Talk:William Smellie (encyclopedist)

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Stretching the bounds of 'relevance'?

"As of 15 October 1968, Smellie was survived by his great-great-grandson Richard Smellie, who in turn had two sons." Surely this kind of information is irrelevant to a biography of the man concerned? DermottBanana (talk) 07:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Be bold and remove it if you feel that it is irrelevant. You don't need permission to make changes here. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 06:07, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Prurient?

Should we charact5erise bell's engravings thus? Rich Farmbrough, 15:26, 29 December 2011 (UTC).[reply]

In principle I don't have a particular problem with it - the fact that they were censored is a pointer, and it suggests why they were censored rather than for conveying military secrets or whatever. In any case the specific word may well be supported by the offline reference. FlagSteward (talk) 13:56, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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