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The result was not moved, both because of a majority in opposition, and because the supporters are factually incorrect about the definition of "athlete" and "athletics". Nyttend (talk) 13:46, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin Sullivan (athlete)Kevin Sullivan (runner) – This is not the only Kevin Sullivan who is an athlete, so this designation is too broad. Kevin Sullivan (wrestler) is also an athlete, for example. "Runner" is more specific to what this man is known for, and it is shorter (6 char) than athlete (7 char). I was unable to find out this man's middle name, otherwise that would also be an alternative. 184.146.159.100 (talk) 03:37, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The reason I mentioned it earlier is because there is a move afoot to try to change the common disambiguator for all people participating in athletics, to something more creative or descriptive. I suggest that without a broader discussion of the projects involved (which I tried to make at Wikiproject:Athletics happen but got no traction) we shouldn't be making a broad decision like this via individual RfDs like this. (Athlete) is currently in use in hundreds to thousands of articles. By the way, the suggestion of no redirect makes this proposal more likely to cause greater confusion to find the correct article. Trackinfo (talk) 17:22, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It involves all sports, so should be discussed at WT:SPORTS, not Athletics. The current disambiguation does not work, as outlined by the nominator. "athlete" in all varieties of English means sportsperson per talk:athlete , so any broad discussion should occur at WT:SPORTS. -- 70.51.46.146 (talk) 06:13, 20 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
70.51.46.146, What do you mean "does not work"? There is an article for Kevin Sullivan (athlete), an athlete and an article for "Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)" who engages in mock combat. Gregkaye 07:04, 22 September 2014 (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.
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