Talk:Josh Alexander

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On 24 February 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Josh Alexander (wrestler) to Josh Alexander. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 24 February 2023[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 discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved as per User:Roman Spinner's suggestion. Sceptre (talk) 18:34, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

– per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The wrestler is primary. [Pageviews here] --Etacarinaee (talk) 21:12, 24 February 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 23:31, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose first proposal, but would support Josh Alexander → Joshua Alexander. Those listed upon the Josh Alexander dab page, such as Joshua W. Alexander, are named "Joshua". Support second proposal Josh Alexander (wrestler) → Josh Alexander. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 02:26, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There's no evidence that Josh Alexander (basketball), Josh Alexander (songwriter), or Josh Alexander (wrestler) are commonly known as Joshua. How does this proposed change help anything? Oppose. 162 etc. (talk) 16:51, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Since the dab page also includes an entry for Joshua W. Alexander, the dab page's main title header should be "Joshua Alexander". Our standard practice, per WP:DABCOMBINE, has been to use the primary name as the header if there is at least one dab page entry which uses such a primary form. An obvious example would be men named Rick X, Dick X, Ricky X, Dicky X, Rickie X, Dickie X, Ritchie X, Richie X or Rich X, all listed upon the Richard X dab page. Two recent successful RM nominations — Ben Davis → Benjamin Davis at Talk:Benjamin Davis#Requested move 24 September 2022 and Tim Scott (disambiguation) → Timothy Scott at Talk:Timothy Scott#Requested move 16 February 2023 — illustrate the point. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 19:52, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WP:DABCOMBINE uses the dabpage Fred Smith as an example - note that the title is not Frederick Smith. Moving the dabpage does nothing to improve clarity. 162 etc. (talk) 22:08, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Each dab page is an individual creation and English Wikipedia certainly has hundreds and possibly thousands of human name dab pages that use hypocorisms as main title headers, instead of full names. Since the Fred Smith dab page is indeed used as an example at WP:DABCOMBINE, Fred Smith → Frederick Smith should be likewise submitted to RM as a method of determining consensus whether such moves help anything or improve clarity. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 01:40, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

- Support this alternative move.--Ortizesp (talk) 18:21, 6 March 2023 (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.