Talk:Teddy Geiger

Craig T. Nelson

The twice-appended reference to Geiger as a teen idol is unencyclopedic inasmuch as it is unsourced and non-NPOV (in its ascription of the appellative "seasoned" to sundry critics). If the editor who desires that the info should be in the article would kindly cite a source, I (and others, I'm sure) would be much appreciative; in the meanwhile, I am left only with a Google search from which one would infer that not many critics at all are making reference to Geiger in the context of Nelson. Joe 06:32, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Homosexuality Portion

Someone deleted it for some reason. Most likely some teenage girl who doesn't want to believe their dream guy is gay. Anyone want to put it back up? --72.226.224.251 02:20, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

No. We should not add information like that without a reference. Hyenaste 10:41, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm definitely not a teenage girl. I removed it because it looked like a smear. If Rolling Stone had outed Geiger it would have been all over the local newspaper. Further: homosexuality being caused by sexual abuse? It doesn't even make sense. In all, if you contend it's true, you MUST provide a direct quotation, or at the very least give a more precise citation than just "Rolling Stone" so that the quotation can be reviewed. Powers 13:21, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I didn't put that line back up. And apparently you don't understand human psychology if you think that child/sexual abuse doesn't affect someone's lifestyle further in life. But it doesn't have to be added again if we don't have a reference. Fair enough. --72.226.224.251 14:37, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I didn't suggest you did replace the line. I also didn't suggest that sexual abuse doesn't affect someone later in life. However, the conclusion that it can result in homosexuality is not, AFAIK, supported by the research, and in fact is more commonly used as a misconception by anti-gay bigots. Not to suggest that you or anyone else IS one, just to say that the statement as added read like an attempt at a smear based on a misconception of the nature of homosexuality. Powers 15:12, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

If you don't consider the testimony of countless homosexuals who blame child abuse for their condition then no, it's not supported by research.216.185.250.92 (talk) 20:08, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Teddy Geiger IS NOT GAY. There was an interview with him in Seventeen magazine where he clearly stated that he was still searching for the perfect girl. I know I shouldn't believe everything I read, but Teddy seems like a very sincere and honest person. He also seems like the type of person who doesn't care what other people think about him. Therefore, I don't think he would lie about looking for the perfect girl in a popular magazine. What do you think? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.125.69.25 (talk • contribs) .

Teddy Geiger is in fact gay he said so himself.

^^ Would you happen to have proof of that. To my knowledge, Teddy is heterosexual.

I guess this question has finally been answered. Teddy's bi. And with a source this time. Turtletennisfogwheat (talk) 23:46, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Search?

I just searched for this entry and it didn't show up for wikipedia. Is there something wrong with it? Is it case sensitive? Because I typed "teddy geiger" and nothing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 139.55.10.32 (talk • contribs) .

Works for me. teddy geiger is a redirect to this article. Powers 15:12, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Minor Edits

I edited out just a few little things. They seemed to be personal comments by someone, basically just calling Teddy a freak and then saying he was ugly. I didn't think that was necessary. Skin crawl 17:14, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Yep, thats known as vandalism, and it is very common around here. See WP:VAND. Powers 18:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Jewish?

Someone added this category and I removed it because I couldn't find a source. Does anyone have one? Mad Jack 18:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Teddy is not Jewish, as he went to McQuaid Jesuit. Jesuits are people that believe in Jesus, therefore he could no be Jewish... as McQuaid is very strict on the fact that you are a Christian. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.204.127.26 (talk • contribs) .

McQuaid Jesuit High School, for reference. Powers ^T 01:47, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Regardless of whether or not Teddy Geiger is Jewish his attendence to McQuaid Jesuit High School does not prove anything about his religion. I am Agnostic and I go to McQuaid. McQuaid, while predominantly catholic has a variety of religions represented. See the page on our Religious diversity club if you do not believe me,[1] or perhaps the section that says "McQuaid Jesuit has a diverse population of students of all races and faiths" [2] will convince you. CuttingEdge 17:33, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Not to mention that "jewish" is a race and has nothing to do with religion in many cases. 216.185.250.92 (talk) 20:09, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Jewish is not a race. It is in fact FIRST a religon (Judaism) and also reffers to people of the ethnic background who practiced that religion. Regardless, Greiger is Roman Catholic. --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 20:14, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Buffalo, NY

I took out the category of People from Buffalo, NY, as Teddy is not from Buffalo. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.67.121.171 (talk • contribs) .

