Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 03:49, 22 November 2012

Please list here any errors discovered in the matching between VIAF identities and Misplaced Pages pages. They will be reported back to VIAF and fixed in their records - hopefully this will prevent the same identifiers being accidentally matched again. If you notice technical issues with the bot (eg. template placed at wrong position), please report them at User talk:VIAFbot. Thanks for your feedback.

Reported

Misplaced Pages article is not the same as the VIAF identity

• Rain (entertainer) - not VIAF 108063540 I see no sign that Jung Ji-Hoon is this record Chŏng, Chi-hun Evaders99 (talk) 02:59, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
• David Morris (English politician) - not VIAF 6670907 Andrew Gray (talk) 10:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Confirmed by email from the MP's office that he is not the author of Gift of America. PamD 18:04, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

• Frank Winter - not VIAF 37709651 Andrew Gray (talk) 10:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
• Nick Herbert - not VIAF 79344387 - possibly this is Nick Herbert (physicist)? Andrew Gray (talk) 10:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
• G. Thomson - not VIAF 113999310 Andrew Gray (talk) 10:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
• John Miller (linebacker) - not VIAF 58466051 --Mai-Sachme (talk) 14:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
• Robert Williams (geometer) (b. 1942) ≠ VIAF 88056748 (political scientist b.1946) —David Eppstein (talk) 03:19, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Steve Bryant (English footballer) - not VIAF 68995506. Struway2 (talk) 07:35, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• George Robertson (footballer born 1883) - not VIAF 63919636. Struway2 (talk) 09:04, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• John Ritchie (footballer born 1941) - not VIAF 98152320. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Billy Butler (footballer) - not VIAF 12514680. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC) - should be William Butler (actor) Andrew Gray (talk) 09:59, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Richard Wood (footballer) - not VIAF 4871558. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Bob Taylor (footballer) - not VIAF 28796404. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Billy Moore (English footballer) - not VIAF 91328580. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• David Mills (footballer) - not VIAF 18950656. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Alan Jones (footballer born 1951) - not VIAF 102396754. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Henry Johnson (footballer) - not VIAF 75723535. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• James Mitchell (footballer) - not VIAF 64209411. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• John Harris (English footballer) - not VIAF 95912907. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• John Walker (footballer born 1900) - not VIAF 94905946. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Jack Robinson (footballer born 1887) - not VIAF 92471879. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Jimmy Armstrong (footballer born 1899) - not VIAF 32832605. Struway2 (talk) 12:10, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Jimmy Munro (footballer born 1926) - not VIAF 92238399. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• John Collins (footballer born 1949) - not VIAF 107747983. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Fred Atkinson (footballer) - not VIAF 112944015. This one should be Frederick Atkinson the economist. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Gordon Turner - not VIAF 105399811. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• John Edwards (footballer born 1875) - not VIAF 12033364. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Jim Mason (footballer) - not VIAF 63434685. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Bill Fielding - not VIAF 98291164. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Willie Haines - not VIAF 2733266. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Jack Fort - not VIAF 14349369. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Peter King (footballer born 1943) - not VIAF 14645899. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Dave Smith (footballer born 1950) - not VIAF 49405649. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• John Hall (footballer) - not VIAF 7548731. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Kenny Black - not VIAF 17437606. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Alan Ross (footballer born 1942) - not VIAF 169058377. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• David Smith (Gloucestershire cricketer) - not VIAF 40620637. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Joe Murphy (footballer born 1981) - not VIAF 137635747. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Michael Hughes (footballer) - not VIAF 100788831. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Saša Ilić (footballer born 1972) - not VIAF 17464918. Struway2 (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1914) - not VIAF 166088785. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Billy Campbell (baseball) - not VIAF 63111017. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Paul Brown (baseball) - not VIAF 102426359. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Pat Martin (baseball) - not VIAF 53763418. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Jack Robinson (pitcher) - not VIAF 90477698. This code belongs to the author of Teardrops on My Drum. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• John Davis (pitcher) - not VIAF 225370299. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Tom Murphy (baseball) - not VIAF 50904805. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Mike Scott (baseball) - not VIAF 93751543. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Bill Bradford - not VIAF 75577807. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Rodrigo López (baseball) - not VIAF 127445322. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Jack Burns (first baseman) - not VIAF 25878806. This one should be John A. Burns, Governor of Hawaii. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Jim Miller (infielder) - not VIAF 92196149. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Bill Black (baseball) - not VIAF 94944755. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Heinie Mueller (second baseman) - not VIAF 166088785. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Chico García - not VIAF 169837718. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Brian Doyle (baseball) - not VIAF 41073790. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Mike Andrews - not VIAF 11862465. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• Ed Brown (baseball) - not VIAF 11569482. Struway2 (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
• David Kelley - not VIAF 24746919. Gabbe (talk) 07:30, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
• Ken Brown - VIAF 93657665 is none of these people
• Robert Smith (manager) - not VIAF 102318504. Canadian Paul 14:05, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
• Jim Ross (ice hockey) - not VIAF 16055224. Canadian Paul 20:00, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
• Maxine Peake - possibly not VIAF 71212873, since the linked page is sprinkled with US flags (I count four) and Maxine Peake is very definitely English; but can't verify because when I click the Preferred Forms 100 1 _ ‎‡a Peake, Maxine link it takes about ten minutes before throwing the error "LC Authority and Vocabulary Service Error/Maintenance! You have either encountered an error or the ID.LOC.GOV service is under maintenance. If you believe this to be an error, please check/post the ID.LOC.GOV listserv for more information. Full service will be restored as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience." --Redrose64 (talk) 09:31, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

