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Talk:Christopher Paul#Requested move 31 March 2025

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Jerk - Changes his name to the same as mine and I end up on the no fly list. Thanks (from one of the many decent American citizens named Christopher Paul... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.167.74.104 (talk) 15:17, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Requested move 31 March 2025

: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: Not moved. No consensus for moving after 1.5 months of discussion. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 00:38, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

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– The basketball player Chris Paul is likely WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Not sure where to move the al-Qaeda militant article to. Please leave your suggestions below. ScarletViolet 14:37, 31 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPathtalk 11:28, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

  • Comment Yes, Chris Paul's birth name is Christopher, but has any reliable source ever called him that? I know that Google isn't everything, but I went through the first 10 pages of search results for "Christopher Paul" and did not get a single hit for the basketball player. 162 etc. (talk) 17:35, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
  • Move the militant to Christopher Paul (militant) - I don't think the distinction between a short and long form of the same name is a good way to disambiguate. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:08, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

:Note: WikiProject Military history, WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, and WikiProject Ohio have been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPathtalk 11:28, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

::I agree with * Pppery *'s suggestion. In suggesting this change I think it is also helpful to note that the militant's actual name is not even Christopher Paul. That is an alias. Donner60 (talk) 04:58, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

:::WP:COMMONNAME is what matters, not birth name. The Al-Qaeda militant is commonly known as "Christopher Paul", and the basketball player is not. Oppose. 162 etc. (talk) 05:16, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

::::True about WP:COMMONNAME. That addition to my comment was not really relevant or helpful and should have been omitted. However, I still agree with * Pppery *'s proposal as a better way to disambiguate the two articles rather than the short and long forms of the same name. I suppose a hatnote on each article would also work, for the time being at least, since there are only two articles under consideration. Donner60 (talk) 03:23, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

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.