Talk:Mertens

Moving the page to Mertens (surname) and redirecting it to Dries Mertens
How about it? ErceÇamurOfficial (talk) 09:50, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 18 April 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) C LYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (please mention me on reply) 22:10, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Mertens → Mertens (disambiguation) – Mertens most commonly refers to Dries Mertens, and I think he is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, so this should redirect to Dries Mertens. ErceÇamurOfficial (talk) 17:32, 18 April 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. – Material  Works  15:39, 1 June 2023 (UTC)


 *  Support  100% navigation to Dries Mertens according to WikiNav, Dries Mertens has nearly 25,000 pageviews and only one or two others on this page has more than 500. Clear primary topic. Support moving to Mertens (surname) per BD2412. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 18:16, 18 April 2023 (UTC) ; edited 21:37, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Relisting comment: Re-opened per discussion at Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2023_May_22. – Material  Works  15:39, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose. If there is a primary topic, the current page should be moved to Mertens (surname). This is not a disambiguation page, so it would be improper to move it to a disambiguation title just to get it out of the way. BD2412  T 21:27, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * So it should be moved to Mertens (surname)? ErceÇamurOfficial (talk) 21:34, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose In ictu oculi (talk) 14:50, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose but support moving to Mertens (surname) and creating a DAB at the base name.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 20:01, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose. No primary topic. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:50, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Pinging the participants of the RfD. – Material  Works  15:45, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the ping. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:03, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Comment. now that this RM has been reopened, it is malformed because the previous current title is now a redirect, and redirects are ineligible to be a current titles in move requests. To be reopened correctly, the Mertens (surname) page should be moved back to Mertens.  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;,  ed.  put'er there 17:56, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. – Material  Works  18:12, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Still oppose not clear what's going on, but Mertens does not have a primary topic, leave well as is. In ictu oculi (talk) 21:11, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose moving Mertens to DAB or to Mertens (surname). Dries Mertens is not the primary topic. The example provided in WP:RPURPOSE is redirecting Einstein to Albert Einstein; a Belgian footballer who will likely not be searched for as much after his career ends is not even close to being analogous. If someone wants to find Dries Mertens, they would likely search for Dries Mertens, not enter just his last name. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:03, 1 June 2023 (UTC)