  Appears not to be an error: the LOC found her name on the back of a DVD. Jheald (talk) 22:46, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

• Bill Hunter (footballer) - not VIAF 74058602. Struway2 (talk) 09:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
• Gary Cooper (footballer) - not VIAF 68814361. Struway2 (talk) 08:41, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
• John Sharp (Australian politician) - not VIAF 18853686. Canley (talk) 12:24, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
• Phillip Schofield - not VIAF 32030459. Edit . Some simple validation such as checking the birth year matches would be a good idea… —Sladen (talk) 02:54, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

  Manually fixed this with VIAF 76056060. Also note that the Philip identified by the bot has no double-L in its first name. -- Make (talk) 15:18, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

• Sivakant Tiwari: this, which is linked to VIAF 121765883, is not the same person as the Misplaced Pages article. — Cheers, JackLee 13:46, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
• David Smith (footballer born 1968) - not VIAF 91741697. Struway2 (talk) 21:18, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
• Robert O. Young - no relation whatsoever to VIAF 117649981. ~Amatulić (talk) 23:18, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

  Fixed to VIAF 45249427. I can't find any duplicate VIAF — Frankie (talk) 05:50, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

  ...which looks like the right person, but has the wrong book showing (different author). I reported this in the section below. ~Amatulić (talk) 06:01, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

