Person talk:William Edmiston (7)


Given name vs title

Hi Jim,

This is one of those odd cases where someone gave their child the NAME "General". This persons full name really was "General William Campbell Edmiston. See note at the bottom of the article page. Since his NAME was "General" we probably shouldn't add it into the "Title" input box, but leave it in the name box. Otherwise we're saying he really was a military general.

I don't know how common this practice is elsewhere, but I do know of at least two instances in swVA where a title was used as a given name.

In anycase, is there a Werelate policy conflict here? If so, do we need to have a broader discussion of this?

Bill