Talk:Man of the match
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[edit] Merge
I would like to merge Most Valuable Player to Man of the match since this is an international encyclopedia and they are the same basic concepts: honoring the best player of a match or a series of contests. There is no need for a seperate fork. Even Man of the match references several American awards such as the National Football League's Super Bowl MVP. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:43, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
- A similar example is the current article News presenter. This page merges the country-specific terms of "newsreader", "newscaster", and "news anchor". Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
- Also Most Valuable Player currently reads, "A similar award in some sports, such as soccer, is man of the match". But since "the term Most Valuable Player is most often used in the United States", there should not be this country-specific fork article. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 08:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose: If you can think of a general term to merge both Most Valuable Player and Man of the match, I would be fine with this. However, I highly doubt the majority of Americans would type in Man of the Match. Since this IS an international encyclopedia, I do not think a term that is not used in the United States should reign over the title that usually is. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WiiAlbanyGirl (talk • contribs) 01:03, 25 April 2007 (UTC).
- Oppose - the Man of the Match refers to single game recognition, whereas the Most Valuable Player awards (at least in the US) are often series or season based awards. Although for the Superbowl it is a single game, there is also an MVP of the NFL's regular season. The amount of data and importance of their differences indicate they should be kept separate. In the US we sometimes have "Player of the Game" awards, and this is more synonymous with Man of the Match. Entirelybs 20:28, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose: Good point, Entirelybs; when I saw this listed on proposed mergers, I was going to go with it, until I read what you said. Nyttend 14:22, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- Also Most Valuable Player currently reads, "A similar award in some sports, such as soccer, is man of the match". But since "the term Most Valuable Player is most often used in the United States", there should not be this country-specific fork article. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 08:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose. From my understanding MVP awards are usually given over longer time periods than single matches. aLii 18:38, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose. Why not merge with Employee of the Month??? -- Boothman /tɔːk/ 20:09, 3 May 2007 (UTC).
- Oppose. There's no reason to anglicize this article. I'm removing the merge tag, as the proposal has been up for over a week, and has not gained support.--Mike Selinker 02:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
- Emphatic oppose. Man of the match has a narrower scope than Most valuable player. They are not comparable and therefore should not be combined into one article. They barely fit in the same category. 147.70.242.40 16:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
