Talk:Kate Shaw

Hagiography

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She was confronted over her description of conservative Supreme Court Justices as evil by U.S. Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana and denied making the statement that she made on her podcast. She is married to MSNBC broadcaster Chris Hayes. Shaw has been criticized for supporting nationwide injunctions against policies enacted by Republican U.S. presidents but opposing them when the courts file injunctions against Democrat policies.

FloridaArmy (talk) 14:30, 11 November 2025 (UTC) FloridaArmy (talk) 14:30, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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Requested move 11 August 2026

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: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 12:46, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

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• Kate A. Shaw → Kate Shaw
• Kate Shaw → Kate Shaw (Australian academic)

– The American academic, podcaster, and frequent media commentator is the primary topic and "Kate Shaw" is her COMMONNAME. Pageviews since 2022 shows a massive 27:1 lead over the Australian academic. WikiNav for Kate Shaw (Australian academic) shows that 100% of readers navigate from there to the Katie Shaw dab page. WikiNav for Katie Shaw shows that 100% of readers navigate from there to Kate A. Shaw, the American academic. The American academic self-styes "Kate Shaw" (not "Kate A. Shaw") in professional profiles and on personal social media accounts. Independent, reliable sources consistently identify the American academic as "Kate Shaw".

I would accept an alternative disambiguator for the Australian academic. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 20:07, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

• Notified: Talk:Katie Shaw, Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disambiguation, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Law —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 20:16, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
• Support. References show that the American is known simply as "Kate Shaw", and pageviews show that she is the topic most readers are seeking. I would also welcome a better qualifier than "academic", which applies to both people, but I can't think of one either. Certes (talk) 16:17, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

  Our article on the Australian Kate Shaw describes her as an Australian academic, planning activist and commentator. The article, which is riddled with [citation needed] tags, goes on to describe her academic work and publications in urban planning and urban renewal as well as her public advocacy and non-academic writing. She doesn't appear to hold the 'professor' title anywhere and it's not clear that she ever did. '(urban planning researcher)' might be an appropriate tag. However, Australian is the operative disambiguator in '(Australian academic)'. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 16:39, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

• Support at least no primary topic. Crouch, Swale (talk) 21:57, 12 August 2026 (UTC)
• Concur The Australian article is much the senior, and significant in Melbourne, Victoria, but needs must and "Australian academic" is a good descriptor. Doug butler (talk) 00:34, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

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