Talk:Juana Maria de los Delores de Leon Smith

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[edit] Cleanup activities

Tried to get some structure to this article. I think the lenthy excerpt from Smith's "Autobiography" should be deleted or at least shortened substantially. I let it stand now because I did not really see what the original author intended with it. If nobody explains here and/or improves, that section should be removed - the reference should suffice, especially since it is avalibale on the web anyway.

I also lifted three sentences about Juana from the Harry Smith article because they captured best what impact she had on her contemporaries.

I did not find anything about her precise day of birth. I conclude 1798 since the annotations in Smith's memoirs firmly claim she had been a little over fourteen when she married (while Smith himself remarks she were nearly 14 when he met her).

Are there any sources exept Smith about her early or later life outside of the Peninsular Campaign ? Wefa 00:07, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Until the excerpt is dealt with I leave the cleanup tag in. Wefa 01:52, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Removed both the abovementioned excerpt and the September cleanup tag. If you see a need for further cleanup, please leave a few remarks about that here. Wefa 15:08, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Her name: Dolores vs Delores

There is some discrepancy with the writing of Juana's full name. Smith's Autobiography quotes it as "Juana Maria de Los Dolores de Leon" (ch. 9), while the original author of this article - possibly coming a Ladysmith city history background, gives it as "Delores". I tend to adhere to the well documented "Dolores" variation. Again, if noone comes forward I will correct this spelling - and in the process probably get this entry renamed.

OTOH it might be interesting to find out why [this article] uses the "Delores" variant... Wefa 15:08, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Ooops - Fixed above link. Unfortunately I never got around to actually have the article renamed, and to this day have only faint ideas how to approach that... Wefa 23:27, 3 November 2006 (UTC)