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For an October 2004 deletion debate over this page see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/L. Neil Smith

It's surprisingly hard to find a good current list of his published works. I think there are more than those I listed, but at the moment can't confirm that. Mindspillage 03:21, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Best source for a list of his works is his website. I've taken the liberty of re-organizing the list of works to put them in the proper series. emb021

And I had to re-fix the list after someone put American Zone at the end, instead of leaving it in its proper internal chronology location. emb021
and had to do this yet again. --Emb021 18:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

There is also a new on-line comic book story by Neil and Scott Bieser on Big Head Press. Will try to add it in. --Emb021 18:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] 2004 Libertarian Convention

I was at the 2004 Libertarian Convention, and I'm highly skeptical of the statement at L. Neil Smith supporters strongly influenced Badnarik's nomination. Does anyone have a citation or evidence for these assertions? -- Seth Ilys 23:48, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] One word?

Does anyone know what the "single word in the Declaration of Independence" was, that Smith used as the divergence point for his Gallatin timeline? DS 14:05, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Unanimous, in the phrase "...deriving their just powers from the unanimous consent of the governed."
—wwoods 18:02, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Committee to draft L. Neil Smith selected Harry Brown?

Does this sentence mean what it seems to mean, or is the "thanks to" clause misplaced?

"...Harry Browne was chosen by the party's national convention, thanks to the efforts of the "Ad Hoc Conspiracy to Draft L. Neil Smith""

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Geoffrey.landis (talk • contribs) 17:29, 24 July 2006


[edit] Product placement

Hi all

I am a libertarian. I had not heard of L. Neil Smith before now. My interest was picqued by the article. Unfortunately, the author(s) of the article (Mr Smith? his agent? supporters?) have disappointed me by inserting a brazen pitch for a new novel and even included his agent's contact details! I think this is a bit cheeky.

If an author or his supporters wish to promote a book they should pay for it; they should not rely on the generosity of others who give time and money to make Wiki work. If every business were to have their own page that included information regarding the availability of upcoming products, Wikipedia would probably become unworkable and certainly very tedious.

Not only is the promotion of products and/or services a breach of Wiki etiquette, it would also seem to be run counter to libertarian beliefs. If you want to promote a product then pay for that service. Otherwise you are simply a freeloader and a hipocrite.

I don't think that the article should be deleted but I do think the relevant paragraph should be removed.

What do you think?

Thanks

Neil 84.67.60.85 23:03, 24 September 2006 (UTC)