Talk:Richard Curtis

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[edit] Requested move

Richard Curtis (screenwriter) → Richard Curtis — This page was originally at Richard Curtis but was moved to disambiguate from Richard Curtis (politician). However it is my opinion that the screenwriter is the more well known and brief look through the incoming links on Richard Curtis appear to mostly relate to the screenwriter rather than the politician. —Tim! 17:37, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

• Support per nomination. Bob talk 00:14, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose Currently the politician Richard Curtis is more in forefront of coverage by reliable sources. I think the best solution is for the plain Richard Curtis to remain a link to disambiguation, at least in the name of NPOV. VanTucky ^Talk 00:18, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
• Comment The problem is that when it was changed, the 100 or so long-standing links going to the screenwriter weren't.[1] Also, I imagine that the politician's current notability is a case of "recentism" and in a few months will not be as important, particularly if he's now resigned. A disambig link on the top of the screenwriter's page should suffice. Bob talk 10:08, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

• Support. Curtis the screenwriter is of far more significant, lasting, and wide-reaching notability than a politician with a two-year career in a small state legislature. This is evidenced by the incoming links. I agree with Bob that the apparent relative notability of the politician is simply recentism, and, I think, is only due to the scandal. --bainer (talk) 02:02, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose. A google search produces 771,000 hits. There are many uses if this name even if we have not gotten around to adding them all. Vegaswikian 03:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

Any additional comments:

Just a note here: there is now a third Curtis added to the disambiguation page. VanTucky ^Talk 02:05, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

We should only be looking at user-friendliness here. At the moment, we have over 100 incoming links to the screenwriter that annoyingly direct users to a dab page. The politician is currently in the news, but no doubt will quickly be less well-known; unless anyone has any overriding reason why we shouldn't make things easier for users (users looking for the politician would still have the same number of clicks to get there) I will move the page shortly. ELIMINATORJR 15:13, 13 November 2007 (UTC)