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Suing the National Post[edit]

This is fun [1]. It also provides some bio for him, if needed William M. Connolley (talk) 08:06, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a corrected link: [2]. Corcoran is a professional liar. Prescottbush (talk) 17:12, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reminder, just donated $100 to Tim Ball's legal fund. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.14.206.26 (talk) 19:00, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If ever there was a waste of money ... a donation to Timothy Ball for any reason would be it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecwiebe (talk • contribs) 19:38, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Article title[edit]

Should this article be moved to something like Andrew Weaver (politician)? Most of the results on Google for Andrew J. Weaver are Wikipedia pages. He doesn't use the middle initial in his everyday political life. Madg2011 (talk) 18:04, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The Drover's Wife (talk) 20:10, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 1 June 2017[edit]

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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Andrew Weaver. Consensus that this is the PTOPIC. — Amakuru (talk) 12:21, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew J. Weaver → Andrew Weaver (politician) – Weaver's notability is now much greater as a politician than as a scientist. Andrew J. Weaver has been used as his byline in academic contexts, but it's not used in any media coverage or party documents regarding the Green Party of British Columbia or the British Columbia general election, 2017. As well, the disambiguation page for Andrew Weaver offers the options of Andrew Weaver (cyclist) and Andrew J. Weaver; Andrew Weaver (politician) ensures consistency. Madg2011 (talk) 18:06, 1 June 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 15:36, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support. The Drover's Wife (talk) 00:28, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- "Andrew Weaver" as primary topic is good too. The Drover's Wife (talk) 16:05, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support. --Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 20:36, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Against. His significance in politics is his scientific background, it establishes his credibility. I could support "Andrew Weaver (scientist)". 24.108.58.49 (talk) 04:05, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:NATURAL. When a person is sometimes[3] (even if not mostly) known by a middle name or initial, it's better to use that natural and neutral disambiguation than an artificial qualifier that we make up, especially in a case like this where the person is notable in more than one field. Andrew Weaver (politician) and Andrew Weaver (scientist) should both be created as redirects to aid searchers who might not know his middle initial. Another option would be to move this article to Andrew Weaver as he is clearly the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and a dab page is not needed for only two articles. Station1 (talk) 05:39, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'd support Andrew Weaver as per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC as well. Madg2011 (talk) 15:10, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:NATURAL and Station1 (talk · contribs). I would also support a move to Andrew Weaver. Me-123567-Me (talk) 17:18, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 1 June 2017[edit]

Sorry, to open up this archived conversation again. I thought the agreement was to change the name of the article from Andrew J. Weaver → Andrew Weaver (politician). There are other Andrew Weavers out there. I believe the appropriate name for the article would be Andrew Weaver (politician). Isn't that what we agreed to?--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 17:02, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Darryl Kerrigan: when I closed the conversation, I saw that there was a consensus that this Andrew Weaver is actually WP:PRIMARYTOPIC across all Andrew Weavers (i.e. of the two, he is much more prominent, therefore should reside at the base name, while the hatnote at the top of the article will link to the cyclist article for anyone who lands on this one by mistake). That rationale made sense to me - he does appear more prominent, and more likely to be sought by readers, than the cyclist - and the move to "Andrew Weaver" was supported above by Madg2011, The Drover's Wife, Station1 and Me-123567-Me, thus the page was moved to that title by consensus. Thanks — Amakuru (talk) 17:09, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Thanks for the explanation. I agree with that rational. Cheers--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 17:26, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]