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– Back in 2019 there was an undiscussed primary-topic grab from this much more notable William Timmons in favor of the SC politician, via
WP:RMTR. This should be summarily undone, but it's been a while, so let's discuss.
Dicklyon (
talk) 03:57, 25 February 2023 (UTC) — Relisting.BilledMammal (
talk)
05:55, 4 March 2023 (UTC)reply
What makes him more notable is the decades of coverage he got in the press, for his work with many presidential administrations, before he became a lobbyist (which is not a good disambiguator for him). Not that I like the guy (I don't).
Dicklyon (
talk)
11:02, 27 February 2023 (UTC)reply
The only harm, admittedly minor, in putting a two-entry dab page at the base name is that a reader searching for "William Timmons" will wind up somewhere other than at the article they immediately expect, and will need to unnecessarily click through a dab page. There is no off-setting benefit to the small minority looking for the lobbyist because they click through a hatnote as easily as they would click through a dab page.
Station1 (
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08:56, 4 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Leaning toward support for the 2nd article move: There is a major
WP:RECENTISM factor here. The lobbyist is 92 years old and retired, and the politician is 38 and currently holding office. 54 years from now when the politician is 92, he may be largely forgotten. A quick look at the two articles does not show any extra-special distinguishing accomplishments (or embarrassments) for the politician that would outlast those of the lobbyist in the long term. —
BarrelProof (
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16:39, 8 March 2023 (UTC)reply
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.