Talk:Æthelred I (disambiguation)

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I suggest that the king of Wessex is the primary topic. PatGallacher (talk) 00:55, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 9 February 2021

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The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Celia Homeford (talk) 15:07, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Æthelred I → Æthelred I (disambiguation) – People are moving this page back and forwards, we ought to have a full discussion. This ought to be a disambiguation page because the king of Wessex is clearly the primary topic, the other two kings of this name are rather obscure figures. You only need to look at the length of his article, although that may not clinch the argument. He was a significant figure in the emergence of a unified kingdom of England, the brother of Alfred the Great, regarded by some as the first king of England. He fought the Danes at the Battle of Ashdown, a famous English victory. PatGallacher (talk) 10:01, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support. It's better when the disambiguation page is labeled as such. 5440orSleep (talk) 04:42, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support assuming that it is also the intention to redirect Æthelred I to Æthelred I, King of Wessex as WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT, changing the hatnote there. If that was not the intention then this move is not possible as it would leave the disambiguation page WP:MALPLACED. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 12:12, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support and redirect Æthelred I to the King of Wessex as the primary redirect. Rreagan007 (talk) 04:06, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The King of Wessex is a clear primary redirect, if not the clear primary topic. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:30, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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