Talk:Phil Williams (Alabama state representative)

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On 13 November 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Phil Williams (Alabama representative) to Phil Williams (Alabama state representative). The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 13 November 2023[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: moved. No objections as proposed. There was support to use YOB as a disambiguator, but as there is no YOB sourced for either of these, consensus appears to be in favor of these as proposed. (closed by non-admin page mover) estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:01, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

– It's unclear whether these titles refer to state-level positions or federal ones. I would suggest to drop "Alabama" since it serves no disambiguation purpose, but that idea wasn't popular in Talk:Paul Anderson (Minnesota state senator)#Requested move 21 October 2023. Necrothesp may have a better idea. Additionally, it's worth noting that we don't have a birth year for the representative. If someone can find his birth year, then let's do Phil Williams (Alabama politician, born 19xx) for both of them. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 14:00, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Difficult one. I'd actually advocate moving to Phil Williams (American politician, born XXXX) (if we don't need to disambiguate between politician from different states, we usually just use "American"), but unfortunately we don't have a YOB for the representative as stated above. If we can find his YOB then I'd support that; if we can't then the proposed titles may be the best. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:33, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Phil Williams (American politician, born XXXX) is better, if the missing birth year can be identified (and sourced). —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 00:44, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I support the American politician, born XXXX better since it is already in use in other situations. Better for consistency. cookie monster 755 00:23, 15 November 2023 (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.