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— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sint Holo (talk • contribs) 19:46, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Constant deletions of 'negative' views of Smith persist on this article. He is not all "sugar and sunshine" a controversy sectino has now been added with the appropriate sites from news articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skeele (talk • contribs) 19:33, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
NO information supports the claim of Chad having two wives. He has a wife and an ex-wife.--BradPatrick 19:07, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Chad only has one wife, but he has 'staggered' sets of children. he admitte this in an interview in the muskogee phoenix during the '99 campaign. sites have been added.
He was never married before, only to Bobbi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skeele (talk • contribs) 19:31, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Steady economic growth from the casinos. The casinos have been nothing but a boon. Everybody put on a happy face about it. It's not like the casinos play havoc with the job market, attract crime, or reduce our heritage to being little more than a tourist trap designed to fleece unsuspecting travelers. Not a word of how this man's policies have negatively affected the tribe at all. So much for NPOV on this article. I'd edit it, but it'd probably end up being filled with a political diatribe on Smith's policies toward the descendants of slaves, the lack of understanding of the basic concept of citizenship, not to mention the elitism and exclusivity of the current council. If there's someone who is unbiased and cares to make the article look less like it was written by a PR rep and more like an NPOV article, please do so. I'm too hotheaded to make that change myself. 24.254.163.150 (talk) 21:48, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
This article is a factual and grammatical disaster. It is by far the worst written and formatted article that I have encountered on Wikipedia. How are the many outside links allowed and clearly partisan viewpoints allowed to stand? Uyvsdi (talk)Uyvsdi —Preceding undated comment was added at 07:38, 28 December 2008 (UTC).
In part, his education is listed as "Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa." In fact, the degree is titled Juris Doctor, not Juris Doctorate, and it is NOT a doctorate, nor is the holder of such degree entitled to use the honorific title of "Dr" before their name. Jkhamlin (talk) 20:09, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
I reverted Uyvsdi's good faith edit where Uyvsdi stated that Smith has lost re-election and that Baker won. The election is still under review by the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court and there is a hand recount of the votes scheduled for 16 July 2011, which will be personally supervised by the Supreme Court justices themselves. Please do not edit the article to indicate that either Smith lost or Baker won because the truth is that we just don't know who won yet until the whole process is finished.76.31.116.153 (talk) 16:42, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
The information in it is outdated and the "Controversy" section does not employ a neutral tone. Sdkb (talk) 10:01, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: moved to Chad Smith (politician) per consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) SITH (talk) 15:27, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Chad "Corntassel" Smith → Chad Smith (Cherokee chief) – or Chad Smith (Cherokee politician) – or Chad Smith (Cherokee leader). Per WP:PSEUDONYM, Wikipedia policy is to avoid putting an alternative name in quotes between a first and last name. He seems to be most commonly known as "Chad Smith". He is primarily referred to in the article and on the Talk page as "Chad Smith". Many of the sources cited in the article are dead or stale links. He is credited on Amazon with writing an introduction to a book Cherokee as "Chadwick Smith" and the preface to another book The Moravian Springplace Mission ... as "Chad Smith". Both Cherokee Phoenix articles call him "Chad Smith". The Cherokee Encyclopedia source calls him "Smith, Chadwick (Ugisata or Corntassel)". —BarrelProof (talk) 06:17, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
The change says: "Chad “Corntassel” Smith is currently serving his third four-year term as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation".
Chad Smith is NOT the current Chief. Bill John Baker was elected Chief in 2011. He held the office for 8 years. The current Principal Chief is Chuck Hoskin, Jr. He was elected in 2019.
I do not want to make this change because I know all three of these people. other editors have said this would be a potential conflict of interest for me to change something about someone I personally know. Phil Konstantin Phil Konstantin (talk) 19:56, 9 April 2020 (UTC)