Talk:Ollie Ryan

Requested move 8 June 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: moved. moving to alternative as proposed (closed by non-admin page mover) Bobby Cohn 🍁 (talk) 15:51, 24 June 2025 (UTC) Follow up clarification, the DAB was created at the basename. Bobby Cohn 🍁 (talk) 00:20, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

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• Oliver Ryan → Oliver Ryan (footballer)Oliver Ryan (footballer)
• Oliver Ryan (politician) → Oliver Ryan

– The footballer no longer has WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Even before the Whatsapp scandal, the politician consistently got thousands more views than the footballer, with the footballer barely scratching 200 views per month. The politician also dominates the news. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 20:43, 8 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. ASUKITE 14:57, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

• Move to Ollie Ryan, which appears to be the common name. 162 etc. (talk) 22:15, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 11:41, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose as suggested, as no PRIMARYTOPIC, so do:

• Oliver Ryan → Oliver Ryan (footballer)Oliver Ryan (footballer), with redirect at Ollie Ryan
• Oliver Ryan (politician) keep as it is
• Oliver Ryan turn into a dab page

GiantSnowman 11:45, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

My (admittedly brief) research shows that "Ollie Ryan" is used by more sources. Is there evidence that "Oliver" is the WP:COMMONNAME? 162 etc. (talk) 17:32, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose / Support GiantSnowman

Too early to say if there is a long-term PRIMARYTOPIC, so follow suggestion to move current base page to (footballer) and turn base page into a DAB. Spike 'em (talk) 12:21, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose. Move Oliver Ryan to Ollie Ryan (which is his clear common name) and create dabpage at basename. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:21, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
• Support alternative as suggested by Necrothesp. Ollie Ryan is the common name for the footballer and a disambiguation page is necessary. Frost 08:18, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Biography, WikiProject Biography/Sports and games, and WikiProject Football have been notified of this discussion. ASUKITE 14:55, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

Relisting comment: A couple of replies are calling for Oliver Ryan to move to Oliver Ryan (footballer), and a few are asking for Ollie Ryan instead - a closer is free to choose, but since this hasn't been relisted yet, I see no harm ASUKITE 14:57, 17 June 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.