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The article says that it is also spelled Marshall, but isn't that a mis-spelling? A Marshall is something different - an official in charge of ushering or regulating crowds etc.

It is a misspelling in British English, but apparently not in American English, where it is an acceptable alternative (according to the OED). In British English, "Marshall" is a name only and all other uses are spelt "marshal". -- Necrothesp 01:42, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

This page is lacking a link to "marshal" as used in (Windows only?) network programming, where it means to convert to/from a network representation of an object.

Also, it seems there are two main meanings of "marshal": (1) helper, and (2) commander, but the article confuses the two.

Comment According to Merriam-Webster's online American dictionary Marshall with two "L"s is an acceptable alternative to Marshal with one "L". Therefore the introduction is incorrect and I will remove the "incorrect spelling part". --Jayzel 17:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

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Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 16:55, 3 June 2008 (UTC)