Talk:Bill Archer

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:03, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Rice affiliation
Archer did not graduate from Rice U. Why is he classified here as an alum?

Decafdyke (talk) 00:16, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 11 July 2018

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. 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.

Moved as proposed. bd2412 T 01:05, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

William Reynolds Archer Jr. → Bill Archer – "Bill" is the most WP:COMMONNAME; most national media certainly did not use his full name.
 * The Vanderbilt Television News Archive has 94 results for "Bill Archer" dating back to his early congressional career in the early 1970s.
 * A story from the Houston Chronicle last year: "Ex Houston Congressman Bill Archer testifies for GOP tax reform plan."
 * C-SPAN has consistently used "Bill Archer" in its on-screen tags of Archer dating back to 1985 - see the "Appearance Stats" section of this link.
 * The Washington Post generally used "Bill Archer", such as in this 1997 story "Bill Archer's tough target" and in this 1992 story "Bush's unlikely family man"; Google returns over 300 results for "Bill Archer" site:washingtonpost.com but only two for "Rep. William Archer" site:washingtonpost.com
 * The official US Congress database has an entry titled Bill Archer. Arbor to SJ (talk) 04:34, 11 July 2018 (UTC) --Relisting.  Anarchyte ( work  &#124;  talk )  07:55, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment. Well, obviously can't be moved to Bill Archer as that's a redirect to a disambiguation page. Bill Archer (politician) maybe? As long as none of the other politicians at William Archer are known as Bill. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:43, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Bill Archer page has zero incoming links, so there won't be any issues with moving this article there. Also, the politician will be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, because Bill Archer (businessman) does not have as much notability. Arbor to SJ (talk) 16:13, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Bill Archer has no incoming links because incoming links to dab pages (and their redirects) are routinely cleaned up. Is it certain that none of the other William Archers are known as "Bill"? Dekimasu よ! 08:35, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Besides Bill Archer (businessman), none of the other William Archers are commonly known as Bill, especially those who lived before the 20th century. Arbor to SJ (talk) 05:39, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
 * User:Necrothesp, do you disagree that the politician is the primary topic for "Bill Archer"? Dekimasu よ! 18:30, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
 * ...In the absence of any response here, support. Dekimasu よ! 23:16, 29 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Support move to Bill Archer, per nom. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 18:24, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.