On Sat, 3 Dec 2011, Steve Summit wrote:
>> Summary: Demi Moore, in a tweet but verified as being her, says that her own
>> birth name is Demi.  Wikipedians do not want to use this statement because
>> the "reliable sources" say otherwise.
> And, per that talk page, they've got some pretty darn good arguments.

Except for common sense.

Common sense says that if someone tells you what their birth name is, you
believe them, not something that's probably misinformation but which has
been multiply repeated.

Someone on BLPN is actually arguing that WP:IAR *doesn't allow you to ignore
sourcing policy*.  Of course it does.

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