Talk:Ronald Gould (trade unionist)

Proposal for use of this page[edit]

I am currently writing a new article on the former English trade union leader Sir Ronald Gould, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers from 1947-1970. To avoid confusion with the existing Ronald M. Gould page that refers to the US judge, I propose that the current redirect page at Ronald Gould (currently pointing at the US judge) becomes instead the page for the English trade unionist. Both Ronald Gould pages should then have a "This page is about..." notice telling them about the other page.

This is in keeping with the disambiguation guidance on WP:DAB. I would welcome comments from editors on this proposal. Peteinterpol (talk) 10:31, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now completed Peteinterpol (talk) 21:11, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 15 April 2016[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: Moving as follows:

Ronald Gould → Ronald Gould (trade unionist)
Ron Gould → Ronald Gould

Consensus that there's no primary topic for Ron/Ronald, and that trade unionist is the best disambiguator rather than educator. — Amakuru (talk) 11:36, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ronald Gould → Ronald Gould (educator)
Ron Gould → Ronald Gould

– Of all the pages listed at the current disambiguation page (Ron Gould) the current article receives nowhere near the most page views [1] (note that the stats have changed after several recent page moves) and certainly doesn't qualify as primary topic. The current page should be disambiaguated; I would suggest educator based on the page's category, but there might be a better term. I also suggest the disambiguation page be moved over the current page, because it lists more Ronalds than Rons. kennethaw88 • talk 22:02, 15 April 2016 (UTC) --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 00:03, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom In ictu oculi (talk) 15:15, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There are two proposed Moves in this proposal, and I oppose the first one (but would suggest an alternative that it sounds like the proposer might accept) and accept the second move, as follows:

Oppose Ronald Gould → Ronald Gould (educator). The article indicates Sir Ronald Gould is actually notable for his trade union activities rather than his time as a teacher. And I suspect 'educator' is much more commonly used as a term now, than in his lifetime. So I would propose instead a move to 'Ronald Gould (trade unionist)'.

Accept Ron Gould → Ronald Gould. If this is saying make the page currently entitled 'Ronald Gould' a disambiguation page where all the pages about people with that name are listed, then I can see the sense in it as no one of these pages is the primary topic. If that is not the proposal then I oppose it. Peteinterpol (talk) 09:49, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support move to 'Ronald Gould (trade unionist)'; as well as the second move. there is no PT here. Insert CleverPhrase Here 02:10, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.