User talk:Jimmy James 902

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Request for Assistance:

Commander Keane's suggestion was not successful.

Repeat: I want to edit the actual TITLE/HEADER of the article, from

"James DeLancey,"

to

"Lt. Gov. James DeLancey."

While this may seem unorthodox, the reason for this change is to avoid ambiguation: there are SEVERAL James DeLancey's, including his first cousin, "Colonel James DeLancey," whose bio I will be posting soon.

How do you edit an article TITLE/HEADER ??

Specifically, I want to change the header for the entry titled,

"James DeLancey," (1703-1760) which should be titled,

"Lt. Gov. James DeLancey."

Thank You,

Jimmy James 902

You can change the opening line to read: "Lt. Gov. James DeLancey (1703 – 1760)..." by simply editing the page (using the "edit this page" button").--Commander Keane 17:46, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

The title is correct and should not be changed. You could change it by using the "move" button (explained at WP:MOVE), but don't - becasue it is already correct. There is a requested moves (WP:RM) for tricky cases. Do not move James DeLancey. By the way, talk pages flow downwards, most recent comments go at the bottom. --Commander Keane 18:12, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

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[edit] Article titles

When dealing with bio articles, the title of the article should be (to borrow your example) - firstname lastname - i.e.

  • James DeLancey

Where this causes conflicts add

  • James DeLancey (poet)
  • James DeLancey (soldier)
  • James DeLancey (president)
  • James DeLancey (pope)

etc, etc...

I hope that helps. Megapixie 05:55, 22 May 2006 (UTC)