Talk:William Swainson

I would like to correct a page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Swainson

I am the great-great-grandson of William Swainson. I appreciate your page information however I am concerned that the title "William John Swainson" is incorrect as are the references W J Swainson. I have tried to make changes on the page with little success, but can't change the title. Please note that his son (and my great-grandfather) was named William John Swainson (Willie).

Unfortunately, in 2007, someone added John as a middle name to Wikipedia (with no source to verify the change), it is starting to be added incorrectly to websites. Interestingly, Wikipedia's sources link to places that show his name as William Swainson as do the sources on this page. Wikipedia has now been corrected so I would love to see this corrected. Regards Tim Swainson SwainsonTimbo (talk) 04:23, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your contribution. This page links to 403 pages. I remember when it was simply William Swainson and suddenly started to change to William John. Doing the changes manually will be hard, may be is a task for a bot. I will treat it on the Village Pump. Hector Bottai (talk) 16:37, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. Yes, once an error is made it is difficult to completely fix. I will pick away and hopefully everyone will get on board. Much appreciated. SwainsonTimbo (talk) 20:16, 23 December 2024 (UTC)