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A fact from John Hill (wrestler) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 January 2009, and was viewed approximately 1,345 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that professional wrestler John Hill was forced to change his ring name from Guy Hill to Guy Mitchell due to a news reporter's error?

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Attn: IP 99.253.224.234[edit]

It's not that I don't believe any of the information. The problem, as I explained multiple times, is that the information you are wanting to add does not have inline citations. Therefore, it fails Wikipedia's Verifiability policy and cannot be added. If you're adding information, provide a citation. It's that simple. GaryColemanFan (talk) 16:45, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: not moved Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:12, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

John Hill (wrestler) → Jerry Valiant – Per WP:COMMONNAME. GeicoHen (talk) 02:00, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose He had several notable names, more than most wrestlers, and much success as a non-Valiant. InedibleHulk (talk) 13:11, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Hulk.LM2000 (talk) 03:27, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 13 October 2021[edit]

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The result of the move request was: no consensus.

This is the same as the previous RM, which closed as not moved. Nobody either here or above provides any evidence of what the WP:COMMONNAME is and editors split evenly, so I find no consensus.(non-admin closure) Havelock Jones (talk) 20:01, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

John Hill (wrestler) → Jerry Valiant – This move will provide natural disambiguation. Hill competed under multiple ring names but his highest profile run was perhaps as Jerry Valiant with the World Wide Wrestling Federation. McPhail (talk) 21:19, 13 October 2021 (UTC)— Relisting. —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 03:47, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, per the reasons at the previous RM above. 162 etc. (talk) 02:48, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- That argument is that Hill was known by multiple names, in which case the best response is to pick the name by which he was best known. He was not well known as "John Hill" and so having the article here is not an appropriate compromise. McPhail (talk) 09:17, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. GhostOfDanGurney (talk) 01:15, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I don't see evidence that any of the several stage names is clearly the most common name for this person. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 02:25, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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