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The result was merge to Paul Townsend (disambiguation). (non-admin closure) SSTflyer 10:49, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Townshend[edit]

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This DAB page isn't serving a purpose. I checked - there's only one Paul Townshend mentioned on all of Wikipedia and it's Pete's brother. The other entry is a guy with a similar name. This is a WP:TWODABS scenario if you count the second entry as legitimate (it probably isn't) and even then there's no ambiguity here. Nohomersryan (talk) 04:45, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Paul Townsend (disambiguation) This page, Paul Townshend, was created as a dab for those named Paul Towns(h)end as per the introductory line, with or without the h. There's no difference in the pronunciation between the two, so they are easily confused. Paul Townshend (musician) is mentioned in several WP articles, and so if readers are looking for him we want to make it clear we have info on him. Paul Townsend (disambiguation) has recently been created, so a merge and redirect there seems the best option - only a small number of entries so won't overload the reader, and whichever spelling the reader uses, we'll let them know all the Paul Towns(h)ends we have info on. Boleyn (talk) 10:25, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Sam Sailor ^Talk! 10:41, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Agree with Boleyn. Townsend and Townshend are pronounced identically in British English. One DAB page will suffice for both spellings. Narky Blert (talk) 01:05, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Nohomersryan, what do you think of the proposed solution? Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 10:13, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Fine by me. Nohomersryan (talk) 15:08, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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