Talk:Jim L. Mora

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If it's a mistake to refer to him as "Mora Jr." and we make a point of saying so in the article then we can't have his name as "Mora Jr." in the box of all past and present Falcons head coaches. I don't know how to edit that, so someone please do that. Rufusgriffin 11:28, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Material is not Neutral
"Vick"-timized is the sole opinion of the author and not a fact in light of Mora's release. While this is a discussion among sports announcers and fans in Atlanta, this is an opinion that is not a part of the record or detail in firing Coach Mora. 68.218.29.199 20:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)Mike in Atlanta
 * This article, especially under the headline "Fired", is not neutral and needs to be changed. The author's opinion that Mora was


 * Agreed. This article is very biased and does not include any information regarding Jim Mora.  All this information regarding the Atlanta Falcons' seasons belongs with the Falcons team page.  Information regarding Mora's coaching style, defensive style, etc. should be included in the article.  Does he run the 4-3 or 3-4 defense?  Does he prefer to blitz or play conservative?  Run vs. Pass?  West Coast Offense?  These are the types of questions that should be answered by the wikipedia entry.  This is not a Falcons forum. (UTC)Caff32 15:25, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I think the Vick-Atlanta mess should be mentioned in this article for context. Mora's exit from the team was a part of the fallout. 98.92.185.63 (talk) 18:36, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Washington head coach
We need a source that he was the head coach of the huskies. --Nat682 (talk) 01:52, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Middle initial
Is it entirely clear that the most common method of disambiguation between father and son is their initials? Or is this more a matter of wiki naming conventions? When both were active NFL figures, I never heard them disambiguated by their initials, and the usage of "Sr." and "Jr." with them was quite common. I'll try to dig up some sources. Don't fall asleep zzzzzz 21:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

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Requested move 24 November 2017

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Strong rebuttal by Bagumba. Proposed titles created as redirects so the pipe trick can be used. Jenks24 (talk) 00:44, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

– WP:COMMONNAME: Both football coaches have been popularly known as simply "Jim Mora".
 * Jim L. Mora → Jim Mora (American football, born 1961)
 * Jim E. Mora → Jim Mora (American football, born 1935)
 * Regarding the elder Jim Mora, who most notably was head coach of the New Orleans Saints (1986-1996) and Indianapolis Colts (1998-2001), a search of The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) archives shows zero results for "Jim E. Mora" but over 4,000 for simply "Jim Mora".
 * Similarly, the Indianapolis Star referred to him as "Jim Mora" in news reports from 2001  and continues to do so to this day    . In contrast, googling "Jim E. Mora" site:indystar.com returns zero results.
 * The younger Jim Mora has sometimes been called "Jim L. Mora" in news media, like this 2011 Los Angeles Times article reporting on his hire by UCLA and December 10, 2011 UCLA press release. However, UCLA primarily refers to him as just "Jim Mora", most recently in the press release announcing his firing and his bio page. Same with the Seattle Seahawks.