Thank you. It was my understanding that he was born in Buffalo (at least according to the article itself). Do you have evidence otherwise? Powers 14:30, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Teddy was born in Buffalo but raised in Pittsford, a suburb of Rochester, and he still lives there today. Sixhundredsix 02:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

What kind of sources can we find? From his own bio on his site...

With thick glasses and a bowl hair cut, that outcast little kid from Rochester, New York hit the local coffee bar scene....

--Bill.matthews 01:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

IMDb lists both, oddly enough. [3] Here's one that says Buffalo: [4]. Fan site says Buffalo: [5] It's not much, but more sources say Buffalo than Rochester. I'd be fine with removing references to his birthplace until confirmed, but it definitely shouldn't say Rochester. Powers ^T 02:13, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and I realize his bio says he's "from" Rochester, but that's true regardless of where he was born. =) Powers ^T 02:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Can you find a valid source to cite with the birth place? If not, I suggest we have to follow his bio. --Bill.matthews 10:46, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

His bio doesn't specify a birth place. Powers ^T 12:34, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay agreed I did a google and I find conflicting birth places in lots of sources. Until we have a verified source, we should probably leave it out. Is that a good compromise? --Bill.matthews 12:59, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes. User:Sixhundredsix seemed certain he was born in Buffalo, so presumably there's some definitive source out there somewhere. Powers ^T 19:49, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Article

This article [6] has some good info, if someone's interested in adding it Mad Jack 16:06, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

The Rocker

I have no idea why 24.13.203.78 keeps editing out the fact that Emma Stone is in this movie with Teddy along with Rainn Wilson. All three are supposed to have significant parts. Is there something wrong with having her in biography? - Sixhundredsix 02:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The sources I have seen about the movie do not mention her. Can you please cite your source? --Bill.matthews 02:33, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Her official MySpace blog, written by her. You have to be a "friend" to read it. http://myspace.com/officialemmastone -Sixhundredsix 02:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm wondering if this IP might not like the unconfirmed rumors that Ted and Emma are currently dating? Sixhundredsix 02:49, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

We'll need a better source than that. MySpace blogs probably aren't reliable sources, especially if they are private, and/or written by the subject. Let's wait to re-add this until we can find a source like IMDB or a press release. --Bill.matthews 11:34, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok, as soon as IMDB updates we'll look at this again. -Sixhundredsix 13:49, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

IMDb isn't reliable either. Powers ^T 23:58, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news.php?id=6346 - Sixhundredsix 16:46, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

That works, but use [7] instead, since the ropeofsilicon article was based on it. Powers ^T 14:55, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure, thanks. - Sixhundredsix 16:51, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I looked up "The Rocker" on Yahoo! Movies and it listed all of the actors, including Emma Stone. No, Ted is not dating anyone. --Austenfann (talk) 01:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Folk Artist

I would like to raise awareness on the page that claims Teddy Geiger to be in the Folk genre and an American Folk artist. It is very much incorrect to label Teddy as a folk artist, in the same tradition as Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez. Folk music has been defone as 1. A "schema comprising four musical types: 'primitive' or 'tribal'; 'elite' or 'art'; 'folk'; and 'popular'. Usually...folk music is associated with a lower class in societies which are culturally and socially stratified, that is, which have developed an elite, and possibly also a popular, musical culture." Cecil Sharp (1907)?, A.L. Lloyd (1972).

  2. "Cultural processes rather than abstract musical types...continuity and oral transmission...seen as characterizing one side of a cultural dichotomy, the other side of which is found not only in the lower layers of feudal, capitalist and some oriental societies but also in 'primitive' societies and in parts of 'popular cultures'." Redfield (1947) and Dundes (1965).
  3. Less prominent, "a rejection of rigid boundaries, preferring a conception, simply of varying practice within one field, that of 'music'."

