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The are dozens of people with the given name Modesto, and other places that can help expand the disambiguation.Lmcasablanca (talk) 15:53, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Lmcasablanca: And these people were all listed in Modesto (surname), which was linked to from the disambiguation. Now you've redundantly created a WP:content fork of this list at List of people with surname Modesto as well as copying that list to the disambiguation page. We don't want to have to go to the trouble of maintaining three separate and redundant lists. wbm1058 (talk) 16:35, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Wbm1058: When I say dozens of people are people with the given name Modesto, not the last name. Wikipedia is a international source, in many cultures it is common to give Modesto its own name to people. But you are right about the redundancy of have two articles with the same content. Lmcasablanca (talk) 16:39, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
We split List of people with surname Jones from Jones (surname) because that was too much content to comfortably fit into a single page. We don't have that problem in this case, so List of people with surname Modesto is not necessary and is redundant. wbm1058 (talk) 16:47, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It's okay, noticed the same, my mistake, when I created the List of people, did not notice that Wikipedia does not have the Surname article yet. So, if you can help me to end the fork would be great. The point is, what to do when people with surname Modesto is recognized by the Modesto name too? The surname page is fine, but they must appear on the disambiguation according to the politics, can you help? Lmcasablanca (talk) 16:55, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Lmcasablanca:: Another example: Washington. Note that near the top of that (the sixth item on the list):
  • Washington (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname Washington
Per MOS:DABORDER, "In cases where a small number of main topics are significantly more likely to be the reader's target, several of the most common meanings may be placed at the top, with other meanings below."
So Washington (name) is one of the six main topics. George Washington is another. He is the only person named Washington to be deemed significant enough to be one of the significantly most likely targets. The other Washingtons are listed in alphabetical order on Washington (name) and are not redundantly listed on the Washington disambiguation page.
Are there any people named Modesto that are so significant that they should be listed at the top of the Modesto disambiguation, and not just in Modesto (surname)? None that I see. wbm1058 (talk) 17:29, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification, this helped me a lot. In Latin America the president of Santos FC, Modesto Roma Júnior is a very remarkable figure, is daily in Brazilian national newspapers and Modesto Omiste Tinajeros has great historical importance to the Bolivarian countries, giving name even to a province called Modesto Omiste Province in Bolivia. As for the others I do not believe they are of great international / continental importance. Lmcasablanca (talk) 17:43, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
There are also some politicians who have served high posts in their countries, who are very likely to be important to the culture of their people. But not in the scope of being Main Topic. Lmcasablanca (talk) 17:52, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 8 February 2017

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) TonyBallioni (talk) 01:31, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Modesto (disambiguation) → Modesto – Modesto is not just a city, there are another places with that name, a family name and several people who attend by that name, and as we can see in pages that ambiguously link to Modesto, there are no match to Modesto, California beyond user pages. Lmcasablanca (talk) 00:01, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Places:

Surname:

Below is a short (incomplete) list of some people with given name Modesto, including the Brazilian personality Modesto Roma Júnior, Modesto Omiste Tinajeros, important Bolivarian historical figure that gave name to province of the same name and other important Latinamerican politicians:

  • Comment It would seem unusual (but not impossible) that 'Modesto' would be a primary topic for any person, going by their first name or surname. So, it probably boils down to which is the most common place name. I have doubts that anything other than Modesto, California would come close to competing with it. I will research more soon. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 00:32, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • In America or North America I believe is the most knowed place. In Latin America, specifically Brazil we barely heard of Modesto, CA but everyone knows Modesto of Santos or some people named Modesto from one of the lists. I even ask for some university students and professors and a very little of them know about Modesto, CA. And personally I discover the city because of a wikipedia search. Lmcasablanca (talk) 00:43, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
      • Regional or personal ignorance of the primary subject doesn't really play into this. Per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, there are two general tests: 1) "A topic is primary for a term, with respect to usage, if it is highly likely—much more likely than any other topic, and more likely than all the other topics combined—to be the topic sought when a reader searches for that term."; 2) "A topic is primary for a term, with respect to long-term significance, if it has substantially greater enduring notability and educational value than any other topic associated with that term." Modesto, California might easily pass on #1 because, after all, this is the English Wikipedia, and we would generally look at article page views to determine this. #2 is more murky. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 10:44, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
        • "Regional or personal ignorance of the primary subject" totally agree, my comment above was just an example."after all, this is the English Wikipedia" and yet English is an international language and treating it differently is a kind of regionalism. My point is that Modesto, CA is important but not least as Latino topics that are not well known to the American public. English is a language spoken in much of the globe and for a student or researcher, not-american and not-latin, who does not know the city as much as other topics, the city as main topic makes it difficult to search.Lmcasablanca (talk) 12:16, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
        • And how many of those views are not non-purposive "Modesto" redirects? I myself have visited several times while researching on another subject.Lmcasablanca (talk) 12:20, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - with population of 204,933 (2013) Modesto is the biggest place, so now redirecting to full name per WP:PLACE. Borderline really. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:26, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments. I went to the trouble of disambiguating links (Lmcasablanca, thanks for helping), all of which were pointing to the California city, which is primary topic for es:Modesto in Spanish, perhaps because it's more well-known among Mexicans. What's up with the recent deletion of pt:Modesto (sobrenome), the Portuguese surname article? wbm1058 (talk) 14:51, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. No evidence that any other use of Modesto gets significance interest compared to the California city. Reserve the right to change my !vote upon the presence of evidence that it not the primary topic --В²C ☎ 02:22, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Modesto, California has no realistic challenges for PrimaryTopic for "Modesto". It is the largest, oldest use of the name for something of significance, and quickly discounting the many first name partiality title matches as not serious contenders. Even looking at the word wikt:modesto, and if not worried that it is not English, it is not a concept closed to worthy of coverage. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:22, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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