Talk:James Fleming

Jim, James and Jimmy

Jim, James and Jimmy are separate names and should be handled in separate disambiguation pages. Unfourtunately some "owners" do not agree. I will restore my version of Jimmy Fleming accordingly after a waiting period of 3 days. BTW: Wikidata has separate items for all three. --Bahnmoeller (talk) 13:35, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

These names are used interchangeably for the subjects of some articles, so listing all in one place aids navigation. PS please learn how to add a heading, there's even a little button at the top called 'new section' that helps you. GiantSnowman 13:41, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Have you noticed, that there is a little helper like <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> and {{:Jimmy Flemming}}? You can keep your crude mixture and the separate items at the same time. When some people are known by different names, you may need to list them in separate places. Anyway, sooner or later Wikidata will force everyone to separate theses cases. Bahnmoeller (talk) 13:51, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

There is no consensus for your changes. GiantSnowman 14:25, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

There is no censensus for your first version either. --Bahnmoeller (talk) 14:29, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Jim and Jimmy are very common nicknames of James and I don't see any justification for handling them separately in this disambiguation page. In fact separating them will confuse users who can't find an article because they are listed on a different disambiguation page using an interchangeable nickname. Polyamorph (talk) 14:33, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Could not have put it better myself. GiantSnowman 17:44, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

An example - we have an article on James "Jim" Simmons - who is also known as Jimmy per this. GiantSnowman 11:41, 30 August 2019 (UTC)