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Dembele's statistics are slightly outdated, and I have just tried to edit them, but my perfectly acceptable and constructive edits have been removed and labelled as 'disruptive editing'. I believe keeping this kind of information should be kept up to date and I do not see why this would be labelled disruptive, as it is in fact the opposite. — Preceding
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101.127.217.164 (
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01:39, 3 February 2017 (UTC)reply
On another note, I was wonder about the stats table, maybe it should be expanded, at the moment Europe is holding both Europa league and Champions league games, I feel this should be separated into two columns. There is no note for other either, should the other be covering league cup?
Govvy (
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12:58, 19 March 2017 (UTC)reply
Most official websites have it as Moussa just about to correct lead but saw his official(?) twitter account has Mousa, so none the wiser!
Tmol42 (
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17:39, 22 September 2012 (UTC)reply
Incorrect name
Based on his official twitter account (twitter.com/mousadembele) and the fact the British press have now altered the way in which they are spelling his name, I think it's fair to say that 'Mousa' is the correct spelling of his name, rendering all the wikipedia articles about him incorrect. — Preceding
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87.194.177.76 (
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11:25, 12 November 2012 (UTC)reply
It's 101% certain that's his official account? Even so, for a Belgian citizen to change the spelling of their name is a bit unusual. The name is
Moussa. Even if he does change it as a sort of nickname thing, the lead should still read Moussa Sidi Yaya Dembélé, known as "Mousa"... per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies
WP:OPENPARA.
In ictu oculi (
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18:50, 6 January 2013 (UTC)reply
I'm not sure if it can be used as further evidence to keep this article named as it is, but based on the official Tottenham Hotspur website's profile page for the player
[1], his name is definitely 'Mousa'. — Preceding
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Splink (
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23:36, 21 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Height
Well, after I messed that up, I simply removed the citation as it was a dead link, still need to find one that has the info.
Govvy (
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15:14, 22 February 2013 (UTC)reply
Requested move 2 July 2016
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The result of the move request was: No move. While the participation was limited, I must also add that the current situation facilitates
WP:PRECISION, regardless if the proper spelling is with "s" or "ss"
No such user (
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12:00, 27 July 2016 (UTC)reply
That's where this page originally was, but it was moved here (although I suppose you saw that). The thing is that he seems to be popularly known as Mousa Dembélé for some reason, although more accurately, his first name is actually Moussa (as he confirmed in a short interview during Euro 2016). I'm assuming his Twitter name has the 'popular name' simply because most people know him as that. That said, I guess there could be an argument to name the page after his popular name, rather than the correct name. –
Sygmoral (
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22:26, 2 July 2016 (UTC)reply
Yeah, I know, same with the Belgian national FA site.
[4] But what do we do with the fact that he specifically said in an interview that his name should actually have two s'es? It's an honest question: I don't know. Other editors may have overreacted a little after that interview. What makes matters worse is that he also says in this interview: "it's actually a complicated story, but it should be two s'es". I think perhaps the media made it a single s because that looked better in English, or something (and perhaps something like that is why he calls it "complicated"). In any case, should the official Wikipedia article follow what he said in that interview, or what media all over the world use? I personally actually agree with you because I believe Wikipedia is supposed to follow 'trustworthy sources'. You can hardly argue with the man himself, but perhaps we still have to give precedence to much more widespread media. What I would personally say is that the content of his article can still start with "Moussa Sidi Yaya Dembélé", but perhaps the article should indeed be named "Mousa Dembélé" again. –
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02:09, 3 July 2016 (UTC)reply
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* It is the spelling used by the governing body of football in England (
example).
I did a Google search to check. - to reduce results referring to
Moussa Dembélé (French footballer), I searched for "mousa dembele" tottenham and "moussa dembele" tottenham. The former returned 468k hits and the latter returned 268k hits, but in fact that underplays the difference since
Moussa Dembélé (French footballer) has been linked with Tottenham, so many of the 268k referred to him; and Google's algorithm returns results for Mousa Dembele to both searches.
Some further evidence: both the
Champions League and the
Premier League competitions require a list of participating players to be formally submitted. Both competitions' websites use the Mousa spelling (see
here and
here) from which we can infer that this spelling was used on the "official" documentation, with the individual's assent.
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Support. There's no evidence that either the hurdler or the French player are known as "Mousa" with one S. So long as this is the only person using the
Mousa Dembélé spelling, there's no need for disambiguation and that title should point to this player. A hat note to the dab page will suffice for any readers who are confused.--
Cúchullaint/
c14:31, 12 October 2016 (UTC)reply
Someone who has merely heard the name aloud (this is a sportsman's name after all), or only briefly read it could easily confuse the two. Oppose for the same reason. InsertCleverPhraseHere04:15, 16 October 2016 (UTC)reply
Oppose – Think of
WP:Readers first. A large part of our audience is thankful to see both choices of the French and the Belgian footballers clearly laid out in article titles when searching for Mous(s)a Dembélé. —
JFGtalk14:55, 16 October 2016 (UTC)reply
This !vote hits the nail on the head, that
WP:SMALLDETAILS spectacularly fails to do - namely reader convenience. Like it or not, the majority of our readers come through Google, and if they see two similar entries, having a disambiguator next to the name, in the title, helps them greatly with identifying which of the two they require. Small details is something that pleases people who like to arrange things neatly and logically, but it doesn' tactually help readers who are often unaware of said details. —
Amakuru (
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18:13, 22 October 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment (I have already voted Oppose above). What is the disadvantage with the current set-up? I can't think of any. But there is a clear disadvantage with the proposed move, since someone not familiar with all the different
Mous(s)a Dembélés is more likely to be confused.
MrStoofer (
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08:47, 18 October 2016 (UTC)reply
The disadvantage is that the non-disambiguated title is redirecting here. For your second point, a reader landing on this page is presented with the same three options as on the disambiguation page thanks to the hatnote. There wouldn't really be any change in terms of finding the correct person if the redirect points to the disambiguation page. kennethaw88 •
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Well, if the move is opposed, then I think it's logical that the redirect would change to point to the dab page. Several Wikipedians, including myself, have recommended that as part of an oppose !vote above. —
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I added a new row, but I haven't checked previous seasons between FA Cup and League Cup apps, as there is only one column for Cup and one for Other with no stats data.
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