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It has been proposed in this section that James Ferguson (footballer, fl. 1905-15) be renamed and moved to James Ferguson (1900s–1910s footballer). A bot will list this discussion on the requested moves current discussions subpage within an hour of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed 7 days after being opened, if consensus has been reached (see the closing instructions). Please base arguments on article title policy, and keep discussion succinct and civil. Please use {{ subst:requested move}}. Do not use {{ requested move/dated}} directly. Links: current log • target log • direct move

James Ferguson (footballer, fl. 1905-15) → James Ferguson (1900s–1910s footballer) – or James Ferguson (Cowdenbeath and Dumbarton footballer). Date ranges usually use an en dash rather than hyphen. Apparently, "fl." is an abbreviation of the Latin word floruit, roughly meaning "flourished" or "active", but to me its meaning seems rather obscure. I found a total of 150 articles on Wikipedia that have that in their titles – 26 of which are about footballers. Note also Jim Ferguson (footballer), James Ferguson (Queen's Park footballer), and Jimmy Ferguson (footballer). —⁠ ⁠ BarrelProof ( talk) 00:55, 30 July 2024 (UTC) reply

• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. Giant Snowman 16:26, 30 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Support 'James Ferguson (Cowdenbeath and Dumbarton footballer)' to match similar case at James Ferguson (Queen's Park footballer). Other players of same name were active in 1900s and 1910s, see e.g. Jim Ferguson (footballer) who was active late 1910s, so the 'James Ferguson (1900s–1910s footballer)' option is ambiguous. Giant Snowman 16:30, 30 July 2024 (UTC) reply