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Thank you

I appreciate your taking the time to weigh in on the Harry Morgan talk page! I hope the discussion makes sense. The Bratsburg/Bratsberg issue is surprisingly complicated, but we want to make sure we get this so it reflects the published sources. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks also for taking several great photos that are on the site! Jokestress (talk) 01:58, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Harry Morgan surname issue

Thanks for your note. I have created a request for comment at Talk:Harry Morgan to get other editors to weigh in. The main complication is that Mr. Morgan specifically spelled his name "Bratsberg" in 2010 during an interview. I am inclined to agree with you and the New York Times that the other sourcing trumps that, but we must at least acknowledge that there is a discrepancy. In cases like this, it is Wikipedia policy to rely on reliable sources, and when they conflict, we share all the variations. We had a similar debate on what the "I" in Scooter Libby's name stood for, among many others. If you have any published books, newspapers, academic papers etc. that say Harry Bratsburg, we can add those to the article. That will help make the case that the 2010 interview was an anomaly. These rules may seem strange, but they are in place to no one has to take someone else's word for anything. All facts should be able to be confirmed independently by any other editor. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Jokestress (talk) 05:40, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your best option is to speak with all of the recent news outlets that reported Bratsberg and convince them to print a correction. For that, you will probably need whatever evidence Charles used that convinced the New York Times. Recommended: A birth certificate and/or death certificate with Bratsburg on it. A court order for name change if the name change was made in that manner. Birth certificates of children where Harry's name is listed as Bratsburg. As it stands, recent reporting is split evenly. Getting a correction in the LA Times would be especially useful, and any correction should provide any details they can. It might also be helpful to contact the Academy regarding his spelling it Bratsberg and see if they can assist in a clarification of the interview where Harry spelled it Bratsberg. That interview is the main reason this has been so complicated. Jokestress (talk) 15:52, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is not the NY Times, where the spelling matched your preferred spelling. It's the LA Times and other papers that used Bratsberg. I recommend speaking directly with Charles and then contacting any news outlet which used Bratsberg. You can find them at this link. They include Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Hollywood Reporter, Vancouver Sun, San Diego Reader, WKZO, The Telegraph, The Globe and Mail, Nashua Telegraph, STLtoday.com, among others. A self-published family tree is no a reliable source. We need news outlets which used Bratsberg to issue a correction, to offset Harry's own spelling of it as Bratsberg. Jokestress (talk) 01:28, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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