Talk:Maas (surname)

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"Maas" could also refer to Robert Elton Maas, winner of Putnam math contest, and frequent poster on several newsgroups. Is it permissible to include such mention in a disambiguation page before any article on that topic exists?

To be included, Robert Elton Maas should have attained some independent notoriety. You could register at Wikipedia and write an article on his biography, and see whether or not it will be deleted. R/T-รัก-ไทย (talk) 04:47, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

One person's vanity perhaps?

Do we really need mentioning of one totally non-notable instance of the very common spelling shift Maes to Maas? - Takeaway (talk) 03:52, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

• This is not (respectfully stated)about "one totally non-notable instance", but rather an historic change of the name, and adds information about the name. Any additional data you could add pertaining to the name change could add to the history of the name. รัก-ไทย (talk) 04:02, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Encyclopaedic means putting things in a wider context, as I now just have done in the main article page, and not using one non-notable instance of a very normal occurrence. - Takeaway (talk) 04:42, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Dozens of Maes' changed the spelling of their name due to the Dutch Spelling Reform. Do you suggest we add them too? Another issue I have with this is that Wikipedia clearly stipulates that it is not a place for personal genealogy which this bit of information clearly falls under. — Victar (talk • contribs) 05:24, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Unless it is somehow especially notable, (e.g. it is the first documentation of such a change, prior to the spelling reform, and of course not based on OR) I'd agree with Takeaway and Victar that it doesn't belong here. --Muhandes (talk) 08:09, 5 October 2010 (UTC)