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Note spelling of family namer is McKay and not as listed below. John McKay 194.35.219.99 (talk) 21:16, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently McNames are sorted under Macnames for some reason. All of the visible spellings are correct. JackSchmidt (talk) 21:41, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the current article, the date of birth is given as June 16 199. John McKay might be old, but surely he's not *that* old

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 John McKay [[Special:Contributions/194.35.219.99|194.35.219.99]] ([[User talk:194.35.219.99|talk]]) 21:16, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 :Apparently McNames are sorted under Macnames for some reason.  All of the visible spellings are correct. [[User:JackSchmidt|JackSchmidt]] ([[User talk:JackSchmidt|talk]]) 21:41, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
+== Year of birth ==
+In the current article, the date of birth is given as June 16 199. John McKay might be old, but surely he's not *that* old