• Jonathan David Brown - not VIAF 75634422, which may combine two different Jonathan/John Browns, neither of which matches the Misplaced Pages article. Foetusized (talk) 19:59, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
• Leo Williams (rugby union) - not VIAF 101265792 (Leopoldo Villaseñor). --Canley (talk) 04:53, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Philip Harper (sake brewer) – not VIAF 20359551 (a novelist with the same name). There are two VIAFs for the correct Philip Harper: VIAF 261233745 and VIAF 38819290. I guess they need to be merged before we add a corrected link here? —David Eppstein (talk) 05:31, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Bernard Smith (footballer) - not VIAF 78894860. Struway2 (talk) 08:52, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• John Roberts (footballer born 1946) - not VIAF 56128047. Struway2 (talk) 08:52, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Jack Shaw (footballer) - not VIAF 53312541. Struway2 (talk) 09:03, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Paul Williams (footballer born 1965) - not VIAF 100993097. Oddly, this link leads to a VIAF record with a different number, VIAF 61785125, which refers to Paul R. Williams (professor). Struway2 (talk) 14:25, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Iain Stewart (geologist) - not VIAF 19768948. Note the date of birth didn't even match. Correct VIAFs are VIAF 100972227 (which already linked to our article) and VIAF 230904304. Jheald (talk) 22:16, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Aaron - not VIAF 49108798 (Aharon, mi-Ḳarlin, 1802-1872). Identifying a leading figure of the Old Testament with a C19 author, on the grounds that they share the same first name. Is this the most off the wall mismatch yet? Jheald (talk) 22:43, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Tatsuo Suzuki - not VIAF 113996856. While a common name in Japan, the VIAF figure has a different birth year and name kanji. Michitaro (talk) 05:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
• VIAF 69075046 – not Péter Kovács (handballer). Year of birth is off by 4 and the Misplaced Pages article gives no hint that he has published on the subject of law/minorities. -- Make (talk) 17:15, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
• VIAF 94570029 - not Colin McCool. The Misplaced Pages article is about a cricketer, not an expert in population control. Middle names are not a match either. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 21:29, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
• Tani Kei - not VIAF 119342762. The subject is an actor, not a poet, and died in 2010, not 2000. The correct VIAF is VIAF 252602014. Michitaro (talk) 14:21, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
• Roger Jones (footballer born 1946) - not VIAF 11600308. Struway2 (talk) 17:36, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
• Edwin Duerr - not VIAF 44455998. Schapel (talk) 19:15, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
• Yoshio Harada - not VIAF 43294509. The subject is an actor, not a historian. The correct VIAF is VIAF 169890874. Michitaro (talk) 20:40, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
• Richard J. Wood – not VIAF 6159959. The range of years 1831–1841 for the correspondence published in the linked item on the viaf do not match the 1972 masters degree date for the Misplaced Pages article. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:17, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
• Billy Jones (footballer born 1880) - not VIAF 39111312. VIAF refers to an American journalist with different middle name and death year. Struway2 (talk) 08:31, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
• Jean Dubois (field hockey) - not VIAF 27471968. Canadian Paul 14:48, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
• John Edwards (canoer) - not VIAF 40729598 Canadian Paul 16:24, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
• Donald MacKenzie (rower) - not VIAF 48307032 Canadian Paul 16:54, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
• Steve Smith (ice hockey) - not VIAF 163456284 DJSasso (talk) 17:52, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
• Mark Johnson (ice hockey) - not VIAF 51368 DJSasso (talk) 17:58, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
• Carl Voss - not VIAF 18015326 DJSasso (talk) 18:05, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
• Joseph McCormick (ice hockey) - not VIAF 21762517 DJSasso (talk) 18:08, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Two or more VIAF identities for the same article

• Peter Abrahams (American author) - VIAF 55005437 and VIAF 90706733 both point to this article Andrew Gray (talk) 10:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

VIAF merges different identities (into one cluster)

