On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Jane Darnell <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually you would be surprised at the nature of some of the renaming > debates on Wikipedia in the area of artists like the one you mention, > but also artists from the 17th-century. One could probably write a > funny book about renaming debates on Wikipedia. I do think the Shirley > Temple article should be named Shirley Temple for the notability > issue. In the second screen effect, during a Shirley Temple movie, > people will google Shirley Temple and not Shirley Temple Black.
Okay, I've been wondering about this argument for a while - "It's what people search for so we have to keep that as the name of the article." As far as I can tell, that's what redirects are for: search for "Shirley Temple" and you can get a page named "Shirley Temple Black" with a little note at the top that says "Redirected from Shirley Temple." Can someone with more WP experience explain why redirects aren't sufficient for the "what people search for" argument? (FYI I'm on the "call people what they want to be called, including pronouns" side of the question.) -VAL -- You can help increase the participation of women in open technology and culture! Donate today at http://adainitiative.org/donate/ _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
