Talk:Sam Kerr

Footballer/soccer

I've noticed that the lead section of this article has been switched back to footballer from soccer player which I modified earlier on today. It also says "soccer player" in previous versions this year alone. Who says we write "Australian professional footballer" where we have, e.g. Mary Fowler (soccer) and Australia women's national soccer team having their current titles includes "soccer" in them. Having some consensus on what word we use after professional in the opening sentence would hopefully solve this problem. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 22:24, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

She is a soccer player not a footballer. She's from Australia and plays for the Australian national team, it's basically the same as Clint Dempsey, just because he played in England, it doesn't make him a footballer. Stevie fae Scotland (talk) 10:05, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Should be soccer as per WP:NCFA --SuperJew (talk) 19:34, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I would think we have a 100% consensus that we should use soccer instead of footballer so I shall change that back. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 11:52, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

I made that edit a few days ago and didn't realize it was reverted. @StarryNightSky11: stop making that revert, it's becoming disruptive and you're edit warring. Alyo (chat·edits) 15:59, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

'Soccer' is correct. GiantSnowman 17:56, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Football is correct. It's what the sport is officially called in Australia. The argument that other pages on Wikipedia use 'soccer' is a circular one. Danielle.warby (talk) 06:35, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Officially? Wikipedia doesn't care what soccer administrators say. Did you actually read WP:NCFIA? If you have a few weeks to spare, you could read the debate that led to that policy at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (football in Australia). HiLo48 (talk) 06:48, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 March 2026

~2026-90567-8 (talk) 07:39, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Qwerty123M (talk) 07:40, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2026

Change Asian Cup appearances to include 2026 tournament ~2026-29821-98 (talk) 12:15, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done Added this to the lead. Day Creature (talk) 17:01, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Requested move 25 July 2026

Sam Kerr → Sam Kerr (Australian footballer) – The hatnote is not sufficient; it is necessary to create a disambiguation page for this name, including this footballer, Sam Kerr (Scottish footballer), and Sam Kerr (cyclist), or to keep this article as the primary topic and create Sam Kerr (disambiguation). ~2026-41542-01 (talk) 10:19, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 20:36, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Seems reasonable; same name and same profession, should probably be disambiguated parenthetically. Primefac (talk) 11:04, 25 July 2026 (UTC) 21:31, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose There is no doubt that this is the primary target.

• 1 year average daily pageviews

• Sam Kerr - 1,686
• Sam Kerr (Scottish footballer) - 123
• Sam Kerr (cyclist) - 1

• Even if we assume all of the readers who visited the latter two articles came here first, that's still readership over 10 times higher for this article. Black Kite (talk) 11:15, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

  @Black Kite Anyway, Sam Kerr (disambiguation) should be created, as a hatnote is not sufficient. ~2026-41542-01 (talk) 11:20, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Create Sam Kerr (disambiguation) as the Australian international soccer player has been the most influential one for recent years. By the way everyone, Australian football is different to the type she plays, hence a certain article is titled Australia women's national soccer team. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 11:59, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose move clear primary target. Support disambig creation Kingsif (talk) 12:03, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose: Even if this was not the clear primary target, the proposed title fails Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sportspeople)#Association football (soccer). Support disambiguation creation. Raskuly 🐰 13:57, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

  @Raskuly As the year of birth is the preferred disambiguator, I have requested that Sam Kerr (Scottish footballer) be moved accordingly. ~2026-41542-01 (talk) 14:15, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose primary target is clear here. Disambig page can be created, yeah. Kante4 (talk) 21:00, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose per above. Pascuet (talk) 04:29, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose as above. GiantSnowman 17:50, 26 July 2026 (UTC)