Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Brawley


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The result was keep. And move to William Brawley (disambiguation)  Sandstein   22:52, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

William Brawley

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WP:TWODABS disambiguation page with one clear primary topic by historical importance. William H. Brawley was a U.S. Congressman and a U.S. federal judge, both federal offices. The other subject, Billy Brawley (who generally does not appear to be referred to as "William") is a Scottish footballer who played without distinction for several seasons from 1999 to 2007, and apparently has not been heard from since. I would delete the disambiguation page and redirect to the Congressman/judge, with a hatnote to the footballer. bd2412 T 21:39, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:25, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment, there is also a Bill Brawley, elected to the North Carolina House, and "Big Bill" Brawley is a character in the film The Bruiser. Even with those, I think William Brawley should lead directly to the article currently at William H. Brawley, either through a redirect as proposed, or by moving that article. If kept, the dab page should move to William Brawley (disambiguation) or perhaps Bill Brawley (disambiguation). Update, actually the current North Carolina politician is linked as William Brawley (North Carolina politician) in many articles. older ≠ wiser 10:08, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment William H. Brawley should be kept under this name, because this is how he is refered to. I don't have an opinion on weather William Brawley should be a redirect to him.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:18, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 04:06, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Now has 4 entries, so definitely shouldn't be deleted, but no objection to move to William Brawley (disambiguation). Boleyn (talk) 10:23, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I would agree with moving to William Brawley (disambiguation), given the expansion. bd2412  T 13:19, 10 December 2017 (UTC)


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