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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.
– There are multiple people of the name, and this person isn't clearly more significant than any other with the name. Propose that the person be moved out of the way, and the disambiguation page take prominence. — billinghurstsDrewth 07:29, 16 July 2016 (UTC) — billinghurstsDrewth07:29, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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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: Moved to Samuel Clark (New York and Michigan politician). There is a clear consensus (which also led to the relisting following a move review) that the current name is not appropriate, but no firm agreement as to which is the best new disambiguator to use. One or two favour the proposed "Michigan politician" but there is some reasonable concern over the accuracy, which is fair because those who know him as a New York politician might not find that WP:RECOGNIZEable. It's really a choice between the birth year dab and the dab which mentions both states, and there is a slight favouring in vote count towards the latter, (4 to 3 I think) and it may be marginally more recognizable than the birth year, so I'm declaring tha the result. — Amakuru (talk) 15:45, 1 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support. It's hard to find an ideal solution in this case, since the Iowa politician was also a U.S. Representative. I don't think the proposed disambiguation is inaccurate, and it's as good as any other solution. kennethaw88 • talk05:38, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, also a New Yorker and New Your politician, and so misleading. Someone looking for the New York politician will be discouraged from following the correct link by the suggested "Michigan politician)". Instead, suggest all the Sam Clark politicians should be disambiguated by middle name or other, if possible, plus by birth year regardless, and that all have hat notes pointing to the dab page Samuel Clark. There is no ideal disambiguation for these. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:50, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Post-closure: I have been asked to review my decision for closing. There is one neutral and one oppose, and two supports. The opposer brought up a good point, that if the article was moved to Samuel Clark (Michigan politician), it very well could be misleading because he was a New York politician as well. Other disambiguation is available, like birth date or middle name, though he is not known by his middle name. Ḉɱ̍2nd anniv.17:33, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Could you reopen the discussion? We need to find a different disambiguator, as "U.S. politician" could apply to the several other articles as well.--Cúchullaint/c17:38, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Per SmokeyJoe. Assuming a middle name or initial would not work or could not be found, and given WP:QUALIFIER; seems like Samuel Clark (politician, born 1800) is likely the best option. I would support that. PaleAqua (talk) 19:20, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
He appears to have be the only Democrat among the American politicians at the disambiguation page if I checked correctly. Could we use that? i.e. Samuel Clark (Democratic politician) PaleAqua (talk) 05:29, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If, for the purpose of arriving at a consensus for an acceptable qualifier, we decide to agree on the particulars of mid-19th-century U.S. politics [Clark's congressional terms were 20 years apart — 1833–35 as a Jacksonian and 1853–55 as a Democrat] regarding the legacy of Jacksonian Party as predecessor of the modern U.S. Democratic Party, that would also facilitate a resolution. —Roman Spinner(talk)(contribs)18:40, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment from nominator: Thank you for re-opening, Andy M. Wang. I'm open to other possibilities besides the one I suggested, but the present title is incomplete disambiguation and isn't a suitable title. It needs to point to the dab page.
It appears there won't be an ideal title here, we'll have to pick the best among the less-good options. In my opinion, (Michigan politician) is our best bet; while it doesn't explain everything he was known for, as he was also a politician in New York, parentheticals don't need to cover everything. Their main purpose is to distinguish the subject from others, and "(Michigan politician)" appropriately distinguishes him from Samuel Reed Clark, who could also be called "(New York politician)". This Clark is also apparently best known for his activities in Michigan. "(politician, born 1800)" could also work, though it's less recognizable and concise. As for the middle name, it looks like he may not have had one, at least one that appears in sources enough that it's usable disambiguation.
I just added a hatnote to this article, pointing to the other two politicians (even better than a dab page, because you don't have to wade through all the non-politicians). With that, I don't see any great need to move this article, since the other two are already naturally disambiguated by name. Station1 (talk) 02:21, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just because an RM has a particular name listed as a target does not mean that other options can not be considered in the discussion; separate RMs/proposals are not necessary. That said (New York and Michigan politician) seems a bit unwieldily to me given WP:CONCISE. PaleAqua (talk) 04:33, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Move to Samuel Clark (New York and Michigan politician) – Among disambiguated subjects, we have three politicians, all American and all active in the 19th century, so that when choosing a title, precision is not achieved by mentioning the nationality or the birth date. Precision by middle name is not informative, therefore I support precision by state, which makes them all unambiguous. The fact that this particular Samuel Clark was elected in two states should be reflected in the article title, even if it makes it a bit long. — JFGtalk09:18, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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