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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 5, 2010.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that when the Byzantine usurper John Komnenos the Fat tried to sit on the imperial throne, it broke under his weight?

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I would complete the following if I were competent to do so: "Nicholas Mesarites left a long eyewitness account of events, in which his own role... and the scholars Nikephoros Chrysoberges and Euthymios Tornikes wrote speeches..." etc. --Wetman (talk) 14:10, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oops... Fixed it, thanks for pointing it out :) Constantine ✍ 14:25, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

John Comnenus the Fat[edit]

The transliteration "John Comnenus" seems common. There are 31 Google Books hits for "John Comnenus the Fat" vs. 26 for "John Komnenos the Fat." I added a redirect but should we mention "John Comnenus" in the article lead? --Marc Kupper|talk 05:27, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds wise to me. Joefromrandb (talk) 13:01, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done Joefromrandb (talk) 23:43, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]