The existing page and mostly its sources (some paywalled) state that her middle name is Kerr, while ancestory.com, as stated by Patch&Missy states her middle name as Keer. I am removing the middle name till consensus is reached. (Note: ancestory.com is accesible through Wikipedia Library). Regards, ExclusiveEditor _{Notify Me!} 17:02, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How will consensus be reached? Her mother's middle name was Keer and Mercie's grandmother was Charlotte Keer.

WikiTree:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lack-365

Births index entry:

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl?start=1894&end=1894&sq=4&eq=4&type=Births&vol=1d&pgno=820&db=bmd_1705870475&jsexec=1&mono=0&v=MTcwODM2MjUxNTplMWUyOGNlMjE3OWQ3YjcyYjQwMmEyZGQ1MGVhOWRhMWNkNjRhNmYy&searchdef=db%3Dbmd_1705870475%26type%3DBirths%26type%3DDeaths%26given%3DMerc%252A%26surname%3DLack%26sq%3D1%26eq%3D4&action=Find Patch&Missy (talk) 17:14, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, Mercie Keer Lack is NOT a living person, she was born in 1894 (so she would be 129 if she was alive today) and died in 1985 Patch&Missy (talk) 17:17, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Patch&Missy: Talk pages are meant to discuss such issues of article. Various editors discuss the issue and we all reach some consensus.--ExclusiveEditor _{Notify Me!} 18:01, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

mostly its sources (some paywalled) state that her middle name is Kerr: uh, which sources? I've checked most of them and none seem to mention her middle name at all. The only source which does so is the ancestry.com birth register, which is not ideal as a primary source. Unless we have a secondary source which supports her middle name I would suggest leaving it out entirely. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 19:07, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That BBC subject displays a British Museum reference that's using KEER in but it might be there for the purpose of <long term> disambiguation in their (bm) files and not by usage, or usual reference. --Askedonty (talk) 23:08, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"uh, which sources? I've checked most of them..."

Credible sources giving her name as Keer include: her birth certificate, the 1911 census, the 1921 census, 1929 UK and Ireland Incoming Passenger List, 1934 electoral roll, her entry in the National Probate Calendar, the administration of her estate, labelling of her exhibited photographs at Sutton Hoo, and this article on BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58727183. The FreeBMD transcription of the Births Index has her middle name spelled correctly https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl?start=1894&end=1894&sq=4&eq=4&type=Births&vol=1d&pgno=820&db=bmd_1705870475&jsexec=1&mono=0&v=MTcwODQyMTg3MDpmOWVjMWI0NjUzOGIyYzRiYjY3NzYzMWY2NGIwZGYyZmFjOGNlMjMz&searchdef=type%3DBirths%26sq%3D1%26surname%3DLack%26eq%3D4%26given%3DMercy%26db%3Dbmd_1705870475&action=Find

It is vital to look at the quality of a source. The only source provided on Wikipedia for Kerr as a middle name was the Ancestry births index which is a transcription of a transcription - it is important to always go to the original record, in this case her birth certificate, which states her middle name is KEER, and confirmed that her mother's name is Mary KEER Lack.

Mercie is a distant cousin of mine through her Keer line. Her mother Mary KEER Lack's mother was Charlotte Elizabeth Keer who was baptised in Blaxhall, Suffolk on 7 June 1840 and was the half sister of my ancestor Burwood Keer. The name is definitely Keer. Patch&Missy (talk) 09:39, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Caeciliusinhorto: I meant any source which mentioned her middle name before this discussion started, had it Kerr' And the intresting fact here is that it is ancesotry.com which as reference in article gives her middle name as Kerr (althugh I couldn't independently verify it due to technical issue) and the newer ancestory.com source by User:Patch&Missy states her middle name as 'Keer' (which I have confirmed). Maybe they have corrected themselves.(?) ExclusiveEditor _{Notify Me!} 12:28, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Caeciliusinhorto:, @Patch&Missy:, @Askedonty: The only non wikipedia mirror source I could find stating her middle name Kerr was nationaltrustcollections.org.uk, until I found thumbnail 'Sutton Hoo Mercie Lack collection Copyright Mercie Keer Lack ARPS, digital images © National Trust' to an image on [1]. I think it is evident that Keer was her middle name (which she got from her maternal side's last name). [2] BD directly connect Kerr with her and [3], [4], [5], [6] [7] all use Keer in thumbnail. So I think we can conclude that Keer could be used as her middle name. Waiting for consensus. ExclusiveEditor _{Notify Me!} 13:05, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I forgot to mention that I came to this discussion initially via the Humanities Reference Desk, but if I may allow myself the anecdote, I also was the recipient once of a pack of old photographies in a plastic bag that revealed themselves worth a treasure trove, just like it seems happened to the National Trust (uncovering-Sutton-Hoo-ship) in 2009 except that that was two years before, in my case, and the sender was an aunt ( plus the matter for real got hot again just last week do you believe that?) So I'm mentioning the Reference Desk as User:Caeciliusinhorto might want to give his opinion on whether Lambiam's ARPS source answers secondary source criteria, which I think, where I'm concerned, it reasonably covers. --Askedonty (talk) 23:05, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also see Lambiam and AnonMoos's response at Reference Desk/Humanities. ExclusiveEditor _{Notify Me!} 15:56, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]