Talk:John M. Smith (bishop)

Requested move 7 April 2015

 * 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.

Moved as proposed for lack of opposition to the proposal. bd2412 T

– The bishop in references given is only known as John M. Smith or Bishop Smith. The existing "John M. Smith" got into politics relatively late at life so I'll guess that the connection to Category:Businesspeople from Wisconsin is of most relevance. Reference to middle name may have been found in an obituary or something. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 06:09, 17 April 2015 (UTC) GregKaye 20:24, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * John Mortimer Smith → John M. Smith (bishop)
 * John M. Smith → John M. Smith (businessman)
 * Support With moving "John M. Smith"; the disambiguation page John M. Smith (disambiguation) should occupy that location. -- 65.94.43.89 (talk) 10:41, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Support the move for the bishop, suggest John M. Smith (politician, born 1872) or something like John M. Smith (State Treasurer of Wisconsin) for the other guy. If he weren't elected the State Treasurer of Wisconsin, he would have faded into history without getting an article on Wikipedia. His enduring notability is tied to that elected position. Note that "(politician)" and even "(Wisconsin politician)" are not adequate, as they do not disambiguate relative to John Montgomery Smith. —BarrelProof (talk) 21:33, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Support the move for clergy, agree with move of other Wisconsin politician to John M. Smith (politician, born 1872). I'm aware of WP:MIDDLES but there's a lot of John Smiths out there and middle names may prove be a necessity in these case, given the high likelihood editors like ourselves will be required to revisit this issue again (perhaps in the distant future). I think moving the disambiguation page to John M. Smith is a good idea. BusterD (talk) 23:12, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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