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| His pseudonym should be listed as John Smith, as the middle section is merely Vimes' nickname for him in his mind - he doesn't call him it, and it is mentioned only once. ] 12:53, 2 July 2007 (UTC) | His pseudonym should be listed as John Smith, as the middle section is merely Vimes' nickname for him in his mind - he doesn't call him it, and it is mentioned only once. ] 12:53, 2 July 2007 (UTC) | ||
| ==Most famous John Smith needs to go up top== | |||
| I'm putting a reference to Captain John Smith of Jamestown, Virginia fame up top because he is far and away the most prominent of all John Smiths, ever. Readers should not have to search down to near the bottom of the list to find him, especially when the Misplaced Pages article name is not intuitive. If somebody else wanted to, I'd probably support making the article for this John Smith the place readers would go when they type in the simple name, but I'm not so absolutely certain about this that I'd do it myself. Every American past the age of 12 should know who this John Smith is. I guess he wouldn't be prominent outside the United States. ] (]) 21:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC) | |||
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Heh, remember that Simpsons episode where the zombies are going back into their graves, and one zombie interrupts another burying himself: "wait a minute, I'm John Smith!" "John Smith 1882?" "My mistake."
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Very amusing. orizon 04:17, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
John Not-A-Vampire-At-All Smith
His pseudonym should be listed as John Smith, as the middle section is merely Vimes' nickname for him in his mind - he doesn't call him it, and it is mentioned only once. Anthrcer 12:53, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Most famous John Smith needs to go up top
I'm putting a reference to Captain John Smith of Jamestown, Virginia fame up top because he is far and away the most prominent of all John Smiths, ever. Readers should not have to search down to near the bottom of the list to find him, especially when the Misplaced Pages article name is not intuitive. If somebody else wanted to, I'd probably support making the article for this John Smith the place readers would go when they type in the simple name, but I'm not so absolutely certain about this that I'd do it myself. Every American past the age of 12 should know who this John Smith is. I guess he wouldn't be prominent outside the United States. Noroton (talk) 21:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC)