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Uniform color, under picture[edit]

Is the uniform really green, or should that piece of information be revised? 147.161.151.85 (talk) 13:56, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 29 March 2024[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 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: pages moved. Andrewa (talk) 16:04, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Vining (soldier) → Mike Vining
Mike Vining → Mike Vining (coach)

– This page seems to be significantly more popular than the current Mike Vining page, which is for a retired basketball coach with three sentences in total. Mike Vining the soldier should probably be the primary page for "Mike Vining" Zinderboff(talk) 15:37, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I was definitely puzzled to see this article, which has essentially no meaningful incoming links, and is about a subject of minimal notability, get 1000+ pageviews per day. It turns out that Mike Vining is an internet meme, although this is not addressed anywhere on the page. If there is a primary topic, it's the meme, and that should be expanded in the article. 162 etc. (talk) 17:29, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support the soldier has 19,765 views compared with only 426[[1]] for the coach so at the least there is likely no primary topic. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:42, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is a "takeover" of a primary topic. I have added a move of the coach Mike Vining to Mike Vining (coach). Natg 19 (talk) 21:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 12:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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