Talk:Jim Davis (basketball player)

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On 23 September 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved to Jim Davis (basketball, born 1941). The result of the discussion was 'moved to Jim Davis (basketball player)'.

Requested move 23 September 2021

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 after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved to Jim Davis (basketball player). Almost everyone agrees that the current title needs to change as "Jim Davis (basketball)" can refer to Jim Davis the basketball player or Jim Davis the coach. Of those, most agree to Jim Davis (basketball player) and no one seems to have objected to this title. The title with birth year is opposed for now. This is also supported by #2 at WP:NCBASKETBALL; but I agree with 力 that further disambiguation might be needed in the future.

The current discussion means there is also consensus to move Jim Davis (coach) to Jim Davis (basketball coach). (non-admin closure) VR _talk 22:21, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Davis (basketball) → Jim Davis (basketball, born 1941) – avoid confusion with Jim Davis (coach) Joeykai (talk) 05:03, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at WP:NCBASKETBALL, I would suggest Jim Davis (basketball player) and Jim Davis (basketball coach). Adumbrativus (talk) 09:21, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support some move, the titles suggested by Adumbrativus may be ambiguous if both have coached and played but the articles doesn't indicate this. The 1941 one gets 57 views compared with 20[[1]] for the coach so likely no case for a PADB. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:19, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support elimination of incomplete disambiguation per nomination and Crouch, Swale and would likewise prefer Jim Davis (basketball) → Jim Davis (basketball player) and Jim Davis (coach) → Jim Davis (basketball coach) per Adumbrativus. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 20:37, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as unnecessary. "Basketball" is the usual disambiguator, and when that's been used, "coach". I've added {{distinguish}} hatnotes to each article to avoid any possible confusion, which isn't that likely anyway. Birth years are discouraged by WP:NCP, because readers are not likely to know that in advance, and it's even less useful when both people are born relatively close together. Station1 (talk) 00:27, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support elimination of incomplete disambiguation per nomination In ictu oculi (talk) 16:03, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Station1. The coach is born in 1946, the player in 1941; no sane reader will know that in advance so the proposal just adds clutter, not clarity. Jim Davis (basketball player) and Jim Davis (basketball coach) suggested by Adumbrativus is somewhat clearer, but I still think that nothing is broken. No such user (talk) 07:59, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jim Davis (basketball player) (and Jim Davis (basketball coach)). Looking at James Davis (disambiguation) we will likely need year-of-birth at some point in the next century, but that can wait. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 20:13, 13 October 2021 (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.