Talk:Gelson Dala

Requested move 29 September 2020

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Gelson (Angolan footballer) → Gelson (footballer, born 1996) – It is standard to disambiguate by year of birth, and not nationality (which is a social construct). MonFrontieres (talk) 15:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Support Gelson Dala as most of the references seem to list him with his last name and it's a cleaner disambiguation.--Ortizesp (talk) 21:38, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 11:49, 30 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. GiantSnowman 11:51, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per nom RedPatchBoy (talk) 22:38, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Nationality is a standard disambiguator per Naming conventions (sportspeople) and, in line with the recognizability criterion of Article titles, is more likely to be known by searchers. Per Naming conventions (people): "Years of birth and death are not normally used as disambiguators (readers are more likely to be seeking this information than to already know it)". Years of birth are only used when there is no other reasonable disambiguator, such as when people of the same name have the same profession and nationality. DrKay (talk) 12:59, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment: is right. He is known as Gelson Dala by both Rio Ave FC (his current club) and the Angolan Football Federation (FAF; he plays for the Angola NT). Sources: Rio Ave FC, FAF. So, yes, it would be better if the article name is moved to Gelson Dala (instead of Gelson (footballer, born 1996) that by the way generates a convention conflict here with other users).--MonFrontieres (talk) 15:52, 4 October 2020 (UTC)


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