Talk:Randy Jackson (disambiguation)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was no consensus for the move at this time. Aervanath (talk) 13:02, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Randy Jackson (disambiguation) → Randy Jackson &mdash; Multimove request: As there are quite a few people who would look for the Jackson 5 member, and American Idol is US specific POV. Randy Jackson → Randall Darius Jackson - unambiguous name Randy Jackson (musician) → Steven Randall Jackson - unambiguous name

- As there are quite a few people who would look for the Jackson 5 member, and American Idol is US specific POV. So move the two Randy Jackson musicians to unambiguous names, and move the dab page to the prime location.

76.66.203.200 (talk) 10:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose. This is only coming up because of the (recent) death of Michael Jackson. If you look at the stats, Randy (American Idol) was pulling three times as many page views as Randy (musician), until the 20th when the views spiked (premonition?), and went through the roof when Michael died (30,000 vs. 1,000 per day - and of those 30,000 only 2/3 bothered to click through to the musician). Wait a couple of months at least before moving things around. 199.125.109.124 (talk) 19:15, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I would say that Randy American Idol Jackson is recentism at work, since when he leaves American Idol, the lasting fame of the Jackson 5 will push that Jackson back on top. In addition, it's still US bias, since American Idol is US, while the Jacksons were global stars. 76.66.203.200 (talk) 04:25, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Though the american idol judge is getting about double the pageviews, that's not enough to establish that he is the primary topic of the search term. Seeing that about a third of the visitors are looking for the jackson 5 member, the american idol judge article can't be considered "Much more used than any other topic", and thus isn't the primary topic. Also, a good portion of the people looking for the jackson 5 member would have to click through the amercan idol judge's article, because "Randy Jackson" redirects to the idol judge. This would elevate the idol judge's page views artificially. Fingerz  On'Roids  06:02, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * See now you are trying to pretend that there is an established definition for "much more". There isn't. You will, unfortunately, always have to preface that with "in my opinion". For some 10% more is "much more", and I can give you an example of the summit of Mt. Everest being "much more" of a distance from the center of the Earth, yet it is only a tenth of a percent farther than sea level from the center of the earth. So some editors have indicated that to them a primary topic should have 10%, 20%, 50%, 100%, even 1000% more views than any other topic that could have that same name. What is your number, just out of curiosity? Page views for Randy Jackson (musician) peaked on the 26th at 264k, the same day RJ got 163k. The day before RJ got 30k and only 20k for RJ (m). I still say wait a couple of months. People are finding the article they want, and there is no point in checking popularity each month. 199.125.109.19 (talk) 02:18, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - the group the Jackson 5 is certainly famous, and thus already has its own article and everything. I doubt most people know that there's a Randy Jackson in the group.  As far as the individual members go, I would say everyone knows Michael, and it kind of trails off after there.--NapoliRoma (talk) 06:04, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong support - there are over 8,550,000 searches for the primary article and over 1,590,000 searches for the musician. They are both musicians and African-Americans are not related. Randy Jackson shouldn't be the primary topic, even the article move requested will be Randy Jackson (musician b. 1956) while Randy Jackson (musician) will move to Randy Jackson (musician b. 1961). When Randy Jackson (musician) will merge and redirect in the said requested move article above. ApprenticeFan  talk  contribs 09:25, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Randy Jackson the American Idol judge is known internationally, especailly as Idol is shown throughout the world. Around 550 pages link to the judge, less than 150 for the Jackson 5 member. The judge seems to be the primary topic. Boleyn (talk) 09:57, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - I'd hardly say the difference in page links makes the judge the primary topic. The whole purpose of this move would be to make navigation for visitors easier. The page views show that a significant minority of visitors are looking for the Jackson 5 member. Also, seeing as there's quite a disagreement on who the primary topic is, from WP:PRIMARYUSAGE::"If there is extended discussion about which article truly is the primary topic, that may be a sign that there is in fact no primary topic, and that the disambiguation page should be located at the plain title with no '(disambiguation)'." Fingerz  On'Roids  10:28, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - The American Idol judge is the primary topic for "Randy Jackson". Disambiguating by a relatively unknown middle name is non-standard.  If this Randy Jackson were to be disambiguated, it should be at Randy Jackson (American Idol).  I don't see any evidence of anything that comes close to an "extended discussion about which article truly is the primary topic" here.  A hatnote at the top of the page to the J5 member is all that is required, which I just added.  --Born2cycle (talk) 05:12, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - The primary article should be move to Randy Jackson (American Idol) unless it should be undisambig the article. ApprenticeFan  talk  contribs 06:28, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Randy Jackson is a bit more than an American Idol judge. He was an accomplished studio musician and producer before he became part of the show.  Naming his article after the show would be odd to say the least.
 * The reason he became a judge on AI is for that other stuff. The reason he became famous to the public at large is because of being an AI judge, so, if the article title about him needs to be dabbed, that is the appropriate dabbing info to put there.  That's not odd, that's standard WP per WP:D. --Born2cycle (talk) 04:31, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Not to diss the other Randy Jackson, but as near as I can see, the sum total of his fame is as a member of the Jackson 5 and brother to Michael Jackson. Proximity does not confer notability.--NapoliRoma (talk) 07:16, 28 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Support. Two entertainers by the same name are sure to need repeated disambiguation of incoming links. There are actually 3 entertainers with this name, with articles on Wikipedia already.  If using a middle name is objectionable, use something else like birth year:  Randy Jackson (born 1961) etc.  --Una Smith (talk) 04:08, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. Not clear that there is a primary topic.  Once American Idol publicity dies down, which one would be the primary use?  Vegaswikian (talk) 03:00, 4 July 2009 (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. No further edits should be made to this section.

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No There are 2 Randy Jacksons
Randy Jackson from American idol is NOT related to the Jackson family. He had a career in music but he does not have the same parents as Michael and Janet Jackson. Randy Jackson from the Jackson 5 is related to Michael and Janet Jackson. 2600:6C5A:637F:EA24:6459:5C91:77C3:C685 (talk) 03:09, 4 February 2022 (UTC)