Talk:John Murphy (1900s footballer)

Requested move 20 December 2023

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: no consensus. No appropriate title suggested and accepted by the participants here. This can be revisited if there is further information about this player. – robertsky (talk) 09:30, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

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John Murphy (1900s footballer) → ? – John Murphy (footballer, born 1872) and John Murphy (footballer, born 1886) also played football in the 1900s, so this is a terrible disambiguator. However, I'm not sure what to rename it to. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:38, 20 December 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 22:10, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 22:04, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
• Comment - I agree a move is needed, but there are no alternatives, other than something clumsy like John Murphy (Bradford City player) or similar. GiantSnowman 22:05, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
  • John Murphy (1900s outside right) may be an alternative. I don't really like disambiguating by position, but I see little alternative here. John Murphy (footballer, born 1886) also played for Bradford City, incidentally. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:29, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

    And both other Murrays you mentioned were also inside forwards... GiantSnowman 15:30, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

    Precisely! -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:20, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

    John Murphy (footballer, fl. 1903–1904)? GiantSnowman 16:24, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

    So were the other two, and others! -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:31, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

    He was the only one active for that small timespan though. GiantSnowman 16:47, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

    To be honest, under the current revision, I'm not sure if this player is even notable with just one appearance but that can be discussed separately, perhaps after this RM closure. I can't think of any other proper suggested titles to rename this pdab with the lack of information visible. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 17:42, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

    Even if we were to turn it into a redirect (for example, to List of Bradford City A.F.C. players (1–49 league appearances)), we need to make sure the page is correctly located. GiantSnowman 19:08, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

• Close and delete No point in a redirect, if anyone wants to look him up, you can have a name in a list article without any links. Wikipedia does easily find names in lists without the need for single article or redirects. Govvy (talk) 08:53, 6 January 2024 (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.