--BDD (talk) 17:33, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
- {{no redirect|1 = Richard Clough Anderson }} → :Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Clough_Anderson&action=history history] · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2018-12-07&end=2019-01-05&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Richard_Clough_Anderson stats]) [ Closure: {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|(@subpage)|[{{fullurl:Richard Clough Anderson|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Richard Clough Anderson closed as keep}}}} keep]/[{{fullurl:Richard Clough Anderson|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Richard Clough Anderson closed as retarget}}}} retarget]/[{{fullurl:Richard Clough Anderson|action=delete&wpReason={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Richard Clough Anderson closed as delete}}&wpMovetalk=1}} delete]}} ]
There are two notable people named Richard Clough Anderson: Richard Clough Anderson Jr. and Richard Clough Anderson Sr.. Because this redirected to Jr., some articles referring to Sr. mistakenly wikilinked to Jr. (e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larz_Anderson&diff=prev&oldid=877117821&diffmode=source],[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Fowler_(politician)&type=revision&diff=877120023&oldid=789062569&diffmode=source] that I had to correct). I think it would be better not to link to either of them to avoid further confusion.
Any place with a wikilink that said just Richard Clough Anderson (which uses the redirect) I changed to a wikilink to either the Jr. or the Sr. article. If you click on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Richard_Clough_Anderson what Richard Clough Anderson links to], you will see there are no articles in the list now. To see which articles I corrected, look at these recent contribs: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?limit=50&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=David+Tornheim&namespace=0&tagfilter=&start=&end=]
--David Tornheim (talk) 18:21, 6 January 2019 (UTC) [revised: 19:07, 6 January 2019 (UTC)]
- disambig as it will continue to attract links and is a very likely search term. Thryduulf (talk) 21:01, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
::{{ping|Thryduulf}} Good idea. Not sure why I didn't think of that. Can I delete this request? --David Tornheim (talk) 01:39, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
::On second thought, my concern was (and still is) that if someone Wikilinks to the name Richard Clough Anderson it will show up as blue rather than red, and they won't realize they should chose between Sr. or Jr. But I do see the advantage of a disambig page for the reason you mention. Rather than try to withdraw this request, I want to see what other editors say. In the meantime, should I turn it into a disambig page, or would that be too confusing? --David Tornheim (talk) 01:49, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
:::There are plenty of people who fix links to disambig pages (assisted by various tools and reports), so that's not a significant issue. While the discussion is open, don't replace the redirect but drafting a dismabig page below it is encouraged. Thryduulf (talk) 11:07, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
- Disambiguate I can't tell who is primary topic. If one or the other is obvious, please indicate so, and then it can be a hatnote, otherwise give the reader the two options. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:29, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
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