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A fact from Jack Zink appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 March 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Jack Zink was a mechanical engineer who received 35 patents for combustion equipment inventions, and was noted for his achievements in business, car racing, and philanthropy?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Smith Zink.

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Requested move 23 February 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved to Jack Zink. Firstly, there is no guideline (as far as I know) to pre-emptively disambiguate pages. As there is no article on other Jack or John Zinks, there is no need to add a disambiguator. Secondly, WP:NICKNAME implies that the nickname rather than the full name should be used when commoner, i.e. use Bill Clinton rather than William Jefferson Clinton [or Jack Zink instead of John Smith Zink]. DrKiernan (talk) 10:38, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

John Smith "Jack" Zink → John Zink – Or Jack Zink. Per WP:COMMONNAME, either one should be more commonly used than the other, but both are more common than the current title. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 07:02, 20 March 2015 (UTC) --Relisted. — Amakuru (talk) 10:24, 3 March 2015 (UTC) George Ho (talk) 18:43, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Objection to proposed move This move should not be made because the article's subject was the son of John Steele Zink, who was also a notable person. It is arguable which was more notable. The father founded the renowned John Zink Company, which had a world-wide reputation in the mid 1940s as a leading manufacturer of combustion equipment. He left a sizable fortune to the John Steele Zink Foundation. He also founded the Zink family ranch, which the son later turned into a site for his philanthropic activities. The father may deserve a Wikipedia page in his own right, and I am now collecting information about him. I think renaming the present article as proposed will lead to confusion in the future because of the similarity of names. Bruin2 (talk) 17:26, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment whatever happens John Smith Zink and Jack Zink should be created as a redirect to here if it isn't moved there. ; if John Steele Zink receives an article then John Zink should point to Zink (disambiguation), if he doesn't then it should point here. -- 70.51.200.101 (talk) 06:47, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Move to John Smith Zink to avoid the WP:NICKNAME guideline violation ("avoid (for example) adding a nickname, or a contracted version of the original first name(s) in quotes between first and last name. For example: Bill Clinton, not William "Bill" Clinton."). "John Smith Zink" seems adequately distinct from "John Steele Zink". —BarrelProof (talk) 22:08, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Move to John Smith Zink per the above two comments, especially the quotation from NICKNAME which directly addresses this page. Relentlessly (talk) 08:06, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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