User talk:Royalty2012

How does one change the page title for a spelling error? The entry for Bayezid Osman should be Bayazid Osman. Source is a scan of that persons US passport.

Royalty2012 (talk) 23:12, 8 August 2013 (UTC)


 * See Help:Moving a page on how to change a page title. That said, the third-party sources consistently spell him "Bayezid", so that's what we should use. Huon (talk) 23:59, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

The Prince in question is known to all and sundry as Osman Bayazid, irrespective of what third-party sources use, and not all use the Bayezid spelling. He has provided a scan of his American passport which clearly shows Bayazid as the correct spelling of his surname. It is unacceptable to force a 90 year old man to put up with an incorrect spelling, just because readily available English sources have something else. Burke's Guide to the Royal Family is notorious for its errors and is not to be trusted. Please make an old man happy in his declining years by correctly recording his surname. I am unable to do this as I do not have the required number of edits. My apologies for not being able to do it myself. Royalty2012 (talk) 07:53, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * What you're asking cannot be done unless you or anyone else provides a reliable source stating so, as per WP:VERIFY. You may also want to take a look at WP:VNT.--Jetstreamer $Talk$ 10:32, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Jetstreamer
So you are saying a person's passport is not a reliable source? Is that correct?
 * WP:IRS lists which sources can be considered reliable.--Jetstreamer $Talk$ 15:16, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

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Facts are not copyrightable
There's much more on this at Talk:House of Dlamini which I suggest you go and read but the essential point you need to be aware of is that, under US law (which Wikipedia operates under) facts are not copyrightable - see PD and Copyright in lists for more on this. Therefore continuing to revert on that grounds will be seen as disruptive and could lead to a block. There's more on the article talk page (including discussion about the fact that some of what was on the original article was copyrightable) but I wanted to make sure you were aware of the essential point and point you at the longer discussion. If you have any questions feel free to ask me. Dpmuk (talk) 03:19, 1 February 2014 (UTC)