Talk:Rooney

Wayne

Why doesnt this page link directly to Wayne Rooney? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki119 (talk • contribs)

As you can see from the list, there are about a dozen people named Rooney with Wikipedia articles. The name Rooney is not obviously associated with one person, the way Hitler and Stalin are, so it's better to leave it as a dab page with links to all such people. SteveO 00:36, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is an international encyclopedia. In England, Rooney most often refers to Wayne. However, in the USA, most people have never even heard of him - Americans would be far more likely to be looking for Mickey or Andy. F W Nietzsche (talk) 19:24, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Surname spin-off

I personally don't feel that the surname spin-off is necessary, as there is no issue with having the names here. It's not a long article, and for people looking for Wayne Rooney (there are a lot, I'm sure), it's confusing - I thought he'd been removed by vandalism before I realised a new article had been created. The new article doesn't look particularly tidy, either. I can't think of many other surnames that are spun-off; Smith is, but that's a very, very common name. There's only 20 or so individuals named Rooney. Esteffect (talk) 17:00, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think your estimate of how common spinning off surnames is way off, I looked in the Surnames category and immediately found Abercrombie, which has a spin off to Abercrombie (surname). That was with a two second look at the first page. There must be countless others. And I really do think that, for a dab page, the previous verion is long, certainly long enough to make it not ideal as a simple navigation page. As for that, I'm sure that realising there is a surname spinoff, and then clicking 'W' in its contents page, is not that hard or relatively time consuming surely?. People will always miss things, I've seen things get added multiple times to even small dab pages, this is just the way some people work. MickMacNee (talk) 17:18, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: not moved. WP:SNOW (ignoring American conspiracy/cabal argument), no indication of primary topic criteria being met. -- JHunterJ (talk) 16:11, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rooney → Rooney (disambiguation) – while redirecting this to Wayne Rooney as a primary topic-180.183.136.102 (talk) 12:37, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Andy Rooney and Mickey Rooney are both more well known than Wayne Rooney in the United States. There is not a clear case here of having a primary topic. —Akrabbim^talk 13:51, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose. Wayne Rooney isn't even listed on the disambiguation page. He's only primary to football fans... if that. Powers ^T 15:17, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support. We should stop these Americans from running Wikipedia. Football is the world's most popular sport in enjoyed in almost every country except China, India, Pakistan, Japan, America, and parts of the Caribbean. Wayne Rooney is the obvious choice. 67.103.182.21 (talk) 17:18, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose. There's no evidence whatsoever of a primary topic. older ≠ wiser 19:30, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. In addition to the previously Andy and Mickey, there's actress Rooney Mara and the Rooney family (owners of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers) that could rival Wayne for notability in many circles. Sure, Wayne is wildly popular, but I don't feel that the name "Rooney" is necessarily synonymous with him. — DeeJayK (talk) 20:16, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:PRIME: not a topic desired "more likely than all the other topics combined". ENeville (talk) 22:55, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Snowy oppose: Per ENeville. There's no primary topic and should close. ApprenticeFan ^work 08:42, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. WP:SNOW. No evidence of primary topic. --Born2cycle (talk) 02:16, 18 February 2012 (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. No further edits should be made to this section.