Talk:W. H. L. Wallace

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What is his name??? Is it William Hervey Lamb Wallace,William Hervey Lamme Wallace, William Hervy Lamb Wallace, or William Hervy Lamme Wallace. I have seen all of these spellings on the internet. Anybody know?Falphin 18:28, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

LOL another spelling: William Harvey Lamb WallaceFalphin 00:40, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Why can't I find this page on google anyone know????Falphin 01:04, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

The correct spelling of this name is William Hervey Lamme Wallace. See Isabelle Wallace's 1903 biography: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF GENERAL WILLIAM HERVEY LAMME WALLACE. General Wallace was the son of John Wallace and Mary Lamme. The Lamme family first appeared in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia about 1740.

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Not moved. —Centrx→talk • 02:59, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

W.H.L. Wallace → W. H. L. Wallace – Naming conventions -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 14:57, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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 * Oppose. Leave Civil War guys like J.E.B. Stuart, P.G.T. Beauregard, and W.H.L. Wallace alone. That usage is more common in ACW literature. Hal Jespersen 15:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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Add any additional comments Civil War exception? Why should guys from the Civil War contradict the naming convention? -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 19:10, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I cannot think of a single mitigating factor that would cause someone to make an arbitrary change of this type. There are literally hundreds of articles that link to these names and they will now all use redirects. (Wallace doesn't have that many, but I see you are also picking on J.E.B. Stuart.) Sometimes multiple rules need to be reconciled; without a formal hierarchy, none takes precedence over another. One style rule is that the most common name for a person should be the name of the article, which is why Thomas Jonathan Jackson's article is named Stonewall Jackson, for example. If you feel really strongly about this nit, however, go ahead. I'm sure you're not paying for the computer time used to implement it and to display all those pages through redirects. I do not expect that many ACW authors will be modifying their links to accommodate this arbitrary change. Hal Jespersen 19:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
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