Talk:John Healey

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On 6 July 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from John Healey (politician) to John Healey. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 23 May 2018

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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the pages at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 06:56, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

– Clear primary topic.[1] Unreal7 (talk) 12:31, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Political figure with with no international renown. Not WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 01:18, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So is Jess Phillips, but we moved that. Unreal7 (talk) 07:07, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Each politician presents a notability and represents a constituency which is different from that of any other politician and each such discussion is evaluated by a Wikipedia constituency which may be different from that in a previous discussion. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 18:55, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

there's also Wikipedia:Other stuff exists עם ישראל חי (talk) 21:18, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – No stronger long-term notability than John P. Healey for instance. — JFG ^talk 12:21, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above עם ישראל חי (talk) 21:18, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

References needed

I've added a lot of references for Healey's electoral history. However, I had to remove a lot of unreferenced information. I'll admit, I didn't take lots of time to find references, but I will get round to it. In the meantime, this page still needs a few more references in order to keep it relevant and accurate. Ellwat (talk) 18:06, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 6 July 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 16:49, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

– Primary topic because of page views and long term significance. Previous requested move discussion was a bit flawed because John P. Healey is not commonly known as simply "John Healey". Pinging participants (who are not blocked) in previous discussion. @Roman Spinner: @JFG: Sahaib (talk) 14:57, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Well, the disambiguation page shows other John Healeys too. Whilst it is likely that in the short/medium term that this John Healey is the most searched for out of them (whilst people discover who he is), I'm not sure if that ultimately is the clearest, most easily accessible, format in the medium to longer term. Peter Kelford (talk) 18:59, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – WP:PRIMARYTOPIC Healey has become the Defence Secretary and he has the importance for his page to be the primary topic. Jeremy Hulber (talk) 23:06, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support — the John Healey page should doubtlessly have "(disambiguation)" added to it and the politician is now defence secretary of the United Kingdom, meaning he is much more influential than the other individuals. Gammawammallama (talk) 22:11, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 16:42, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Obvious who the main topic here will be. --Atchom (talk) 18:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support as per nomination. Clearly most significant of those named. Coldupnorth (talk) 12:23, 11 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.

reliable sources noticeboard

A cite of an opinion column by Mr Healey has been brought up on the reliable sources noticeboard: Opinion piece in The Sun, used solely as evidence of its author's views. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 15:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Now it's in the archives. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 17:50, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]