Talk:Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 30, 1963)

message: I have moved this page to James Stephen Smith as this is his full name per these pages:   
This is to avoid confusion with another NHL defenseman also named Steve Smith . He is currently found at Steve Smith (hockey) though I will hopefully find a better name for that page soon as it in no way disambiguates him from the topic of this page. Steve Smith (Philadelphia Flyers/Buffalo Sabres defenseman) — GT 08:51, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My page move stinks, no it basically reads 'James Stephen Stephen Smith'. GoodDay 20:59, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page moved 

message: Despite this infamous incident, he became one of the best defensemen in the league
This is a pretty questionable assertion.  Any support for this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.73.73.91 (talk) 05:41, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Questionable

message: Here's the deal: there are two people by name of "Steve Smith" who have played in the NHL. Both were defencemen, both have Canadian citizenship, both played for multiple teams, and both were born in 1963. The main difference is that this one was born in Scotland. I previously had the page at Steve Smith (British-born ice hockey player), but it was moved to its current name. The current name mentions that he was a defencemen and born in 1963, but these facts do not disambiguate him from the other guy. The previous name was shorter and we should strive to keep it as snappy as possible when we disambiguate. Snocrates 06:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: See Talk:Steve Smith (ice hockey)#Confusion over talk pages. Andrewa (talk) 23:35, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What's there to see? It doesn't exist. GoodDay (talk) 23:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just go to Talk:Steve Smith (ice hockey) I forget how to link the sections. Basically it just had to do with the talk pages that were moved incorrectly but are now fixed. -Djsasso (talk) 23:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to insert a pound sign "#" to link sections. Flibirigit (talk) 23:54, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you tell its the end of the day at work? -Djsasso (talk) 23:55, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I typed it incorrectly, and immediately corrected it. It was actually fixed before you made this comment, but presumably after you followed the busted link. Sorry about the confusion; Try again now. Andrewa (talk) 04:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusion over talk pages

message: Per WP:COMMONNAME, I'm not too sure if the current title is going to work - as a reader, it took unnecessary navigating to get to this page - maybe something Steve Smith (assistant coach) could work? Any other ideas? Connormah (talk) 01:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This has gone through many many many naming discussions. This is the best name anyone can come up with. Things like (assistant coach) don't work because readers wouldn't really know him as that either and would end up doing the same amount of navigation you had to do. In the end almost anyone who does a search is going to end up at the disambiguation page which clearly explains who is who and will get you here. -DJSasso (talk) 10:45, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

text: I concur. Honestly, if I had typed in Steve Smith and was looking for a hockey player, this would be the guy I'd be looking for. I'd hazard a guess that by scoring on his own net he is more widely known than a player who played 18 NHL games. But if this is consensus, I'll concede to it. Shootmaster 44 (talk) 02:15, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page title 

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message: This IS the Steve Smith that scored the own goal in the 1986 playoffs, no? This is an extremely notorious moment in hockey history, and the fact it was taken out of the page makes absolutely no sense. The amount of results from numerous media when googling "Steve Smith own goal" is astonishing, and it definitely does a disservice to the page to overlook this moment in history. Florence and the Codeine (talk) 23:44, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Own goal?