Talk:Francisco García (basketball)

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The result of the move request was: moved to Francisco García (basketball). Armbrust The Homunculus 10:54, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

– I think this person isn't more important than of other people. Vivaelcelta {talk · &#32; contributions} 03:21, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Francisco García → Francisco García (basketballer)
 * Francisco García (disambiguation) → Francisco García
 * Support per nom... but as Francisco García (basketball) per convention minus -er. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:43, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment the preferred disambiguation would be "(basketball)", not "(basketballer)". Not sure I've ever actually heard the term "basketballer" before. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 13:25, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support move to Francisco García (basketball) per nom and existing DAB convention. Rikster2 (talk) 10:20, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support move to Francisco García (basketball) DaHuzyBru (talk) 12:25, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The player for Houston is clearly primary topic, as you can verify by Googling '"Francisco Garcia" -wikipedia'. Put the haggis on the fire (talk) 01:02, 3 May 2014 (UTC) Sockpuppet investigations/Kauffner‎
 * Support (basketball) – ambiguity is not a good thing; precision is. Dicklyon (talk) 03:55, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Say what? His name is more precisely "Francisco García" or more precisely "Francisco García (basketball)"? Put the haggis on the fire (talk) 02:24, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support " (basketballer)" or " (basketball player)"; he is not a basketball nor a manufacturer of basketballs. One wikiproject's supposed "convention", which many have objected to for years, is not a policy.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  10:11, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - the issue is that people move between playing and coaching very frequently so defining a subject as "player" is limiting. And the term "basketballer" is not even close to universal (in fact it is a fringe term.  This DAB convention gives readers what they need to differentiate between similarly named people, so what is the problem?  And "many have objected to for years?"  I have rarely come across a lot of objections on the matter and I've edited basketball articles for years. Rikster2 (talk) 12:23, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * "Basketballer" is not accepted in basketball vernacular, and "basketball player" is limiting/ambiguous per the reasons Rikster2 gave. SMcCandlish, please don't throw around "many have objected to for years" when (a) that's not the case, and (b) you can't back that claim up with any diffs. I've been editing basketball articles since November 2006 and maybe three times in 7 1/2 years has there been a slight disagreement about disambig practices. Jrcla2 (talk) 12:59, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support move to Francisco García (basketball) per nom and existing DAB convention. Agathoclea (talk) 17:27, 7 May 2014 (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 or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.