User talk:Kadiogne

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Hi, Kadiogne. Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place   on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. De728631 (talk) 22:12, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
I noticed that you removed all the accents and diacritics from the name in this article. While I can understand how they were eventually dropped when he emigrated to America, this information should not be completely ignored. I have now made a few adaptations to the first paragraph to indicate that the birth name was Böszörményi-Nagy. If you have more information about this, please feel free to use the article's talk page. De728631 (talk) 22:20, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi De728631 - I thought your change in noting his birth name was perfect. I have now also added the correct accent to the first name of his birth name. Are you able to change the main heading of the article to reflect Boszormenyi-Nagy's preference for no accents? Thanks! By the way, this is really cool. I've used Wikipedia a gazillion times, and I've donated a few, but I've never helped to edit any content. Thanks for your help with this! Kadiogne (talk) 22:27, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Ooooh! You're quick! Thanks again!!! Kadiogne (talk) 22:29, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

So, Catherine Ducommun-Nagy has reviewed the updated entry and very much appreciates the correction of the accents on Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy's name. However, there is a further detail that she has brought to my attention: "Listing accented name as Ivan's birth name is actually incorrect. In fact, Ivan was born Iván Nagy and his father made a change of the family name when he was about 8 years old." So, Catherine is wondering if the entry could be changed to reflect this in one of the following ways: either (1) "Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, known in Hungary as Iván Böszörményi-Nagy" or (2) "Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, born Iván Nagy, whose family name was changed to Böszörményi-Nagy when he was a child". Which seems preferable from Wikipedia's perspective? Thanks again for your help with this! Kadiogne (talk) 16:22, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Reply to help me request: As an editor (which you are) you are encouraged to be bold and fix it yourself. You should feel free to choose the phrasing you feel is best, and don't be too surprised if another editor later makes changes. That is the nature of a collaboratively edited encyclopedia.  If you want to gain the consensus of other editors, it is better to ask this sort of question on the article's talk page rather than on a User talk page.  You will get the attention of more interested parties there. —     Bill W.     (Talk)  (Contrib)  — 17:59, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Bill! I'm new to this, so I appreciate your direction on how to proceed... Kadiogne (talk) 18:09, 30 January 2014 (UTC)