Talk:Tom Dine

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There's another entry for the same person under 'Thomas Dine'

(The following, cross-posted from Talk page at Thomas Dine)

How do we resolve this? This one is more developed, but not very much so. My pref would be to use the name the person in question favors, but is there another decision rule people prefer? Supercarpenter (talk) 17:06, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm seeing 'Thomas' on this list: [1]. 'Tom' here: [2] Supercarpenter (talk) 17:34, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This important NYT article has 'Thomas': [3] I say we should go with Thomas as more correct in the context of an encyclopedia. Can someone tell me how to merge the two entries? Supercarpenter (talk) 17:39, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]