Talk:Bill Craig (writer)

Requested move 15 February 2024

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The result of the move request was: Not moved, withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:07, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

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Bill Craig (writer) → Bill Craig – Primary topic PatGallacher (talk) 01:13, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

• I would argue for this move basically for two reasons. Firstly, although this is at present a fairly short article, this person was an important writer, who wrote the scripts for several TV series, some of which are important and still remembered. Secondly, "Bill Craig" is at present a redirect to William Craig a disambiguation page; however no other person on this page is described as "Bill Craig", and Billy Craig and Will Craig are articles about individuals, not a redirect to the dab page. PatGallacher (talk) 01:20, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
• Comment. It needs to be noted that, in April 2008, an article was created for Olympic gold medalist William Craig (swimmer). In October 2012, the article's main title header was unilaterally moved to Bill Craig (swimmer) with the edit summary, "move to name by which subject was most commonly known during his competition swimming career". The William Craig disambiguation page had continued to list him as William Craig (swimmer), but it now lists him as Bill Craig (swimmer). —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 06:54, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
• Ok, I missed him, my mistake, I suppose an Olympic gold is a significant claim to fame, so I withdraw this move request. Although should we have a separate dab page for "Bill Craig" instead of just treating it as a redirect? PatGallacher (talk) 16:03, 15 February 2024 (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.