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Help:Person

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Add a person

  • Family name_Initials (no punctuation). The initials should be confirmed from publications, such that author names and person names are linked.
  • Double first names: no spaces and no hyphens are used, e.g. Jean-Pierre Mazat is written as 'Mazat JP'.
  • Double family names: Hyphenated double names (e.g. Aber-Nein) are written as 'Aber-Nein'; if double names are separated by a space (e.g. Aber Ja) use the space, 'Aber Ja'.
  • Special letters (umlauts or accented letters) should be written as: ä=ae, ö=oe, ü=ue, é=e; â=a; æ=ae, å=aa, ø=oe.


1. create Mueller Engelbert F
  • Type “Mueller Engelbert F” into the search bar ->search
  • Create the page “Mueller Engelbert F” on this wiki ->click
  • Edit, type in "{{Person}}"
  • Edit with form, fill in person profile information


2. create Mueller EF
  • MOVE “Mueller Engelbert F" to "Mueller EF"


This puts the focus on the central profile page Mueller EF while all redirects are possible and do not interfere with the system.


Profiles with wrong redirects
If you run across old redirects, i.e. Hauser Daniel as the main page and Hauser D with a redirect to Hauser Daniel, please correct them according to the following procedure:
  • 1. Hauser E: DELETE
  • 2. Hauser Daniel MOVE to Hauser E

Address: Format for cities

  • English city names are preferred: e.g. München is written as 'Munich', Wien as 'Vienna'.
  • No punctuation: e.g. 'St Petersburg'
  • Double city names: Hyphenated double names (e.g. Aber-Nein) are written as 'Aber-Nein'; if double names are separated by a space (e.g. Rio de Janeiro) use the space, 'Rio de Janeiro'.
  • Double city names with lower case letters: use lower case as 'Rio de Janeiro'.