Talk:Mike Awesome

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The result of the debate was move, since the Wrestling WP NC supports this as well. —Nightst a llion (?) 12:09, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Mike Alfonso → Mike Awesome – This is the ring name used consistently by Alfonso since 1996. "Mike Alfonso" has 670 google hits, "Mike Awesome" has 88,500. McPhail 19:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Voting

Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your vote with ~~~~

Strongly Oppose: The convention seems to be that stage names redirect to real names. How else can one track changes in name? For example, it is stated that the reason for the move is because Mike Awesome has been Mike Alfonso's stage name since 1996, but there are five or six other former names listed. What if he changes his name again? MSJapan 22:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- He's more or less retired, so that isn't likely to be an issue. Even if he does change his name, the more popular name should take precedence, e.g. Cat Stevens. McPhail 19:10, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
Support: Mike Awesome is the ring name that he is known under in the western world, which is the target of the English wikipedia. He is known as The Gladiator in Japan, but that article name should not be used in this wikipedia. ↪Lakes (Talk) 19:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

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I'm not entirely sure how the above result was "move" when there were only 2 votes, one oppose and one support. I've made it known on several occasions that I support using real names in place of stage names for the main article space, had I known about this vote I would have chimed in. In the future, such polls should be advertised on Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling in order for more people to be aware and chime in with their own reasoning. --Naha|^(talk) 19:32, 2 April 2006 (UTC)