Talk:Ryan Williams (women's soccer)

Requested move 18 February 2020

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The result of the move request was: Moved to: Ryan Williams (women's soccer) and Ryan Williams (men's soccer, born 1996) respectively.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:05, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

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• Ryan Williams (soccer, born February 1996) → Ryan Williams (women's soccer, born 1996)
• Ryan Williams (soccer, born October 1996) → Ryan Williams (men's soccer, born 1996)

– Per WP:NCPDAB, using birth year to disambiguate article titles is not ideal, since readers are more likely to be seeking that info than to already know it. By extension, birth months seem even less likely to be known by the reader. It seems far more likely that the reader would know the gender of the person (especially for a soccer player, given how gender-segregated sports are), and fortunately, these two people happen to be different genders. IagoQnsi (talk) 18:27, 18 February 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. —Nnadigoodluck🇳🇬 18:52, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 19:44, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

• Support per nom. Using year of birth is actually standard, with month a common disambiguator - however that is in cases involving (for example) two male players. This is a different case and the suggestion here given we have a man and a woman is sensible. GiantSnowman 19:47, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
• Support in principle, though Ryan Williams (women's soccer) is better for this one. --BDD (talk) 15:33, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Very unnecessary disambiguation. Both players are soccer players and distinguishing them farther than nationality or birth makes the title unnecessarily longer than it needs to be. Just because they are both different genders, doesn't mean it's going to hard for readers to look up who the players are. We have Ryan Williams (disambiguation) for a reason. Plus, there are three other notable male soccer players named Ryan Williams. Should we have to disambiguate those as well? KingSkyLord (talk | contribs) 01:05, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

  No, as none of them were born in 1996. --BDD (talk) 14:41, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose in principle, since we already have months as disambiguators in cases like this. I think (women's soccer) as suggested above might be a good disambiguator by itself, but would require consensus to be used going forward.--Ortizesp (talk) 14:15, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

  I can't speak for others, but I wouldn't recommend "women's soccer" as a common qualifier, just because it's more detail than is typically necessary. Most of the time, "soccer" or "footballer" will do. When we need more information, we often default to birth years (or months) because there's nothing better to use. But "women's soccer" is better, and if there are other cases where we need to disambiguate players of different genders like this, sure, I'd recommend it in those cases too. --BDD (talk) 15:34, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

• Support! Definitely much clearer and much more WP:RECOGNIZABLE. But move Ryan Williams (soccer, born February 1996) to Ryan Williams (women's soccer). Paintspot Infez (talk) 01:49, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
• Support per nomination. If brevity is sought, then "women's" is slightly shorter than "February" and "men's" is slightly shorter than "October". Oppose the short form Ryan Williams (women's soccer) since it unbalances the analogous disambiguation style, thus causing one soccer player born in 1996 to be disambiguated by gender as well as by birth year, but another soccer player who was also born in 1996, to be disambiguated solely by gender. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 18:03, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
• Support moving both, but agree with others that Ryan Williams (women's soccer) would do just fine for this article; don't see a need to additionally disambiguate by birth year even if the other article would be. —Will^(B) 14:03, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:20, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that North Carolina Courage teammates Cari Roccaro and Ryan Williams made training videos for other teammates to follow during socially-distanced training? Source: "Roommates Cari Roccaro and Ryan Williams had spent hours preparing videos of the drills the day before to ensure they were ready to go when it was their time to use the field." and "Their preparation paid off as they were able to demonstrate the drill for their teammates on the other side of the field, over 70 yards away." North Carolina Courage

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hong Kong national security law
• Comment: Forgot to mention this earlier, but can this hook be posted on June 27, when the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup begins?

5x expanded by Nova Crystallis (talk). Self-nominated at 01:33, 5 June 2020 (UTC).

• - Hook is interesting, cited within the article, and cited to a reliable source. Article is long enough, was expanded within the last seven days by more than 5x, QPQ done. Earwig flags a quote, but the quote is properly cited. Articles is not a COPYVIO. No obvious issues with article. Good to go. Hog Farm (talk) 03:47, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk · contribs) 00:32, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. Overall: Pass

   Pass/Fail:

College career

• In 2014, Williams' freshman year, she was converted to play as a defender,[3] played in 19 matches and started in 18., played twice too close together

• Fixed. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 17:56, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

• She recorded her first collegiate shot and shot on goal, what's the difference? Is the first shot important?

• Removed, the debut was more important. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 17:56, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Club career

• and Williams was released as a result, and she was allowed to continue training with the Courage, is there another word besides and that can be used?

• Yeah. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 18:52, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

• Can you put ref 55 at the end of the On July 26, Williams participated in the 2018 Women's International Champions Cup, substituting on in the 61st minute against Paris Saint-Germain.

• Done. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 18:52, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

• Could you expand a bit on Williams made her first start in the finals, leading to a 1–0 victory. I feel "Williams" is repeated too soon and an expansion would help.

• Done. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 18:52, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

@HickoryOughtShirt?4: Thanks for the review. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 18:52, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

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