Talk:John Reilly (actor, born 1934)
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Source for John Reilly's death
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https://tvline.com/2021/01/10/john-reilly-dead-general-hospital-sean-passions-alistair/ MikaelaArsenault (talk) 20:51, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Age change
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He was 86, not 84:
https://tvline.com/2021/01/10/john-reilly-dead-general-hospital-sean-passions-alistair/amp/?__twitter_impression=true MikaelaArsenault (talk) 23:34, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, this was corrected by an IP. Altamel (talk) 06:24, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Requested move 7 October 2024
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John Reilly (actor, born 1934) → John Reilly (soap opera actor) – Year of birth is not preferable to this more natural modifier. According to WP:NCPDAB, failing a practical single qualifier, the disambiguator can be expanded with a second qualifier ... Years of birth and death are not normally used as disambiguators, as readers are more likely to be seeking this information than to already know it.
Most of his obituaries introduce him as something like "veteran soap opera actor" or "longtime soap star". (I would alternatively support moving back to John Reilly (actor); the page was boldly moved to the current title in 2021, ostensibly to disambiguate from John C. Reilly, who is always credited with a middle initial.) Hameltion (talk | contribs) 20:11, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Revert back to John Reilly (actor). John C. Reilly is not known as John Reilly. 162 etc. (talk) 20:41, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Revert back to John Reilly (actor), which has always redirected back here anyway. The hatnote takes care of any possible confusion. Station1 (talk) 04:29, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose reverting back. John C. Reilly gets 10x as many views as this article does, and of course middle initials can reasonably be omitted with referring to people. John Reilly (actor) should redirect to the disambiguation page. No opinion on whether to rename to (soap opera actor). * Pppery * it has begun... 20:35, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Revert back to John Reilly (actor), the initial is a NATURAL disambiguator here I think.--Ortizesp (talk) 14:14, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose. Keep as it is. John C. Reilly is still called John Reilly! And we very much do use years of birth as disambiguators. On thousands of articles. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:38, 10 October 2024 (UTC)