Talk:Robert Williams (North Carolina politician)

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Requested move 22 December 2014

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The result of the move request was: Moved to Robert Williams (North Carolina politician). Robert Williams (governor) is moving to Robert Williams (Mississippi politician) per Necrothesp's proposal. In my opinion, anyone could go ahead and redirect Robert Williams (American politician) to the DAB page at Robert Williams provided they are willing to fix up all the incoming links to the American politician to go to the right place. EdJohnston (talk) 05:24, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Robert Williams (American politician) → Robert Williams (1773–1821) – The current article name is misleading because Robert Williams (governor) was an American politician with the same name. Not misleading for those who know about the "governor" article, but it is misleading for those who just see "American politician" and wrongly conclude that that title sufficiently distinguishes the subject from other possible candidates. I've already had to correct two articles (diff 1, diff 2) that contained errors that I believe emerged from this article's name. 82.136.210.153 (talk) 15:15, 22 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Support moving this page to a proper complete disambiguator; oppose the title proposed above. I'd prefer Robert Williams (congressman) as a disambiguator, but in any case disambiguating people by year is a last resort. The present title ought to be redirected to Robert Williams, a disambiguation page containing several American politicians (and more than one governor). 209.211.131.181 (talk) 17:44, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. --82.136.210.153 (talk) 19:07, 22 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose per WP:NCP ("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)"). But you're right that this title is ambiguous and should redirect to the dab. Move to Robert Williams (North Carolina politician) as first choice. States make a good disambiguator when "American" isn't precise enough, partially because it's still rare for a person to have elected office in more than one state. --BDD (talk) 02:35, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure. Anything that will solve the current problem. :) --82.136.210.153 (talk) 14:55, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Support move to Robert Williams (North Carolina politician) and Robert Williams (governor) to Robert Williams (Mississippi politician). -- Necrothesp (talk) 01:45, 29 December 2014 (UTC)


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