[WikiEN-l] Surname disambiguation urgently needs its own Manual page

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

Delirium wrote

> I agree---I use these all the time.  In some academic disciplines it's 
> common to refer to well-known or even moderately well-known people by 
> surname only.  If I don't happen to be familiar with the person myself, 
> I find out who they are by looking up the surname on Wikipedia, and 
> scanning down the list for someone of the right occupation and right era.

Glad to hear it.

I'm hoping to start some work on [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (human name pages)]]: see on the Talk page of [[WP:MOSDAB]] for some discussion starting.

Charles 

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