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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was no consensus. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 22:13, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

Ian "Rocky" Butler → Rocky Butler – Keeping with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) (More commonly known by his nickname "Rocky" by CFL fans)

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Weak oppose. I'd support a move to Ian Butler (CFL player), his proper name. Just as with my view in the Ian Meldrum survey. – Axman (☏) 11:02, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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move passsage section[edit]

I would like to move the following passage in the CFL Career section to the Personal Information section: " Fans of the Saskatchewan Roughriders have been known to chant his name in reference to the 1976 film Rocky on the occaisions he has pulled off upset victories because of the similarities beetween his success and the success of the fictional boxer and title character in the film"

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot (talk) 19:10, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]