Talk:William Woodhouse

Significance of various William Woodhouses

William Woodhouse page was/is/will be/has been about a cricketer. I think should it be a disambiguation page or devoted to William Woodhouse the artist, who has a contemporary significance that William Woodhouse the cricketer does not. Here is the evidence:

1. If you search for "William Woodhouse" on Google, the first page brings up references to the artist and paintings by him. These paintings are still on display in art galleries and still being sold as originals and in reproduction.

2. "William Woodhouse" + artist produces "About 29,400 results". "William Woodhouse" + cricketer produces "About 5,500 results".

3. The Google auto-complete offers to add things like "artist" and "paintings sale" to "William Woodhouse". It does this because people in 2012 are searching for information on William Woodhouse the artist. They are not searching for information on William Woodhouse the cricketer.

4. Art is interesting and important to far more people in far more countries than cricket. William Woodhouse painted subjects, such as dogs and other animals, that appeal to people not otherwise interested in fine art.

If you disagree that William Woodhouse the cricketer lacks contemporary significance, I would like to see your reasons. I do not believe he merits the status of "primary topic" for this name. I cannot see any way at all that he was ever more important than William Woodhouse the artist. Mwrcwmmw (talk) 08:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Please see WP:RM to move the disambiguation page to the base name. -- JHunterJ (talk) 10:59, 25 June 2012 (UTC)