Talk:James Watson (disambiguation)

Incorrect redirect
James L. Watson the American Sinologist and anthropologist redirects to James Lopez Watson the judge. This is probably a mistake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.40.139.164 (talk) 10:47, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, now sorted. Boleyn2 (talk) 12:20, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

James D. Watson
Please add James D. Watson. Thanks!

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 * Unless I'm mistaken, he's already there, alphabetized between James Craig Watson and James Eli Watson. Princess Lirin (talk) 21:57, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

DNA scientist
How is James D. Watson not the primary topic here? Woodshed (talk) 21:21, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: moved per request and James D. Watson moved to James Watson. Favonian (talk) 19:34, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

James Watson → James Watson (disambiguation) –

I wish to move James Watson, currently a dab page, to James Watson (disambiguation), and to then redirect James Watson to James D. Watson as the primary topic. (I would have been inclined to be bold and moved it myself, but I cannot b/c the explicit dab page already exists.)

I don't think it's particularly controversial to suggest that the scientist who discovered DNA, a household name, is the clear primary topic. Woodshed (talk) 10:31, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

To address the metrics listed in WP:PRIMARYTOPIC —

Page stats (through Jan. 20 or so)

 * James D. Watson - 39,206
 * Dab page - 2,147
 * James Eli Watson - 353
 * James Watson (actor) - 252
 * James Sibley Watson - 210
 * James Craig Watson - 185
 * James Watson (New York) - 147
 * James F. Watson - 118
 * James A. Watson - 102
 * James Watson (soldier) - 98
 * James Watson (author) - 97
 * James Lopez Watson - 89
 * James S. Watson - 82
 * James Watson (wrestler) - 80
 * James Watson (British Army officer) - 75
 * James Watson (trumpeter) - 69
 * James Watson (radical) - 52
 * James Cameron Watson - 49
 * James Watson (engraver) - 36
 * James Watson (MP) - 30

Google

 * "james watson" -dna 2,440,000
 * "james d. watson" -dna 267,000
 * "james d. watson" dna 611,000
 * "james watson" dna 3,850,000
 * "james watson" dna -"james d. watson" 3,310,000
 * "james d. watson" dna -"james watson" 40,500
 * "james d. watson" dna 611,000
 * "james watson" dna 3,850,000
 * "james watson" dna -"james d. watson" 3,310,000
 * "james d. watson" dna -"james watson" 40,500

What links here

 * DNA scientist - 12
 * Actor - 2
 * U.S. Senator - 1
 * undetermined - 3

Thank you for your consideration. Woodshed (talk) 10:31, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support move - James D. Watson is undoubtedly the primary topic. StAnselm (talk) 10:56, 22 January 2013 (UTC) And also support the extra move detailed below. StAnselm (talk) 19:38, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support proposed move. Also Support moving James D. Watson to the base name, since the stats also appear to show that he is more commonly referred to without the middle initial. -- JHunterJ (talk) 14:10, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support and move James D. Watson to James Watson per JHunterJ. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:20, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support both. The statistics you provide are excellent justification. Thincat (talk) 21:23, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Excellent showing of justification for a move. bd2412  T 13:58, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support the wholesale process of moving the DNA scientist to James Watson and the dab page to "...(disambiguation)", with appropriate fixing of incoming links. Pam  D  15:09, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
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