Also, WP:INITS states: "Adding given names, or their abbreviations, merely for disambiguation purposes (if that format of the name is not commonly used to refer to the person) is not advised." Arbor to SJ (talk) 22:37, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Support per detailed nomination. References confirm that neither of the two Jim Moras was commonly known with the addition of a middle initial. &mdash;Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 00:20, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Support much as I don't really like the idea of using such lengthy parenthetical disambiguators, I can't argue with the well-defended nom rationale. Lepricavark (talk) 06:01, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose Reliable sources commonly use the middle initial to disambiguate the two (see examples below). There's also a decent amount of Google news hits for "Jim L. Mora (393) and "Jim E. Mora (73). Disambiguating by birth year is the least desirable form of disambiguation; it's the last option at Naming_conventions_(sportspeople). WP:INITS was mentioned in the nomination, but it would be more appropriate if there was only one Jim Mora in American football, as "(American football)" which would be more helpful than forcing the middle initial. However, given that there are two Jim Mora's in American football, I'd opt for the middle initial over leaving the reader to calculate the age (and birth year) of the respective Mora's they are interested in.   Consider this a sort of  extension of WP:NATURALDIS: "Using an alternative name that the subject is also commonly called in English reliable sources, albeit not as commonly as the preferred-but-ambiguous title."—Bagumba (talk) 05:19, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "The Back and the Coach Behind U.C.L.A.’s Revival." November 16, 2012. The New York Times. "A football season, the coach, Jim L. Mora, told the U.C.L.A. Bruins, is like climbing one of those ... “A raw deal,” said his father, Jim E. Mora."
 * "Jim L. Mora has UCLA on the rebound." October 25, 2012. Los Angeles Daily News. "Would new coach Jim L. Mora succeed where Karl Dorrell and Rick Neuheisel failed? ... Mora, son of longtime NFL coach Jim E. Mora, has been exactly what the Bruins ordered."
 * "Mora chooses stability over suitors." September 10, 2014. ESPN.com "Jim E. Mora, Shannon Mora and Jim L. Mora attend a charity function in May in Los Angeles"
 * "Jim Mora selected UCLA's new head football coach." December 12, 2011. UCLA. "UCLA named former Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons head coach Jim L. Mora its Head Football Coach, replacing the departed Rick Neuheisel, it was announced Saturday by UCLA Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero ... Mora's father, Jim E. Mora, was a prominent collegiate and NFL head coach, whose career included a stop at UCLA in 1974."
 * "Jim Mora. NFL.com. "As the son of former Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints head coach Jim L. Mora, Jim E. Mora joined his father's staff in New Orleans in 1992 as the secondary coach, where his defensive expertise begin to take shape."—Bagumba (talk) 05:24, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It's important to consider the context - they probably included the initial (a) to differentiate between the elder and younger Jim Mora, and (b) they were probably influenced by looking seeing their middle initials used on Wikipedia. I can't find any instances of "Jim E. Mora" or "Jim L. Mora" in the pre-Wikipedia age. Plus, the NFL Network source mixed up the middle initials for the younger and elder Jim Mora. Arbor to SJ (talk) 18:58, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "they probably included the initial (a) to differentiate between the elder and younger Jim Mora": Sure, and the debate in this RM is how to disambiguate the two Jim Mora's. I dont understand your point. "I can't find any instances of "Jim E. Mora" or "Jim L. Mora" in the pre-Wikipedia age": Not so. There's references to "Jim L. Mora" as far back as 1982: "Mora halts reign in New Orleans". November 1, 1982.  Associated Press.—Bagumba (talk) 08:33, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * In 2004 before any Wikipedia article on either Jim Mora existed, there's also a news article that refers to both Jim E. and Jim L. Mora ("The question is, do we more Mora or less Mora." September 12, 2004. The Courier-Journal.)—Bagumba (talk) 08:55, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yet the younger Jim Mora prefers simply "Jim Mora", as seen on his official Twitter account and UCLA bio. Also, there are far more Google News hits for simply "Jim Mora" - over 35,000 compared to the mere hundreds for "Jim L. Mora". Arbor to SJ (talk) 17:00, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure, but "Jim Mora" is ambiguous, and can't be the name of the article. So we need to disambiguate. There is no issue with piping to refer to him as "Jim Mora" by encoding as Jim Mora .—Bagumba (talk) 17:11, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * But parenthetical disambiguation is the way to maintain a "Jim Mora" form in the title. Why isn't anyone calling on the article Jim Mora (broadcaster) to be retitled "Jim J.C. Mora"? Perhaps it's in following WP:COMMONNAME and WP:SELFIDENTITY - as I've demonstrated, the Seattle Seahawks and UCLA identify him without the middle initial. Arbor to SJ (talk) 21:01, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * More sources I understand that you do not like the initial, but no need to misstate the facts. Source No. 4 (listed above) was published by UCLA and refers to Jim L. and Jim E. Mora. The Seahawks refer to both here: "2009: Unfulfilled expectations." July 20, 2011. Seahawks.com. "He grew up in the Seattle area and attended Interlake High School in Bellevue while his father, Jim E., was coaching for the University of Washington ... The younger Mora – Jim L. – played for the Huskies ..."—Bagumba (talk) 02:46, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sounds like the cat's been out of the bag as early as 1982. So which principle outweighs another: the fact that both men prefer to go by "Jim Mora" or the occasional media usage of "Jim L." or "Jim E."? Arbor to SJ (talk) 17:25, 1 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose - Per Bagumba's detailed comments, especially WP:NATURALDIS, and simplicity (see the KISS principle). Note that the suggested names are redlinked, a good sign that they aren't natural disambiguators. - BilCat (talk) 08:46, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Just because a suggested title is redlinked does not mean it's a bad title.


 * Also, NATURALDIS states: "Do not, however, use obscure or made-up names." Have "Jim E. Mora" and "Jim L. Mora" been used before Wikipedia? And WP:INITS discourages using initials "merely for disambiguation purposes." Arbor to SJ (talk) 17:19, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * You've made the same objections over and over, and they've been answered to my satisfaction. Short answer for the closer: The abbreviations are neither made up nor obscure, while the proposed DABs are made up AND obscure, in addition to being unwieldy and difficult to remember. Not good choices. - BilCat (talk) 20:03, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Of course hardly anyone is ever going to use "Jim Mora, born 1935" outside of Wikipedia! But the whole purpose behind parenthetical disambiguations is to maintain a common name of a subject separate from the disambiguation instead of constructing a "made up" one. Arbor to SJ (talk) 20:58, 28 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Strong oppose. Proposed titles are unwieldy and unnecessary. A strong case for NATURALDIS if ever there was one. James (talk/contribs) 10:19, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose – no need for such long titles when the initials get the job done and per Bagumba. Corky Buzz by the Hornet's Nest   11:37, 1 December 2017 (UTC)


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Not a Jr.
Mora has a different middle name than his father, which technically makes him not a Jr., which I've explained with this edit, while also removing "Jr." from the lead. This is not the case like William Vann Rogers, who was still commonly known as Will Rogers Jr. even though his father is William Penn Adair Rogers. This Deadspin article even posted a retraction of: "An earlier version of this post incorrectly referred to Mora as Jim Mora Jr. Though he shares the same first name as his father, Mora is not a junior." So while some sources incorrectly use Jim Mora Jr., and it is ok to have a redirect, it should not be given the appearance that it is correct by mentioning it in the lead.—Bagumba (talk) 17:38, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

2021 vs 2022
I've raised the question of the coaching year at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football. Mackensen (talk) 04:56, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
 * And just to be clear, I've raised this in a central location because there are at least three coaches this year in this situation--Mora, Helton, and McGuire. Mackensen (talk) 05:40, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Previous coach
When writing college coach biographies I've often noted who they replaced, and why. It provides context and texture; people don't step into a vacuum. I've added Randy Edsall twice, and seen him removed twice, as an "unnecessary detail." I disagree, and any expansion of Mora's role at UConn will surely need to touch on the situation he's inheriting. Mackensen (talk) 05:31, 12 November 2021 (UTC)