User talk:RLamb
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Hello, RLamb, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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[edit] William Peryam - reference to third wife
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I feel as if I am just learning to talk...Can someone help with this: if a woman has been married three times, how do I identify her? By her maiden name? If so, and her maiden name coincides with that of another entry in Wikipedia, how do I distinguish between them? In the article on Sir William Peryam I would like to point out that he married Sir Francis Bacon's eldest half-sister Elizabeth. But if I put 'Elizabeth Bacon' the link redirects to a page on Elizabeth Bacon Custer.
I hope this is the correct page to raise this?
RLamb 23:12, 21 February 2007 (UTC)RLamb
- Normally, you'd use the name by which someone is most commonly known in English (for instance, George W. Bush for the current American president); see the naming conventions. If there's an article at that name already, you need to disambiguate the articles; the process can be a bit complicated, so I'd recommend reading Wikipedia:Disambiguation and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation) instead of me trying to describe it here. And yes, your user talk page is the correct place for a {{helpme}}; you can also ask questions at the Help Desk if you prefer (helpmes will send you a new message when your question is answered, though, and you'll have to check back to the helpdesk if you try there). I hope that helps! --ais523 09:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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