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The result was delete. j⚛e decker ^talk 02:21, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

R Elliott (Newcastle United)[edit]

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This is useless disambiguation page. No one would ever search for "R Elliott (Newcastle United)" and nothing links here. Vanjagenije (talk) 21:15, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

~~Whatever~~ Keep This "Dynamic BBC Article" Re Republic Of Ireland (v Georgia) at one stage referred to the squad in the format: D Forde (Millwall), K Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday), S Given (Aston Villa), R Elliott (Newcastle United)...Not being familiar with many of the team I went through the ball-ache of searching/guessing the wiki pages. I figured it was in the spirit of wiki to create the links saving future readers the hassle I went through....unfortunately there are two R Elliott (Newcastle United)s...I don't pick the teams I just create the redirects... The current "Dynamic article" refers to squad member 16 Elliot and this article 21 Elliot . Stacie Croquet (talk)

It is simply not true that "No one would ever search for "R Elliott (Newcastle United)/R Elliot (Newcastle United)" - I did. It is a relatively common format to list to international footballers; the more such redirects, the more reader friendly is Wikipedia.All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer. I think there has been a degree of auto-pilot with the later votes. To me the usefulness of the redirect (and indeed even the disambig page had it actually been required) was self-evident, if granted, a little radical for the old-guard. Stacie Croquet (talk) 10:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:27, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:27, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - I'm sorry but this is one of the most ridiculous disambiguation pages I have seen in a long time. Giant Snowman 08:36, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - There is nothing to disambiguate, the surname in each case is spelled differently! A hat note in each article to avoid confusion would be better. Fenix down (talk) 10:18, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Doh!...well spotted R Elliott (Newcastle United) & R Elliot (Newcastle United) are now straight forward redirects...can we now drop or move onto.. Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion Stacie Croquet (talk) 11:30, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Daft disambiguation page, need I say more? IJA (talk) 17:40, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both - useless disambiguation pages or implausible redirects, take your pick. A hatnote at the top of each page should suffice. Ansh666 00:16, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This should be obvious. --Jersey92 (talk) 04:22, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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