Talk:Eto'o (surname)

Requested move 10 August 2023

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The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) Iffy★Chat -- 17:27, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Eto'o → Eto'o (surname) – With Eto'o to redirect to Samuel Eto'o. This is quite an easy situation as all three people with this surname are brothers in the same job, and let's just say one did a lot better than the other two. Samuel could be called one of the greatest players of all time (see his honours section) while his brothers seem to have made only a handful of appearances that were ever documented. For a similar logic, Cruyff redirects to Johan Cruyff despite the existence of Jordi Cruyff, who was good but nowhere near his pop. David Eto'o played three games for Cameroon but those were in the African Nations Championship, which is only for domestic-based players and therefore excludes Africa's best players; those three caps pale to Samuel's 118 at thirteen (!) international tournaments, which have earned Samuel global recognition and numerous references in books. On pageviews, Samuel has consistently had over 2,000 a day for the last 90 days despite being retired, while his brothers are consistently in double digits. Google Books for "Eto'o football" ("Eto'o" alone shows some chemical formula for some reason) only shows results for Samuel. Unknown Temptation (talk) 21:19, 10 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 05:37, 18 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. —usernamekiran (talk) 21:39, 29 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Support per WikiNav stats and per WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT, Samuel is clearly the primary topic. – Material  Works  15:13, 18 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose not a mononym In ictu oculi (talk) 16:18, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Anthroponymy has been notified of this discussion. —Usernamekiran_(AWB) (talk) 21:39, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

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