Talk:Chris Chan

Requested move 9 September 2025

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: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Tenshi! (Talk page) 23:49, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

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Chris Chan → Christopher Chan Seng HengChristopher Chan Seng Heng – "Chris Chan" more commonly refers to a rather infamous figure known for creating a certain mashup between Sonic and Pikachu than a Singaporean esports player. I feel this article would be vandalism central under its current name. Dr. Precursor (talk) 23:29, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Oppose - see discussion above - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 23:30, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Oppose – "Chris Chan" is the WP:COMMONNAME, and would in any case redirect to the article's new title (making it no less of a vandalism target). jlwoodwa (talk) 23:42, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Good point. Dr. Precursor (talk) 01:48, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

If the moderators are so adamant about CWC not having a page of her own, the redirect that would result from the page move should be deleted as well. Dr. Precursor (talk) 01:50, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

No. Someone who is looking for our biography about this Singaporean executive is likely to enter the search term "Chris Chan"; we should not do them a disservice just because we do not want an article about an unrelated person with the same name. jlwoodwa (talk) 04:34, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Oppose and speedy close - see previous discussion. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 01:02, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

I agree. At this point, should it be added to a FAQ section? - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 01:05, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Maybe. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 01:31, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Comment This article is not vandalism central because it is semi-protected. Curbon7 (talk) 03:15, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Oppose: every single source given in the article calls him simply Chris Chan. this is a clear-cut example of WP:COMMONNAME. even the Olympedia entry on him says that his used name is "Chris Chan". ―Howard • 🌽³³ 12:29, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose, we follow WP:COMMONNAME. Chris-Chan / Christine Weston Chandler does not appear to have a Wikipedia article, so there is no problem with the status quo. 162 etc. (talk) 16:53, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

  You know, for someone who is basically the Voldemort of Wikipedia, we sure do bring them up a lot... - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 16:55, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

  I second this. If Chris Chan/Christine Weston Chandler really is the Voldemort of Wikipedia, any mentions of her name should be deleted. That includes this article, even if it is a redirect. Dr. Precursor (talk) 20:46, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

  The existence of this article is not a "mention of her name", because it is not about her. It is about an unrelated person of the same name. jlwoodwa (talk) 21:45, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

  "Chan" isn't even that person's actual surname. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 17:50, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

  It is what she is most commonly known as, however. Dr. Precursor (talk) 04:01, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

  Common name or not, I'm getting tired of arguing about this. The lolcow's page is salted, and quite frankly, I think moving the Chris Chan page because of someone who doesn't even have a page of their own is redundant and breaks the "they-who-shall-not-be-named" rule... - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 04:49, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

  Peristent vandalism might be a practical reason but it doesn't seem to be happening. —DIYeditor (talk) 13:01, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

  Persistent vandalism is solved by page protection, not page moves. jlwoodwa (talk) 15:46, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

  Maybe it could be given the same treatment as Gulf of America. Dr. Precursor (talk) 01:04, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

  I tried to make it not redirect, but I couldn't figure out how. Dr. Precursor (talk) 01:05, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

  There is no reason to redirect or change the page name. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 01:10, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

  Chris Chan should be made a redirect to Christopher Chan Seng Heng and fully or extended-confirmed protected in order to avoid vandalism relating to CWC. Dr. Precursor (talk) 01:12, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

  We've told you repeatedly that we're not going to associate ourselves with someone whose page is already salted. Besides, WP:COMMONNAME dictates that Chris Chan should stay the title name, since it is the name most commonly used in sources relating to the Singaporean man. - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 01:18, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

  There is no good reason to do that. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 01:21, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

  There would be no reason to do that when the page is already salted and not going to be created again for the foreseeable future. HurricaneZeta (talk) 02:00, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Comment: This talk page has been linked on the Wikimedia Community Discord server a few times by now. - Sebbog13 (talk) 02:09, 16 September 2025 (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.

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why can't we just put Chris chan (ceo) or something like that to avoid confusion Tankfarter (talk) 10:46, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

This has been discussed multiple times. There is no need to disambiguate. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 14:04, 14 December 2025 (UTC)