Talk:J. T. Smith (musician)

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Biography: Musicians

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool because one or more other projects use this class. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the `\|auto=` parameter.

Merger proposal

I propose to merge John T. Smith (blues musician into J.T. Smith (musician). The articles are clearly describing the same person. Nashona (talk)

I agree with you. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 16:00, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's the same person. - Jazzbo 17 (talk) 02:11, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sufficient time has elapsed and I can see no logical reason why this merger should not now be effected. Thanks, - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 22:52, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Derek R Bullamore: no doubt a merge is appropriate, the only question being the direction. You created J. T. Smith (musician) in 2016, duplicating the 2015 John T. Smith (blues musician) article. Perhaps merge to the older article. John T. Smith (blues musician), in the absence of other arguments. Klbrain (talk) 17:32, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I am not really bothered which goes into which, although it is preferable to retain the guts of the J. T. Smith (musician) article, which is the more 'meaty version'. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 17:39, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't it make most sense if the article with fewer refs is merged into the one with more refs? I'm just amused that Derek managed to edit both articles, without noticing... Oops! Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:59, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's 'cos I is daft... Derek R Bullamore (talk) 20:23, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But not quite as daft as the time that has elapsed since this merger was proposed. As an 'interested party' I feel it is not appropriate for me to effect this. Can someone else make it happen ? Thanks - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 14:22, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 14:52, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]