Talk:Craig Oliver (British journalist)

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Paya Ltd[edit]

The article currently claims that, along with Gosling, he's co-director of Paya Ltd. I've Goodled this, but without success. The reference provided (i.e., the Companies House website) seems to need someone with access. I'm assuming it was added in good faith by someone with a user account, but can someone either verify it or find a better one? TheRetroGuy (talk) 16:36, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's certainly a company with that name and registration number, but I can find no reference to Oliver or Gosling (other than on Wikipedia). Googling for "Craig Stewart Oliver" confirms the BBC World directorship, and shows references to other companies, but not Paya. TheRetroGuy (talk) 18:02, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Information remved for now. If anyone wants to re-add it then please find a reliable reference. TheRetroGuy (talk) 20:42, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 18 December 2018[edit]

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 section.

The result of the move request was: Not moved'. Consensus against moving. (non-admin closure) –Ammarpad (talk) 04:09, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Craig Oliver (British journalist) → Craig Oliver – This guy is far more than a journalist, as the opening sentence displays, and he displays far greater notability than his namesake.[1] Unreal7 (talk) 22:45, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support: Definitely a primary topic. This is Paul (talk) 22:52, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Further to my earlier post. While both have received significant national honours in their respective countries, my feeling is that the the British Craig Oliver meets the criteria as a primary topic because of his role in government, which he held for several years. If others disagree and the discussion closes as a no move it will be worth considering a move to another title since the title journalist does not properly represent the subject. This is Paul (talk) 01:09, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: Craig Oliver is a disambiguation page, because there is a Canadian journalist at Craig Oliver (Canadian journalist). Both articles receive significant average daily pageviews (Canadian = 38/day for the past year, British = 47/day for the past year, including tons of views in the last few days). Both have received significant national-level honours. It may be reasonable to change the title of this article to reflect the wider range of experience, in part because he's recently made a lot of media appearances as a pundit of sorts, but it is difficult to justify splitting up the disambiguation page for what is essentially recentism. Risker (talk) 00:05, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose NOPRIMARY, no exclusive long-term significance to either In ictu oculi (talk) 00:19, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Risker and In ictu oculi. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 08:19, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as no primary topic by usage. The British Oliver may have an edge in long-term significance for his political role, but I can't see that it's enough to make him the primary topic. Ralbegen (talk) 09:24, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The British journalist only gets 54% of the views, and there are days when the Canadian journalist gets more; see the pageview analysis. No WP:PTOPIC. Narky Blert (talk) 12:16, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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