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On 30 July 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from James Ferguson (footballer, fl. 1905-15) to James Ferguson (Cowdenbeath and Dumbarton footballer). The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 30 July 2024

Latest comment: 1 month ago4 comments3 people in discussion

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. Clear consensus to move to James Ferguson (Cowdenbeath and Dumbarton footballer) since there are two supporters including the nominator. It was agreed over James Ferguson (1900s–1910s footballer) per WP:CONSISTENCY with James Ferguson (Queen's Park footballer). (closed by non-admin page mover) Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 06:59, 6 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

James Ferguson (footballer, fl. 1905-15) → James Ferguson (1900s–1910s footballer) – or James Ferguson (Cowdenbeath and Dumbarton footballer). Date ranges usually use an en dash rather than hyphen. Apparently, "fl." is an abbreviation of the Latin word floruit, roughly meaning "flourished" or "active", but to me its meaning seems rather obscure. I found a total of 150 articles on Wikipedia that have that in their titles – 26 of which are about footballers. Note also Jim Ferguson (footballer), James Ferguson (Queen's Park footballer), and Jimmy Ferguson (footballer). —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 00:55, 30 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. Giant Snowman 16:26, 30 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Support 'James Ferguson (Cowdenbeath and Dumbarton footballer)' to match similar case at James Ferguson (Queen's Park footballer). Other players of same name were active in 1900s and 1910s, see e.g. Jim Ferguson (footballer) who was active late 1910s, so the 'James Ferguson (1900s–1910s footballer)' option is ambiguous. Giant Snowman 16:30, 30 July 2024 (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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