Talk:Thomas Watt (politician)

On 20 August 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Thomas Watt (politician) to Thomas Watt. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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Requested move 20 August 2021

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: not moved

Consensus that subject is not WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. (non-admin closure) Havelock Jones (talk) 23:07, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

– There is no other pages with the title "Thomas Watt". Sahaib3005 (talk) 06:34, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, the other biographical pages listed are legally named Thomas.--Ortizesp (talk) 05:42, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Ortizesp: The only one I can see is Tom Watt (actor), who is most commonly known as Tom not Thomas. Sahaib3005 (talk) 13:58, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Unlikely this move would be justified solely on the basis of there being no other articles of the same name, as those articles obviously exist and "Tom" and "Tommy" are just shorthand for "Thomas" as Ortizep says (for example the obituary at the Tommy Watt article gives his birthname as Thomas Watt).

A move might have validity if it was demonstrated that Thomas Watt (politician) was the primary topic - ie that The politician's article is highly likely to be what anyone is searching for when they look for "Thomas Watt" and/or the politician Thomas Watt has substantially greater enduring notability and educational value than any other topic associated with that term. This is at least possible given the other Thomas Watt's didn't routinely use the formal name, but this discussion would probably need some evidence that this was the case. -- Euryalus (talk) 22:56, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: per page views and google search. DrKay (talk) 08:21, 28 August 2021 (UTC) Amended 08:56, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@DrKay:, the page has just been created, so I don’t think comparing page views is a valid point Sahaib3005 (talk) 08:46, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. He's the only one on the list commonly known as Thomas Watt. It may be the legal name of some of the others, but they're not commonly known by it so the dab page is fine to list them. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:26, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The page views show that there is no primary topic, and if anything it's Tom Watt (actor) that should be the primary topic. — Amakuru (talk) 15:51, 15 September 2021 (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.