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User:Pseudomonas/Guidelines on adding births and deaths

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between a non-existent page, and a page that exists but has been misspelt (even if it's a really small misspelling). It's really not personal if it picks you up on an innocent typo - we all make mistakes. If you think you've fixed things and it still disagrees, please
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Note that the link to the name has only one bracket following it. The link must have two SQUARE brackets on either side. Other common mis-typings include putting it in single square brackets or using round brackets. Only doubled square brackets ] will work.
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There's no article for this person, and for good reason; Knowledge doesn't need an article on each of the nearly seven billion people on the planet.
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If you've tried to add a birth or a death to the date pages, and it's been reverted, here are some hints to help you sort it out.
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for more details on which people it is appropriate to create articles about.
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page. Choose the one you want from that page, and link to their article.
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The name with the middle initial doesn't work - there is no article or
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