Talk:Hannah Duston

message: Why is the less common spelling Duston used vs more common Dustin as header for article? Most monuments, streets, locations use Dustin spelling. Historical records are ambiguous as to which was used by Dustin/Duston herself. WHat was the basis for selecting Duston as the definitive spelling? Should the title not be Hannah Dustin (Duston) or at least Hannah Duston (Dustin)?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdustin72 (talk • contribs) 09:53, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is based on published sources, rather than original research. Monuments, streets, etc., are not given the same weight, and Wikipedia has a WP:No original research policy that would preclude an editor delving through any original documents of Hannah's that they might find. To decide between Duston and Dustin, the weight should be based on an assessment of the published documents, and I would argue for giving greater weight to older published histories over, say, recent newspaper articles. So far, the oldest history linked in this article uses "Duston". --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:16, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Further, "Hannah Dustin" links to this article, and the spelling variations are addressed in the first sentence, so there doesn't seem to be an urgent need to change things. --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:19, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

text: Spelling was not standardized at this time. Only after the invention of dictionaries (in the 19th century?) was spelling more uniform. Senor Cuete (talk) 17:40, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure which spelling you're arguing for (maybe either?). The older published history using "Duston" was from 1888. --Ken Gallager (talk) 13:23, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is the less common spelling Duston used vs more common Dustin as header for article? 

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