Talk:Xerxes

Unsatisfactory link
The last link of the disambiguation refers to an audiophile record player, but it just points to the Xerxes System Shock 2 page. I tried browsing all articles to find the Xerxes record player to correct the link, but could not.

Does anyone with better search know-how feel like discovering if this article might exist?

Is there a way to ban 206.130.211.35 from making further (vandalisation) edits ?

As Xerxes I of Persia, aka Xerxes the Great, is by some way the best known person of this name, on account of his role in the Persian invasion of Greece, should he be treated as the primary meaning of this name? PatGallacher (talk) 17:20, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was no move. There is no consensus to move the page at this time. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 10:13, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Xerxes → Xerxes (disambiguation) — This enables us to treat Xerxes I of Persia as the primary meaning of "Xerxes", he is clearly the best known person of this name. PatGallacher (talk) 22:53, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Support Xerxes, the invader of Ancient Greece, is simply famous and in a casual conversation about 'Xerxes' we are speaking about him and none other. It could be compared to Julius Caesar (there are more than one but the most famous one overshadows the others). I also support a move of the current 'Xerxes I of Persia'-article towards 'Xerxes'. Flamarande (talk) 20:29, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. The Xerxes in question is definitely the primary meaning of the term.  However, I would keep the main article at his full title (Xerxes I of Persia) - we just need to have Xerxes as a redirect to that article, rather than the dab page. Tevildo (talk) 22:39, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Conditional Support
 * Support only:
 * if the article Xerxes I of Persia remains where it is
 * the contents of the article at Xerxes are moved to Xerxes (disambiguation)
 * Xerxes redirects to Xerxes I of Persia warrior  4321  22:48, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. I support only if Xerxes I of Persia is not moved and Xerxes becomes a redirect. I would support a move to Xerxes the Great, I suppose. Srnec (talk) 23:58, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Oppose — Which one is "the" Xerxes depends on your area of interest. Working on an article last year that mentioned Xerxes I of Persia, I ended up fixing incoming links to Xerxes and as I recall most of them did not intend Xerxes I of Persia.  Now I see a handful of new incoming links needing to be fixed, same deal.  If the dab page is displaced, future unintentional links no longer will be easy to find and fix.  --Una Smith (talk) 15:20, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I don't see evidence that there is a primary use.  If in fact the information provided by Una Smithis correct, then it is clear that we are lacking a primary use.  Also by leaving the dab page where it is, it makes dab cleanup easier for those who apply the tools.  Moving a dab page from the primary name space needs clear and convincing evidence.  That is not present here. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:38, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
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=Xërxë is a place in kosovo= 42.34972°N, 20.57056°W Xërxë Xerxe Žirče Zirce Зрзе Zrze FULL_NAME Zirze

James Michael DuPont (talk) 07:59, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Xerxes the musician/remixer
Is Xerxes the musician/remixer (Klaus Lunde) of sufficient importance to list here? It's the xerxes I was looking for, but that's just one person. 24.17.178.36 (talk) 00:18, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Requested move 17 December 2019

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The result of the move request was: Request withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Coastside (talk) 08:09, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

– Xerxes (name) is the primary topic. Coastside (talk) 04:43, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Xerxes → Xerxes (disambiguation)
 * Xerxes (name) → Xerxes

You're right. I withdrew the request.Coastside (talk) 08:19, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose I'm extremely dubious that the majority of readers searching for "Xerxes" are looking for information about the name itself, rather than any particular person carrying that name (e.g. Xerxes I gets about 2,000 daily page views). It seems that you recently created Xerxes (name) by splitting content from Xerxes (disambiguation). I don't think this was done correctly though. Per WP:NAMELIST people who are commonly known as just "Xerxes" (including e.g. Xerxes I, or Xerxes (Sasanian prince)) should still be listed on the disambiguation page, even if they're also listed on the name page. Colin M (talk) 06:43, 17 December 2019 (UTC)


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