Talk:Dick Smith (entrepreneur)

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message: Per WP:DISAMBIGUATION, I do not believe this Dick Smith constitutes a primary topic.  I believe this content should be moved to Dick Smith (entrepreneur) and this page be made redirect to Dick Smith (disambiguation).  Comments? -Verdatum (talk) 17:24, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not averse to this, and I've created Dick Smith (entrepreneur) as a redirect to Dick Smith.  However, of the three other people named Dick Smith, all of their articles are currently stubs.  I submit this as evidence that people who search for "Dick Smith" are almost always looking for this person at the moment.  As such, I think that a move is premature.  I'm happy to go with the majority if other people disagree, though.  -- De Guerre (talk) 00:42, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I agree with De Guerre that this Dick Smith is the most notable and should be directly linked until others are more prominent. Lympathy (talk) 14:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I'm fine with this for the time being.  The Dick Smith (makeup artist) article needs to be seriously improved, and I intend to do so...eventually.  Once this has been done I will try to press the issue further. -Verdatum (talk) 16:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Just to be clear on one point: Per WP:DAB, the correct criterion is not who is "more notable", but rather what people would expect to see if they just typed "Dick Smith" into the search box. Nobody (I hope) is doubting that Dick Smith the make-up artist is a very notable person.  -- De Guerre (talk) 00:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I would've thought notability to be equivalent of general awareness/interest which would mean that what people would expect to see is the same definition as who is more notable? In this case I would consider the businessman to be more widely known then the make-up artist and therefor more notable. Lympathy  Talk 13:47, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  In many, if not most, cases, the two notions coincide.  However, I can imagine situations where they don't.  No good examples spring to mind at the moment, but one poor example is that of the Whale tail.  The cetacean appendage is arguably the most notable use of that term, but people typing in the phrase "Whale tail" may be more likely to be after information about the fashion phenomenon.  And yes, I am very sorry for bringing up that example.  -- De Guerre (talk) 01:25, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

text: I have moved the page as originally suggested. The rebranding of 'Dick Smith Electronics' to 'Dick Smith' really takes precedence over the Dick Smith himself and as such the article on Dick Smith (the store chain) is going to be moved into 'Dick Smith'. Twistie.man (talk) 10:07, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: He made a trip to NZ in his Beech Baron sometime between 1974 and 1977. I actually saw him and the aircraft at Ardmore Airfield then. Has anyone any documented evidence of this trip?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.100.95.235 (talk) 05:55, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: First New Zealand Trip

message: Why was information about his comments regarding the crash of VH-MDX and assigning blame to the RAAF removed? To pass it off as a minor issue, is ridiculous. It was a serious enough accusation that is got a response from the Chief of the Air Force and has wide ranging and damaging implication in the Australian aviation sector. Considering Dick Smith's involvement with Australian Aviation and CASA, it is a point that should be on his page. Just because its not a high point in his career, doesn't mean it's not relevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dbcooper241171 (talk • contribs) 13:32, 7 June 2014
:See WP:NOTNEWS. Please provide sources that indicate this incident will have a long-lasting impact on Smith's life or how he is viewed. --NeilN talk to me 13:45, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The issue is this edit which proposed text claiming "widespread condemnation" resulting from an interview in June 2014 (that is, within the last few days, I assume). Articles are not written like that. See WP:DUE. Johnuniq (talk) 02:02, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The primary reason this text was removed was because it was not sourced. On Wikipedia it isn't sufficient that someone believes it is true - there must be at least one in-line citation to indicate the information is from a reliable published source. This is to allow readers to independently verify that the information is factual and reliable. Dolphin (t) 06:49, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  2014 Williamtown Air base interview. 

message: Or so, I have no idea about how wikipedia handles this, so if anyone wants to add things from here, here is dick talking about lots of his stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1eivQNtulE  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.61.9.75 (talk) 14:18, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  A lot of source 

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message: One editor has hundreds of edits on this article, and it is clearly excessive. Drmies (talk) 01:43, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
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