Talk:David Backes

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Requested move[edit]

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: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 00:05, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

David Backes (ice hockey) → David Backes – There are only two articles on Wikipedia about people named David Backes. I believe the hockey player should be at an undisambiguated title as I think he is the primary topic. The author's stub article can be dealt with by a simple hatnote. Canuck^{89 (click here!)} 01:25, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See Talk:Claude Giroux for similar case. Canuck^{89 (have words with me)} 01:58, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No objection but are you also volunteering to fix all the "what links here" that will need changing? Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 01:56, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Won't be a problem, as David Backes (ice hockey) will remain as a redirect, and very small amount (15ish) of pages linking to David Backes are things such as user talk pages. Canuck^{89 (have words with me)} 01:58, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The best solution when there are only two articles is not to have a dabpage at all, but provide each page with a dab-capnote. However, incloming links to articles will still need to be fixed. Peterkingiron (talk) 20:45, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As I said above, see related discussion at Talk:Claude Giroux, and my other comment above about incoming links. Canuck^{89 (chat with me)} 01:51, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. -DJSasso (talk) 12:23, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The hockey player is clearly the primary topic per page view counts. He gets about 3,000 per month[1], while the author gets about 50 [2]. That's a factor of 60... definitive. --Born2cycle (talk) 06:31, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Animal lover (Non-profit work)[edit]

Backes has done a lot of charity work involving dog adoption. I believe it's noteworthy here. His nonprofit, David's Dogs, works with a shelter in St. Charles, MO, Five Acres Animal Shelter. From St. Louis Blues official page, David's Dogs: "The shelter has been dedicated to ending pet homelessness, promoting responsible pet ownership and advocating for animal welfare since 1973. Five Acres provides a much needed second chance for animals to find their forever home."

A few links/articles about his work:

David Backes taking up fight to save dog from death row

David Backes, Blues Captain, Flew His Plane 700 Miles To Rescue Three Stray Dogs

David Backes kisses all the puppies

107.202.192.167 (talk) 22:30, 23 July 2013 (UTC)ch473[reply]

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