Talk:Anthony da Silva

Anthony da Silva (Tony)
I am unfamiliar with this footballer, but the title of his article seems to employ an inappropriate use of parentheses. Would a move to Tony (footballer) be appropriate? – PeeJay 15:00, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd maybe move it to Tony da Silva instead. GiantSnowman (talk) 15:02, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * or Anthony da Silva which according to his club's website is his name. Incidentally, the website lists "nicknames" for all of their players, but I would suggest that they deserve no more than a mention in the lead of each players article and should not be included in the article name. Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 16:15, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * depends what he's best known by and usually wears on his shirt, in my opinion. As per Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha, better known as Nani (footballer), for instance. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 16:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd agree with that, but the problem is that we don't know what he normally has on the back of his shirt. My point was that since the club's website has given ALL of their players one word nicknames, I would suggest that it is unlikely that they all wear the nicknames on the back of their shirts. In any case, the current article name is unsuitable, so we should move it to something else. Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 16:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Originally it was called Tony (Anthony da Silva), which is just as unsuitable, and has been renamed three times since. As there are no other Anthony da Silva's, I'd go with that, as the French Wiki article does. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 16:55, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * This picture (link) seems to indicate that he does wear the name "Tony" on the back of his shirt. Therefore, it would stand to reason that Tony (footballer) would be more appropriate. – PeeJay 17:00, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems reasonable to me. Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 17:19, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Moved to Anthony da Silva again. Seems many Toni da Silva (Antonio da Silva), but not much Tony da Silva. But Toni and Tony is too confusing, An....ny and An....nio sounds different. Matthew_hk   t  c  04:47, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Requested move
move. -Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 21:55, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Anthony da Silva (Tony) → Anthony da Silva — I have fixed dab page of Antonio da Silva, currently there is only one Anthony da Silva (the footballer only), and one Antony Domingo Silva, a Paraguayan footballer, but many Toni Silva and Antonio da Silva — Matthew_hk  t  c  11:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

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 * Support per nom. – PeeJay 11:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. The current disambiguation parenthetical is... different... JPG-GR (talk) 04:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Reject propopsal - Support → Tony da Silva. If his playing name is Tony, shouldn't it be Tony da Silva which is more in line with WP:common name? Sebisthlm (talk) 15:22, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

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