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Talk:Will Leitch

This article was nominated for deletiononJanuary 31, 2007. The result of the discussion was speedy keep.

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This article was only nominated for deletion, because the sponsor of the nomination has a vendetta against Deadspin.com. The article should be kept, though possibly cleaned up, since the subject is both the author of 2 books, but an immensely popular sports blog, Deadspin. To verify the noteworthiness of the site, please see the article and its discussion page. Zzz345zzZ 03:58, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

While the Afd nomination was in bad faith, there is valid criticism - this article is a mess and not well sourced.

The following links would be good places to start, if users happen to have NYT Select or SI Exclusive memberships:

• Mallozzi, Vincent M. (January 29, 2006). "BOX SEATS: CHEERING SECTION; Leaving the Press Box for a Room With a View". The New York Times. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• "The Year in the Web: Blogged On". Sports Illustrated. December 13, 2005. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

-- Ytny 03:36, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm cleaning up the EL list to remove random articles and interviews, and replacing them with his contributions to various media. Here are the links I am removing:

• Interview with Will Leitch
• NPR's Scott Simon interviews Will Leitch
• Interview with Will Leitch on growing up in church, chasing ambition, and the line between "too crass" and "too funny"
• Best, Neil (February 9, 2007). "Cynical sports blog is a hit". Newsday. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

--Mosmof (talk) 14:29, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The result of the move request was: No consensus to move. (non-admin closure) Dicklyon (talk) 04:53, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Will Leitch → Will Leitch (U.S. journalist) – Same name as a fairly prominent (but certainly less well-known) BBC journalist in Northern Ireland. Blythwood (talk) 10:55, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Support and redirect to dab page at William Leitch In ictu oculi (talk) 11:38, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. WP:TWODABS allows us to use a simple hatnote in cases like this, particularly when the nominator concedes the other subject of the same name is "certainly less well-known" than this one. Making Will Leitch a dab-page will inconvenience readers looking for both writers, and the current setup is fine. Calidum ¤ 23:03, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. The Northern Irish journalist's article was just created 8 days ago, but the pageview stats since then consistently show it getting substantially fewer hits.[1] The American journalist is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC in a WP:TWODABS situation. Confusion is better handled with a hat note than by sending all readers to a dab page.--Cúchullain ^t/c 13:07, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Support move to Will Leitch (American journalist), since we always use "American" as a disambiguator for American people, not "U.S." -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:27, 7 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.

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. Unclear request

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

I'm just trying to update the page that's about me, which is incomplete (it lists four books written rather than five, has the wrong title and date for the most recent one (which has been released), delete redundant information (one book is mentioned in two separate sections) and just do general cleanup. But I trust your judgment on that business. Thank you! Williamfleitchathens (talk) 23:25, 13 July 2021 (UTC)williamfleitchathens[reply]

• Why it should be changed:

For the above reasons. I am now realizing I answered this section above. Sorry. Thank you! Williamfleitchathens (talk) 23:25, 13 July 2021 (UTC)williamfleitchathens Williamfleitchathens (talk) 23:25, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y". Jack Frost (talk) 06:11, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]