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I would welcome any further refinement of this article about this extraordinary man. drboisclair 07:33, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You have just volunteered to do the work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.54.201.140 (talk) 09:24, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 4 October 2018[edit]

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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Moved. (non-admin closure) Iffy★Chat -- 11:47, 12 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Burns (American actor) → Michael Burns (actor) – Sole actor named Michael Burns. No need to indicate national identity. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 00:34, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:25, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Roman Spinner: There also is Mike Burns (actor) (English actor in 1991 BBC sitcom The Brittas Empire), and "Mike" is a common short form for "Michael". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:28, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:PRECISE. Mike Burns (actor) is not an article, it is merely a redirect to an article that contains no information about Mike Burns other than the name of one character he played in the 1990s sitcom. Station1 (talk) 06:32, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The Brittas Empire regular cast member Mike Burns had his own extremely brief stub for twelve-and-a-half years, from September 2005 to April 2018, when it was redirected to List of The Brittas Empire characters#Colin Weatherby. However, even if the stub was still active, the American actor was never credited as "Mike", nor did he ever use "Mike Burns" as a stage name. The qualifiers are thus unbalanced, with one described as "(American actor)" and the other as simply "(actor)". Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 13:22, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support move. As we don't have an article for the Englishman, and the other American goes by a nickname, that leaves this American as the sole notable actor to professionally use some variant of the name. ONR (talk) 06:36, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Additional television role[edit]

Michael was also in McHale's navy - Make room for Ovie 50.109.214.235 (talk) 14:21, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]