How can I correct my own name at birth without losing everything I have done so far?

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When I originally signed up for Wiki I used my married name by mistake.  Now I want to change it to correctly show my maiden name.  According to the directions some of my data will be lost.  Is there a way to change my own name?  There is no where on my profile that shows my maiden name.  No  one can find me by that name.
in WikiTree Help by Elizabeth Williams G2G Rookie (280 points)
retagged by David Selman
The only thing that should be "lost" is the incorrect name and the ID# associated with it.  Everything else (bio, dates, attached persons) should remain.

(If I'm not actually correct, someone will surely come along and say so.)

Melanie is correct about not losing the important stuff, like bio, dates, and attached persons, but there will be some of your WikiTree statistics lost.  I'm pretty sure that your contributions will reset to zero and I would guess your G2G profile might also lose its history of up/down votes, questions asked/answered, etc.  I'm not sure what else might be reset, but as Melanie aptly said,

someone will surely come along and say so.

2 Answers

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by David Selman G2G Astronaut (1.3m points)
+8 votes
I recently added my maiden name. It only changed my ID name and number. I didn’t lose anything that I had already done.
by Eleanor Colson G2G6 Mach 1 (12.0k points)

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