Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Purves

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Move Purves (surname) to this title.‎. Vanamonde93 (talk) 01:02, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Purves

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After removing all the middle names and demoting the partial matches to See also, there are only two entries left, the surname being the obvious primary topic. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:44, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:52, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This article even started out that way: Special:Permalink/191574737. The other article began as a self-contradictory page about some claimed noble family: Special:Permalink/575056908. (It cannot have both originated in Normandy and in Scotland in two different centuries.) The content that was sent over there could be brought back here and this page be given its original purpose back. Uncle G (talk) 05:11, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Move Purves (surname) to Purves, and with a hatnote to the place. Boleyn (talk) 19:30, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 06:12, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Move Purves (surname) to Purves, quashing the existing page, per Boleyn. BD2412 T 22:42, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Move Purves (surname) to Purves and put a hatnote there to Purves, Texas. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:12, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Technical comment: To move a page onto an existing page, we'd either have to WP:SWAP the two (and presumably redirect the dab now at Purves) or we'd have to delete Purves and move the surname page onto it. One would preserve edit history, the other wouldn't. Toadspike [Talk] 19:20, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think BD2412's !vote is in favor of deleting the page at Purves. @Boleyn and @Shhhnotsoloud are not as clear. Would you two prefer the history be preserved somewhere or not? Toadspike [Talk] 19:27, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Purves and move the surname page onto it. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 11:37, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Purves (surname) Iban14mxl (talk) 21:55, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.