Talk:Arthur Walsh (U.S. senator)

Latest comment: 1 year ago by MaterialWorks in topic Requested move 7 August 2023

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Requested move 7 August 2023

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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: no consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover)MaterialWorks 20:15, 29 August 2023 (UTC)Reply


Arthur Walsh (U.S. senator)Arthur Walsh (American politician) – The current title is unnecessarily role-specific. This proposal was suggested by Necrothesp (and somewhat also by SmokeyJoe) in the previous RM, but got lost in the rejection of the en mass move request. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 21:42, 7 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. — DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 11:45, 14 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 13:09, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Oppose. Not known as “politician”, but for his highest position, for which he was appointed not elected, and in which is not noted for having done anything political. The shorter, more helpful, role-specific disambiguator is better on many counts. SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:05, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
If he wasn't a politician, perhaps the article should not open with a sentence saying "Arthur Walsh (February 26, 1896 – December 13, 1947) was an American politician ..." —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 22:12, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
Done. While arguably every member of congress could be auto-labelled “politician”, not a single source I can find describes him so, and his senate appointment was brief and unelected. The word doesn’t belong in the lede sentence. SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:14, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
Oppose per SmokeyJoe. estar8806 (talk) 22:11, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
Opposed per other editors. more useful to keep senator as a disambiguation. Killuminator (talk) 22:40, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
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