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Anthony Appleyard (
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Michael McDonald (mixed martial artist) → Michael McDonald (fighter) – Someone changed Michael McDonald the MMA page's page for no reason, and "(fighter)" is the official designation for MMA fighters on wikipedia, not "(mixed martial artist)", although I do think "Michael McDonald (mixed martial artist)" should remain as a redirect to "Michael McDonald (fighter)". –
LiberatorLX (
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Comment after this is returned, a full requested move needs to be opened, as there are multiple people by this name who can be desribed in common English as "fighter". --
65.94.169.222 (
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Comment The same can be said for Anderson Silva, as there is Anderson "Braddock" Silva as well. "Fighter" is the designation for MMA fighters on wikipedia, not "mixed martial artist", that designation is way too long and we can tell that the other Michael McDonald is a kickboxer from his designation as "kickboxer". Changing the MMA fighter Michael McDonald's designation to "mixed martial artist" will just complicate everything. That's why I'm opposed, and if we do it for one guy, then it must be done for the others.
LiberatorLX (
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What other pages need correction besides Silva? We might as well get around to correcting those as well --
65.94.169.222 (
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That only works if there are no other fighters. This is not the case here. Ambiguously disambiguating article names leads to confusion as to the topic of the article. It will not complicate matters, it will fix confusion inherent in ambiguous disambiguation. Another option is
Michael McDonald (MMA fighter) . Either way, it should not stay as "fighter" because the kickboxer is also a fighter, and his infobox even lists where he fights out of, not where he kickboxes out of. In the English language "fighter" does not mean MMA fighter, it means any sort of fighter (any martial art, boxing, etc; warfighter, terrorist fighters, etc) --
65.94.169.222 (
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