• Robert O. Young: VIAF 45249427 shows a picture of an unrelated book by a different author (Maureen Kernian). ~Amatulić (talk) 05:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Brian Martin (professor): VIAF 61718836 has wrong birthdate, unrelated academic details.--JohnBlackburne_deeds 12:27, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
• Hans Lewy - VIAF 50139185 includes a merged record for a different person Andrew Gray (talk) 10:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
• Johannes de Groot – VIAF 64141344 includes a merged record for a different person, Johannes Antonius Marie de Groot. Johannes de Groot (1914–1972) and Johannes Antonius Marie de Groot (Ph.D. 1990) are two different Dutch mathematicians. I don't believe the elder one had the same middle names or that the two were even close relatives. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:27, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
• Ron Casey (Melbourne broadcaster) - VIAF 94174351. Appears to mix the article subject with at least one other peraon - a teacher. Maybe at least one more person also included. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 10:35, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
• Steve Smith (footballer born 1957) - VIAF 48311995. This Steve Smith is only connected with the titles marked "Misplaced Pages (en)-test", not with any of the other titles. Struway2 (talk) 08:59, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Arthur Gardner (footballer) - VIAF 75382180. Isn't any of the people whose book titles are listed. Struway2 (talk) 08:59, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Johnny Richards - VIAF 13952614. Not sure if this is actually a case of merged identities, or that one authority record is simply incorrect. The record from the Biblioteca Nacional de España has his death year as 1982. Our article, and its sources, show it as 1968. --Alan W (talk) 17:16, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
• Alan Campbell (Scottish footballer) - VIAF 91976593. Isn't any of the people whose book titles are listed. Struway2 (talk) 17:34, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
• Sarah-Jane Potts - VIAF 32235086 has two birth years, 1976 & 1979 - one of them must be wrong. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:48, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
• Yehuda Horowitz - VIAF 121338990 confuses (Hasidic Rebbe) Yehuda (son of Alter Yechezkel Eliyahu) Horowitz (subject of WP's article) with (obscure) Yehuda Aharon (son of Baruch) Horowitz. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 00:20, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz VIAF 166738605 - merges Yaakov Yitzchak (ben Asher) Rabinowicz of Przysucha (subject of WP article) with Yaakov Rabinowitz of Edinburgh. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 02:23, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Menachem Mendel of Rimanov - VIAF 97247975 - merges the subject of the article with Menachem Mendel Rubin of Liska (Linsk). הסרפד (Hasirpad) 02:38, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Sholom Rokeach - VIAF 97276350 - merges subject of article (d. 1855) with Shalom Rokeach of Mexico City, fl. 1993. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 02:44, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Mordechai Dovid Unger - VIAF 97170354 - merges living subject of article with his ancestor of the same name (d. 1843): VIAF 49064442. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 03:00, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Yitzchak Meir Alter - VIAF 35834591 - merges the subject of the article (1798–1866) with the medieval rabbi, Isaac ben Meir of Dura/Duren VIAF 9742647. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 03:19, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry - VIAF 100734919 - merges the 11th century rabbi (subject of the WP article) with "Śimḥah ben Shelomoh, ha-Ḳusdini, d. 1811". הסרפד (Hasirpad) 03:34, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Jonathan ben David ha-Cohen - VIAF 93454827 - merges a 12th century rabbi (subject of the WP article) with Jonathan David, a 20th century psychoanalyst. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 03:49, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Parallel VIAF clusters for one identity

• Kurt Kusenberg – VIAF 9353245 and VIAF 9863753. The "undifferentiated" entry from DNB prevents proper clustering. In addition NACO has an entry for the pseudonym "Simplex". – Unsure, why VIAF allows "undifferented" DNB-data in clusters. -- Make (talk) 01:51, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
• Iain Stewart (geologist) - VIAF 100972227 (main one) and VIAF 230904304. Jheald (talk) 23:36, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Levi Yitzchak Horowitz - VIAF 53221947 (main), VIAF 97912896 and VIAF 8569709. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 00:23, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Zusha of Hanipol - VIAF 68027609 (main) and VIAF 97250473. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 00:29, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Ezra Zion Melamed - this prolific author has no less than four clusters: VIAF 73965953 (main), VIAF 218972138, VIAF 167203573 and VIAF 85420303. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 00:41, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz VIAF 78668539 (main) and VIAF 166738605 (this entry is also partially erroneous, see above). הסרפד (Hasirpad) 02:22, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Menachem Mendel of Rimanov VIAF 186629499 (main) and VIAF 97247975 (this entry is also partially erroneous, see above). הסרפד (Hasirpad) 02:36, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Sholom Rokeach - VIAF 58094033 (main) and VIAF 97276350 (this entry is also partially erroneous, see above). I should make a template for this formula by now, no? הסרפד (Hasirpad) 02:43, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Aharon Rokeach - VIAF 15943527 (main) and VIAF 78745211 - different dates of birth, but the same person. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 02:49, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry - VIAF 100734919 = VIAF 7104535. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 03:35, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Petachiah of Ratisbon - VIAF 47153413 (main) = VIAF 265940380 = VIAF 97265377. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 03:41, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
• Jonathan ben David ha-Cohen - VIAF 93454827 (main, with significant errors) = VIAF 128379799. הסרפד (Hasirpad) 03:46, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages link inside VIAF is out of date

