Talk:Ashley Williams (footballer)

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On 10 October 2020, it was proposed that this article be moved from Ashley Williams (footballer) to Ashley Williams (Welsh footballer). The result of the discussion was not moved.

Murder section

The bit about his attempted murder of Robin van Persie is untidy lookin..somebody should fix it..has no sources either..here's a few. (GOAL) (BBC) (CNN) (ESPN) (New Straits Times) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.40.99.242 (talk) 05:21, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ashley Williams disambiguation

Seeing that there are other people called "Ashley Williams", e.g. the actress for Victoria in "How I met your mother", should this not start with a link to a disambiguation page?Sansmalrst (talk) 16:01, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 10 October 2020

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:

Ashley Williams (footballer) → not moved
Ashley Williams (footballer, born 2000) → moved to Ashley Williams (Liberian footballer)

(non-admin closure) CThomas³ (talk) 14:51, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It was proposed in this section that multiple pages be renamed and moved.

The discussion has been closed, and the result will be found in the closer's comment.

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– Of course he's more notable than his Liberian namesake, but that's neither here nor there. Plus, his nationality is more well-known than his birth year. Unreal7 (talk) 20:32, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, not sure if I feel comfortable disambiguating the Welsh international as (Welsh footballer) since he was born and raised in England, has a Jamaican father, and is only a quarter Welsh. I'd rather disambiguate by birth year as standard so Ashley Williams (footballer, born 1984) or leave as is.--Ortizesp (talk) 02:31, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:NCPDAB and Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(sportspeople)#Association_football_(soccer), with the latter stating "If the footballers have different nationalities, use their nationality in the disambiguation". He's played 80+ games for Wales, so saying he's Welsh also passes WP:DUCK. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:32, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. Giant Snowman 16:16, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sportspeople)#Association football (soccer) lists a number of possible alternatives used to disambiguate footballers; the standard in practice is always year of birth, because sporting nationality is fluid. The 'Welsh' player, for example, was born in England, and qualifies for Wales through heritage. Nationality in football is so fluid, there are SO many examples of players born in one country who represented another because it's where their mum or grandad came from. See also Ricky Shakes, who was born in England and would have been located at 'English footballer' until he was 21, when he played 1 game for Trinidad & Tobago. He would then have been 'Trinidadian footballer' until he was 26, when he changed allegiance to Guyana...so, in short, disambiguating by nationality is complex and full of holes, so we should (and, in practice, do) disambiguate by year of birth primarily. So, in this case, either leave the articles as they are or move the 'Welsh' footballer to Ashley Williams (footballer, born 1984). Giant Snowman 16:24, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But Ricky Shakes is at Ricky Shakes and not Ricky Shakes (footballer). Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:42, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I know. I was simply using him as an example to show the fluidity of nationalities. Where would his article be located if there were other Ricky Shakes on Wikipedia and he had to be disambiguated? Giant Snowman 08:18, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose first and Support second - Per Lugnuts (again) and Station1. I think we've got a serious dispute going on that has the potential to affect many articles. I agree with Lugnuts because WP:NCPDAB states that year of birth should only be used when disambiguation can't be resolved through more specific qualifiers. GiantSnowman cited WP:NCSP as a rationale for their !vote, but I disagree with it because most people researching these footballers won't know the exact year that they were born (WP:NCPDAB). This could make it slightly harder for readers to find the exact footballer they are looking for. Also, I'm unaware of any RFC or guideline that says that we primarily disambiguate athletes by year of birth. Scorpions13256 (talk) 00:28, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose first. Support second. With 97% of recent pageviews, the Welsh footballer is clear WP:PRIMARYUSAGE for its title. The hatnote works well for the 3% looking for the Liberian footballer, who is probably somewhat more recognizable by nationality than year of birth, nationality being slightly favored at WP:NCSP. - Station1 (talk) 06:31, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I never thought to look at the number of pageviews. You've changed my !vote partially. Scorpions13256 (talk) 14:40, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose first per WP:ONEOTHER. Support second per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)#Disambiguating: "Years of birth and death are not normally used as disambiguators (readers are more likely to be seeking this information than to already know it)" and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sportspeople)#Association football (soccer) point 2a. The player born in 2000 has only ever played in or for Liberia; there's no evidence of national fluidity. DrKay (talk) 16:08, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.