Talk:Maiden of Ludmir

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This article was nominated for deletion on July 25 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] Conflicting Information

There are a couple of passages that I came upon in the article that conflicted with some of the information that I have learnt, and I am not sure which is the correct version since I have not read the other two books used for sources. An example of conflicting information:

"After the visit to the Rebbe, Hannah Rachel halted her activities as a Hasidic leader and teacher. She even married, although the marriage was never consummated and the couple divorced within a week."

vs. (what I added)

"Later she moved to Palestine and settled in Jerusalem, living out her years there unremarkably. On Shabbat afternoons, her followers would come to hear her recite words of Torah, and on Rosh Chodesh she would accompany them to Rachel's Tomb for prayer. She is buried on the Mount of Olives."

According to the second passage she continued to serve as a leader in Israel, while the first says that she ceased to be a leader. There are other pieces of conflicting information from the book that I have (From Sarah to Sarah, S. Feldbrand), but I didn't know how to put them into the article.

Is there any traditional way to resolve these conflicts? With a historical figure there are bound to be many varying details due to uncertainty and the years that have passed since the event.

It's not uncommon for different accounts to have conflicting information. Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy describes how to proceed in such a situation. The basic idea is to provide both accounts, so long as they are both reliably sourced, and indicate which source offers which account. You can use footnote-style referencing like this <ref>This is a footnote</ref>. Best, --Shirahadasha 03:10, 24 October 2006 (UTC)