• Rob Levin - no longer exists as separate article Andrew Gray (talk) 10:37, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
• VIAF 17244439 links to Ken Brown (guitarist), which is a redirection page since 2011-06-01. -- Make (talk) 10:56, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Other errors

• Steve Bruce: WorldCat has all 4 of his books, plus two of several others by another author of the same name; VIAF and LOC both only have 2 of his 4 books. Kevin McE (talk) 20:01, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

This one will have to be fixed by messing around with Worldcat, I think (it's not an identity problem, it's a misuse-of-identity one). I've put a couple of queries out to see how we feed back these errors, but since OCLC are on board with the program we should be able to make it happen. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:43, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

• Paramahansa Yogananda - noticed a number of errors - wondering why the book The Essence of ... is on this page and the only book shown. Please help me understand how this works so that I can help make the corrections.Red Rose 13 (talk) 00:08, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

If I understand you correctly, you're wondering why only the cover image of "The essence of self-realisation" is at the top of this link? If you look further down at the 'Selected Titles' there are a whole list of them. Only one cover image is ever displayed at the top though. The exact layout of the page is not under control of wikipedia by the Library of Congress, the OCLC and their partners. Stuartyeates (talk) 03:20, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Ok thanks - how do I contact them to correct the errors? The book should be Autobiography of a Yogi because that was actually written by him in 1946 and is his most popular, well received book. The Essence of SR is was however written recently and Yogananda passed away in 1952. Should I contact the Library of Congress first? thank you for your help. Red Rose 13 (talk) 21:50, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

• Benedict Gross – VIAF 39944453 is correct but displays the cover of an unrelated book on child psychology. Worldcat search for ISBN 0387097430 gives two different books, Gross's book 1980 "Arithmetic on elliptic curves with complex multiplication" and the 2009 child psychology book, both showing the same incorrect cover image. So the author authority file is ok but something seems to have gone wrong in the ISBN authority file. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:21, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
• Norm Macdonald (comedian) vs VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/107026466/ http://viaf.org/viaf/165546663. VIAF has used purely unreliable sources, sources which have been shown to be inconsistent, or deliberately misquoted sources, to support a claimed capitalization of MacDonald, which is incorrect. See Talk:Norm Macdonald for discussion of current sources (books, CDs), press releases, articles, and official websites which have established that the correct capitalization is Macdonald (lowercase d). --Lexein (talk) 11:39, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

This seems to be VIAF 165546663 - leaving aside the orthographic issue, it seems fairly clear that the "Norm MacDonald" in VIAF and the "Norm Macdonald" in Misplaced Pages are referring to the same person. Andrew Gray (talk) 12:09, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

My bad on the number, above. However, I'm salting inclusion of VIAF in Norm Macdonald until the capitalization is correct in VIAF, based on reliable researched sources. It's his name, and we have no business permitting unreliable, outdated, or inconsistent sources to hold sway over validated research. --Lexein (talk) 12:19, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

I've left some more detailed notes at Misplaced Pages talk:Authority control integration proposal, but the short answer is that there's no intention to present this as the One Correct Standard Name; it's simply an identity marker, and should never be interpreted as having any influence on our content beyond identification. We can certainly file the spelling in with our general list of corrections, though. Andrew Gray (talk) 12:40, 21 November 2012 (UTC)