Talk:Memoir (disambiguation)

Multiple spellings / meanings(?) of this word

I am not a subject matter expert but I noticed today that there are 3 (6 if we include plurals) common spellings of the word Memoir / Mémoire / Memoire (and probably a few common mispellings) as used in the English Wikipedia. Currently (2008 December) 4 of these 6 words/spellings have unique wikipedia articles associated with them. Of the other 2 spellings, one redirects to the disambiguation page and one to the singular form of the word.

I am never quite sure of the correct spelling of this / these words myself, nor am I very familiar with the distinction there appears to be between the literary use and different meanings of (English) "Memoir(s)" and (French) "Mémoire(s)" (and I presume I am not the only one with this problem). So today, I added one of the above-mentioned redirects and added a, "...for other uses, see Memoir (disambiguation)..." note to the top of a couple of those pages. I think this will help - although someone (more knowledgeable and more ambitious than I) might want to consider "MOVE"ing some / all of the 4 pages and redirecting some / all of the possible 'legal' spellings to the existing disambiguation page? Just a thought. For example, I'm not sure the Japanese goth rock album Memoire is what most wikipedia users would expect to see first when they search for "Memoire".

Current (2008 December) organization:
On the Memoir (disambiguation) page:

Memoir, Memoire, Memoirs, Mémoires, and similar terms can refer to:

• Memoir, a literary genre or a reminiscence, a subclass of autobiography.
• Mémoire, in French culture, a (usually short and incisive) piece of writing...
• Memoire (aka Memoire DX), a 1994 album by gothic rock band Malice Mizer.
• Mémoires, an artist's book made by the French artist & theorist Guy Debord...

..."

Memoirs redirects to Memoir
Memoires redirects to Memoir (disambiguation)

at the top of each of the 4 articles, Memoir, Mémoire, Memoire and Mémoires, is the notice:

for other uses, see Memoir (disambiguation)

Pugetbill (talk) 17:26, 5 December 2008 (UTC)