Talk:Billy Sullivan (1900s catcher)

message: There are three (count 'em, three) "Oakland"s in Wisconsin.  Any idea WHICH he was born in?  Badbilltucker 13:15, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You can also add 2 more Oakland, Wisconsin-2 unincorporated communities in 2 different counties. Thank you-RFD (talk) 12:27, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No specifics, but according to a SABR bio here, he was born in Oakland, Wisconsin; however, he was went to high school at Fort Atkinson. It can only be conjecture, but I assume, he was born in the closest farm community called Oakland.Neonblak talk -  12:34, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

text: I found an article from the Milwaukee Journal January 29, 1965 about the death of Billy Sullivan. This confirms he was born in Jefferson County in the town of Oakland. I added it to the article. Thank you-RFD (talk) 17:41, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Which Oakland?

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message: :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: moved. Consensus that the existing title is ambiguous enough as to require a more detailed DAB. An alternate title using "(1900s catcher)" as the DAB was proposed on grounds of WP:NCBASE, but opinions were divided on whether that would convey an appropriate impression of this figure's era of play. I see no consensus on the specific question of  vs. , but because of the consensus against retaining the current title, this ends up requiring a WP:NOTCURRENTTITLE close. Accordingly, I'm opting to close in favor of the original proposal: many of the support !voters did not specify a preferred DAB, even after the alternate DAB was proposed, which suggests to me that there's a high level of general contentment around the originally proposed title. (closed by non-admin page mover)  ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 21:05, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Billy Sullivan (baseball) →  – avoid confusion with Billy Sullivan Jr. Joeykai (talk) 02:49, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

text: *He was also an "1890s catcher", so I am not sure that format works here. Dekimasuよ! 06:23, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

text: *:WP:NCBASE uses the wording "predominantly played in a single decade" - clearly, careers will not entirely fit into one decade most of the time. 162 etc. (talk) 14:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 11 April 2024 

message: WP:NCBASE asks us to use date of birth disambiguation only as a last resort.  Any objection to using the preferred disambiguation as shown under bullet point 4, Billy Sullivan (1900s catcher)? 162 etc. (talk) 22:28, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Post-RM comment