Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Darby (disambiguation)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep WP:SNOW based on changes since nomination and nominator's comment below. -- JHunterJ (talk) 16:21, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Stephen Darby (disambiguation)

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Every article in this page has people with similar, but distinct full names. There are short hatnotes on all three of the articles that make it is a lot easier to navigate for people who accidentally made a typo or need a distinguishment per WP:HATCHEAP. And before anyone asks, I have looked throughout Wikipedia to see if there was anyone else with a name similar to Stephen (or Steve) Darby (or Derby) and I couldn't find any at all. KingSkyLord (talk &#124; contribs) 19:19, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:25, 8 April 2020 (UTC)


 * keep not again! you have been told at previous afds that there is nothing wrong with dabs with 3 entries. They do not have distinct full names - the football coach is a Stephen too, as his article makes clear, and the redirect. Stephen Derby (which is pronounced the same as Darby) lived 14th century, before standardised spelling. His name was probably spelt many different ways in original documents, probably often in Latin rather than English, so is definitely needed here. Boleyn (talk) 07:16, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't have minded the dab page if there wasn't an "appearant WP:PRIMARYTOPIC", which there isn't. The hatnote isn't long or "busy" at all, plus there are less than three links in each hatnote, which is very little compared to many others. KingSkyLord (talk &#124; contribs) 13:23, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:TWODABS. While it is true that spelling was rather fluid in the heyday of the MP (e.g. Shakspere), the only source spells his name Derby. Anything more is speculative. Hatnotes are sufficient in this case. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:20, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
 * , 2dabs says nothing that would support deletion for this. Boleyn (talk) 13:19, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per Boleyn. And hatnotes are rarely a good idea when there's more than one option, as they look too "busy". -- Necrothesp (talk) 08:53, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Busy? How? If there were more than two links in the hatnote or it was longer than a line, then it would be "busy". The disambiguation page seems unnecessary just for two links which easily fit in a hatnote. KingSkyLord (talk &#124; contribs) 13:23, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Two dabs = hatnote only; more than two dabs = dab page. This is always how we do it. No reason to make an exception here because you don't like it. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:26, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Also someone looking carefully added entries, as often happens. Dabs are also far easier to expand than hatnotes. This seems to be a campaign based on personal preference rather than guidelines. Boleyn (talk) 13:31, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
 * @Boleyn + @Necrothesp: I was referring to how the dab page looked like before the additions by JHunterJ. Now that the dab page has been expanded, there really isn't a point in keeping this discussion going on any longer. I would like to withdraw my nomination however I can't due to WP:WITHDRAWN. KingSkyLord (talk &#124; contribs) 16:11, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. I expanded the list with other MOS:DABMENTIONs. (Adding  to the search helped.) -- JHunterJ (talk) 11:23, 9 April 2020 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.