A fact from Alfred Holland Smith appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 June 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the railroads controlled by Alfred Holland Smith in 1918 carried one half of United States freight?
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What is the source for the highest paid manager claim and what exactly does it mean? Highest paid manager at the railroad? of any railroad? of any company? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Freakshownerd (talk • contribs) 02:15, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I added ref, quote and narrowed the superlative: highest paid railroad executive (not highest absolute). Good catch! East of Borschov (talk) 09:27, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Except when used in the most official of contexts, he seems to be rarely referred to by his full name, but rather is usually called A.H. Smith or Alfred H. Smith in most of the sources. Per WP:COMMONNAME, shouldn't he be moved to one of those?--Yaksar(let's chat) 00:52, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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