Talk:Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 4, 1963)

message: I have changed the name of this page from Steve Smith (hockey) to Steve Smith (Philadelphia Flyers/Buffalo Sabres defenseman), as the original title in no way disambiguated this player from the other, more prominent Steve Smith who played in the NHL. — GT 15:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it is rude but since i wasn't aware of a previous discussion, i saw the change as a bad edit and reverted it out. Masterhatch 02:11, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Right, that's ok, just in the future when you revert someone's edits (especially when they put some time into them) try to at least make a note somewhere where they can see it explaining it. I understand in this case and I shouldn't have called you rude as you were acting in good faith. — GT 07:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title change 

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 Canada and the other one was born in Scotland. I previously had the page at Steve Smith (Canadian-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 06:38, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: Owing to page moves while the WP:RM discussion was in process regarding Steve Smith (ice hockey) and James Stephen Smith, there is now some disagreement over which talk page is which.
MediaWiki does not handle this particular situation well, as it rewrites some links but not others when it moves a page. IMO further page moves that separate the article and talk pages will just confuse things further. I also advise against any further moves to the affected pages until the current requested move discussions are closed. 
Fortunately, both requested moves seem certain to fail, so it's not necessary to untangle things. Andrewa (talk) 23:33, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusion over talk pages

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Hans Johan Andersson which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RMCD bot 21:14, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

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 to Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 4, 1963). Consensus that disambiguating by full date of birth is preferable to disambiguating by birthplace. This discussion also resulted in consensus to move Steve Smith (ice hockey, born in Scotland) to Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 30, 1963), primarily on the basis of WP:CONSISTENT. Participants found that the month-day format was the preferable WP:ENGVAR for the Scottish-born player, as he spent his career and the bulk of his life thus far in North America. (closed by non-admin page mover)  ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:19, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Steve Smith (ice hockey, born in Canada) →  – Dab from Steve Smith (ice hockey, born 1962). Probably one of the ugliest disambiguators there is, but that's life. * Pppery * it has begun... 03:23, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

text: Support a move instead to Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 4, 1963) (which is already a redirect) and move Steve Smith (ice hockey, born in Scotland) to Steve Smith (ice hockey, born 30 April 1963), as I believe that birth places should only be listed in the title if both people were born on the same day. JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 03:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: No objection to Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 4, 1963), but Steve Smith (ice hockey, born April 30, 1963) should be used for the other article. He represented Canada internationally, even though he briefly lived in Scotland as a toddler, no need for the British ENGVAR. 162 etc. (talk) 04:32, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the article for the Scottish player uses the day–month date format, so the title should do the same. JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 05:09, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I've updated the article to Canadian date style, per MOS:TIES. 162 etc. (talk) 15:28, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 7 April 2024