Talk:Robert Walker (Newton Heath footballer)

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Requested move 30 March 2017

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The result of the move request was: Moved — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:41, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Walker (English footballer) → Robert Walker (Newton Heath footballer) – Incomplete disambiguation. The current title is ambiguous with Robert Walker (footballer, born 1884), and the only information know about this footballer is that he played for Newton Heath. We don't know his years of birth or death, or even whether he was English, as the current title assumes.
The former Newton Heath FC was renamed to Manchester United F.C. in 1902, after this player's time, so it seems to me to be an anachronism to use Manchester United as a disambiguator ... but if editors prefer to use ManU, I'll go with that as better than the current incomplete disambiguation. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:09, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note that this page was the subject of recent RM discussion at Talk:Robert Walker (black footballer)#Requested_move_1_February_2017, which closed as no consensus after too many issues got tangled up in each other. @Lugnuts, BDD, Roman Spinner, Theurgist, GiantSnowman, and Jellyman, who all participated in the previous discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:12, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom, but not opposed to Man U either. That would sacrifice a bit of accuracy for a lot of recognizability, which is a tradeoff I'm willing to make. Either way, we solve the problem that this person isn't primary topic for the current title. I doubt there is one at all, and it should redirect to Robert Walker#Sports after the move. --BDD (talk) 15:38, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. --BDD (talk) 15:38, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nomination. In the same manner that Robert Walker (Scottish footballer) redirects to the Robert Walker disambiguation page so should Robert Walker (English footballer). The assumption, as with the "(born XXXX)" uncertainty regarding the two Robert Walker footballers that have unspecified birth years, was/is that since this Robert Walker played for English teams, he must have been English. However, as mentioned in the nomination, MUFCINFO.COM, listed under the article's "External links", indicates "Nationality: Unknown ????". —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 15:56, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. I know nothing about the history of the two clubs (or any football club, for that matter), but the Man Utd disambig can be made as a WP:CHEAP redirect. Lugnuts ^{Precious bodily fluids} 18:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom, as the team he played for is the only confirmed fact about him, it has to be the disambiguation used. Jellyman (talk) 19:30, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Giant Snowman 06:57, 31 March 2017 (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.