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[edit] Move

I have moved this page back to George Allen from George Felix Allen. Senator Allen has NEVER used Felix identify himself. More so, there seems to be some sort of concerted effort by some to draw a connection between Allen's gradfather Felix, who was Jewish. — Linnwood 21:36, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Why does this say that George Allen is a former senator? He lost the election, but his term runs until early January 2007.

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The below is copied from Talk:United States presidential election, 2008. —Cuiviénen, Tuesday, 2 May 2006 @ 21:08 UTC

The George Allen page is a disambiguation page. Should this be the case, or should it link directly to the article about Senator Allen? When someone searches for George Allen, I would expect that most of the time this is the person they are looking for. NoSeptember ^talk 00:33, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, my guess is that this discussion is probably more appropraite on the talk page of the dab page, not here. That being said, I'm not sure that we should change the disambiguation page yet. I can say that personally when I hear "George Allen" I still think of the Skins coach. And I would imagine that to Australians the name brings up other ideas altogether. I'd say that right now in 2006 the Senator isn't that well known even in the States, and I'd dare say completely unknown outside of the U.S. Now, of course, if he ends up winning the nomination, or even doing well in the primaries, then this is another story: he'd be the one we should link to. On the other hand, let's say that his nomination tanks, or he doesn't run becasue of a scandal, or any of a number of things. Then 10, 100 years from now, he will be completely unknown, whereas the other George Allens have historical records. In any case, my feeling is that we should leave it the way it is for now.

And in any case, should we cross-post, or move, this discussion to Talk:George Allen?--Deville (Talk) 13:08, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Allen has been mentioned by several major polls as a candidate, so compared to the great majority listed he appears notable enough. Falphin 22:32, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Certainly he is far more notable than an Australian politician from the 1800s, a deceased American football coach and an American ambassador to Iran in the 1940s even just on the merits of being a current US Senator. I would support such a move. I've also copied this discussion to Talk:George Allen —Cuiviénen, Tuesday, 2 May 2006 @ 21:08 UTC

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The discussion and a poll on the rename proposal is being conducted at talk:George Felix Allen. NoSeptember ^talk 08:15, 3 May 2006 (UTC)