPIC, so do:

Oliver Ryan → Oliver Ryan (footballer), with redirect at Ollie Ryan
Oliver Ryan (politician) keep as it is
Oliver Ryan turn into a dab page

Giant Snowman 11:45, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My (admittedly brief) research shows that "Ollie Ryan" is used by more sources. Is there evidence that "Oliver" is the WP:COMMONNAME? 162 etc. (talk) 17:32, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose / Support GiantSnowman

Too early to say if there is a long-term PRIMARYTOPIC, so follow suggestion to move current base page to (footballer) and turn base page into a DAB. Spike 'em (talk) 12:21, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Move Oliver Ryan to Ollie Ryan (which is his clear common name) and create dabpage at basename. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:21, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]