Talk:William Kidd (disambiguation)

Requested move 29 October 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. Me hands 'ave a consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 12:06, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

– No need for the same individual to be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC of both William Kidd (disambiguation) page and Captain Kidd (disambiguation) page. His WP:COMMONNAME is "Captain Kidd", as exemplified by Captain Kidd (film), while he is likely unrecognizable as "William Kidd". Users researching Captain Kidd will still be redirected to his William Kidd entry and users who type "William Kidd" may well be searching for William Kidd (painter), but those actually searching for the privateer's entry will find it as the top link on the dab page. If consensus would prefer to simply move William Kidd → Captain Kidd, I would support such a move. As for the additional nomination, since English Wikipedia has entries for Bill Kidd (Scottish politician) as well as Bill Kidd (American politician), the main title header of the Scottish politician's entry should have a parenthetical qualifier, with Bill Kidd as well as the incomplete disambiguation Bill Kidd (politician) redirecting to the William Kidd dab page. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 04:33, 29 October 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Jenks24 (talk) 11:35, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
 * William Kidd (disambiguation) → William Kidd
 * William Kidd → William Kidd (privateer)
 * Bill Kidd → Bill Kidd (Scottish politician)
 * Support per nom. Ortizesp (talk) 07:25, 30 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose. The pirate is the primary topic, even though he is indeed commonly known as Captain Kidd. The Scottish politician is also primary for Bill Kidd over the obscure American state politician. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:22, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose, aye, William be the primary matey, per Necrothesp. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:34, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per @Necrothesp. Killuminator (talk) 14:49, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose. The name "William Kidd" is more well-known than the request gives credit for.  O.N.R.  (talk) 16:23, 5 November 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.
 * Oppose. Clear primary topic.  162 etc. (talk) 17:22, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Opppose Per others, it's getting WP:SNOWy in here. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 09:39, 6 November 2023 (UTC)