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Oppose by longstanding article stability and consensus across category, and WP:RECOGNIZABILITY. In the case of Hillary Scotts both have imdb entries, though the singer has evidently only acted in music videos, but more importantly all the same reliable sources don't describe "the pornstar Jane Doe" as "the actress Jane Doe", our dabs and categories are supposed to be recognizable and consistent with common WP:RS usage. The nom should provide evidence that "the actress FOO" is used more often than "the pornstar FOO" and "the pornographic actress FOO" in Google Books. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:35, 24 March 2015 (UTC)Reply
Oppose, pornography can rightfully be given its own respect as a successful area of media but there is no reason to confuse this popular form of performance with acting. Suggest April O'Neil (adult entertainer). The genre centres on performance in the context sex acts. GregKaye11:04, 24 March 2015 (UTC)Reply
If you look at April O'Neil's IMDB page, it appears that she has done a lot of porn spoofs, including Dr. Who, The Godfather, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bridesmaids, Tron, Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Files, Saved by the Bell, etc. While I haven't seen any of these, and have no desire to, I assume that they would include some actual acting in addition to the performance of sex acts. While the quality of the acting might not be up to par, there are lots of bad actors that are notable enough for Wikipedia articles. That said, I wouldn't oppose a mass retitling of (pornographic actress) and (pornographic actor) titles to (adult entertainer), which seems to be the more accepted term. --Ahecht (TALK PAGE) 14:52, 25 March 2015 (UTC)Reply
Erpert, you need to stop moving the article titles without discussion - please use the RM mechanism. And the relevant one of the 5 WP:CRITERIA is WP:PRECISE - but look at the other 4. In ictu oculi (talk)
Support per the very first line of WP:CONCISE since anyone even vaguely familiar with the subject would know that she is a pornographic actress. Thus "actress" is a suitable and concise disambiguator. Dismas|(talk)22:12, 25 March 2015 (UTC)Reply
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looking at the specific page: http://heyitsapril.tumblr.com/about we read: "I’m a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan. (good), "I’m an even bigger Doctor Who Fan (better), "I perform in pornographic movies and pose naked for photos (fine), "I am bisexual (considerate), "I met Kylee Reese at a party and we talked about what it was like to be in porn. She told me I could start shooting scenes with only girls to see how I liked it. I gave it a try and absolutely loved it. (its what she does).
A Rolling Stone article describes (the lovely): "April O'Neil" "...a unique porn actress ... Lots of geeks fantasize about porn stars; O'Neil, however, may be one of the few triple-X performers they'd actually run into...". I've had enough but there's plenty more references to check. Her article is in Category:American female pornographic film actors with many other entries which either have or arguably should have similar disambiguations as those proposed. GregKaye18:40, 28 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Support per sources. No source describes this bio as "an actress" "the actress April O'Neil". The move was in total disregard of normal WP:CRITERIA. The fact that (actor) is shorter than (pornographic actor) also would make (speed skater) (sport shooter) (landscape architect) and many other dabs invalid, but dabs don't have to be short they need to be recognizable and based on reliable sources not WP:OR. In ictu oculi (talk) 22:42, 28 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Exactly. IMO, this area of Wikipedia, and no pun was intended, has gone fucking mad. Sure, its fine to present views on any interpreted ethical issue regarding some issue of representation and I would encourage this to happen. However, in cases that I have seen, these lively vivacious people are more than willing and I would WP:CRYSTAL happy to describe themselves as pornstars. It may always be possible that some Wikipedia editors may have more of an issue with pornography than the stars themselves. I think that there an argument might be fairly presented that this is a contentious WP:LABEL which, if correct, would be fine. I have been wrestling with similar issues at Hillary Rodham Clinton. In this case it may be argued that the only reason that "Hillary Diane Rodham" presents herself as "Hillary Clinton" is because of the various political pressures of US prejudice and bias and, if there is evidence for this, then a case for an application of WP:IAR or some such might reasonably be made.
However, I personally think that moves to ".. (actress)" maybe counter productive as, at least by one argument, we may be subliminally saying that it is in some way colluding with the prejudice that it insulting to say that someone is a porn star.
WP:TITLECHANGES currently states: "In discussing the appropriate title of an article, remember that the choice of title is not dependent on whether a name is "right" in a moral or political sense." To me, this is a bit hard line especially when we consider that, for instance, various news groups have specialist staff dealing with ethics and maybe the extremity of this policy can be brought into question. None-the-less, we need to aim for encyclopedic titles that accurately describe their subjects. Discussions like the previous RM have given, I think, scant regard to the identity, lifestyle and persona of the subject. GregKaye03:06, 29 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Oppose, she's an actress. I don't think Wikipedia adds "Comedy actress", "Advertising actress", etc., in its listings for other actresses, all of whom act for money. As I've mentioned before about others in these discussions, these people are not filmed in public, or in a reality show setting. They have a script, a director, a lighting person, a makeup person, and then some. Full disclosure: I've never heard of her, or almost all of these type of professional actors, so maybe her acting isn't up to the standards of some critics. But as far as I know she's an actress with all the professional credit and hard work (no pun unintended) involved. (EDIT: I see that this was just decided and closed a month ago. She's hardly had time to change the sheets before her acting is under scrutiny again. Leave April alone - especially as we are about to enter May, some puns untended). Randy Kryn11:20, 29 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Randy Kryn lol, I would guess that for a very great many people, should they be so very fortunate to have any such chance, they would find it very, very difficult to leave someone like a willing Brittany Andrews alone! Brittney describes herself as a "Playboy Model, Award Winning Indie Film Producer and Two Time Hall of Fame Adult SuperStar" if that is good enough for her then its good enough for me. GregKaye17:07, 1 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
Oppose. Unnecessary disambiguation. Unless there's another article for an actress with the same name, there's no need for additional disambiguation on articles for pornographic film actresses. Fortdj33 (talk) 12:57, 29 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Oppose. She is an actress, so "actress" is sufficient. Incidentally, I see accusations in all of these move requests that people are voting because they are "for" or "against" pornography. I have no doubt that every Wikipedia editor has an opinion, but I see a diversity of such opinions (and a diversity of creative accusations) on both sides of this general naming debate. 209.211.131.181 (talk) 14:37, 29 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Oppose - Albeit this is a stage name, but this article refers to a real person, not a fictional character, so care needs to be taken to respect the BLP issues involved. That said, this imposes a double standard. As has been mentioned before, we don't label or disambiguate articles for mainstream actors/actresses based on the predominance of roles they take on, why should this genre be any different? --Scalhotrod(Talk) ☮ღ☺ 15:48, 29 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
Well, for starters, you did with the Rolling Stone article that calls her a porn actress. It's no different that Variety making a comment about a comedic actress or an action star. In this case O'Neill just happens to do porn, but she's still an actress. --Scalhotrod(Talk) ☮ღ☺ 10:10, 30 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
User:Scalhotrod please answer User:GregKaye's question: Who, apart from the people at Wikipedia predominantly describe her as "an actress"? "the actress April O'Neil" "April O'Neil the actress" without adding "porn" "adult" or "pornographic". Who? Where are they? In ictu oculi (talk) 15:11, 1 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
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