Teddy falls short in these categories in the following ways. (1) Teddy's music is not primitive, tribal, nor artistic. Elitist music critics don't even take the time to listen to him, (2) he does not come from a lower class society, he is from Pittsford, an affluent community outside of my hometown of Rochester.

Also folk music has been a tool to discuss social problems, racism, workers rights, peace, and usually in a critically acclaimed fashion, with skillful poetry and prose. Not in offense to Geiger, but bubble gummy songs about teenage girlfriends, and not being cool in high school make the gap between Geiger's music and folk music widen.

So let's get rid of the folk under genre, and remove him form the American Folk musician category.

Yeah, I'd have to agree. I've never thought of Teddy as a folk artist. He is influenced by folk artists but he is not a folk artist himself.

And please sign your posts in the future. Thanks. - Sixhundredsix 03:24, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Picture?

Could someone please put up a nice, recent picture of him?--Austenfann (talk) 01:09, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Bit about The Rocker?

Why was the paragraph about The Rocker removed from his page? He is in an upcoming movie! It's important!--Panic!out (talk) 18:44, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Teddy Geiger

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Teddy Geiger's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "MC":

• From The Afterlove: "Reviews for The Afterlove". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
• From Total Request Live: "MTV Total Request Live Trivia for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
• From Beautiful Lies (Birdy album): "Reviews for Beautiful Lies by Birdy". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
• From Handwritten (Shawn Mendes album): "Reviews for Handwritten by Shawn Mendes". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
• From Encore (DJ Snake album): http://www.metacritic.com/music/encore/dj-snake
• From Shawn Mendes discography: "Canadian certifications – Shawn Mendes". Music Canada. Retrieved February 28, 2015.

Reference named "BPI":

• From James Blunt: "Back to Bedlam British sales certificate". British Phonographic Industry. 2 February 2007. Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• From Shawn Mendes discography: "Certified Awards Search" (To access, enter the search parameter "Shawn Mendes" and select "Search by Keyword"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 08:33, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Transitioning

Geiger announced on Instagram that he's "transitioning", presumably to a woman. For now, there's not yet any indication that he prefers female pronouns, but we should be alert for that time and make changes in the article accordingly. Powers ^T 18:34, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

It is worth noting that the "People" magazine article cited as a source successfully avoided using any pronouns at all without the writing seeming stilted or awkward. It might be worth doing the same thing here since it seems no longer safe to assume that male pronouns are accurate. 99.192.82.168 (talk) 18:57, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Someone went ahead and changed all the pronouns, negatively impacting the readability of the article. I will attempt to improve that without potentially misgendering Geiger through pronouns. Content was also deleted that referred to Geiger as male for a specific and valid reason; I'll attempt to reconstruct that content. --DavidK93 (talk) 19:58, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Geiger has since stated that she prefers Female pronouns, but still goes by the name Teddy. LadyJessica84 (talk) 05:19, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

@LadyJessica84: hi, this is old but do you have a source for that? there are a few instances of "she" and "her" in the article and was wondering if it should just be kept, or simply changed to Geiger. maybe a < !-- note like this in the article to let users know if it should/shouldn't be there? -- > Melodies1917 (talk) 19:02, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

@Melodies1917:

Here ya go: https://www.people.com/music/teddy-geiger-using-female-pronouns-transgender-keeps-name/amp/

thanks!Melodies1917 (talk) 19:59, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Fyi, I updated the pronouns in the article. Can’t believe people think it’s okay to use “he” pronouns for a woman these days, even though he is objectively a man. When a trans person comes out, unless they are nonbinary / already using gender neutral pronouns, you should assume their pronouns changed unless stated otherwise, just as one would generally assume that a cis person’s pronouns correspond to their gender identity. Would you randomly throw in “he” pronouns to describe Melania Drumpf? No? Then don’t do it here. Tlaxcalli (talk) 15:03, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

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Use of Teddy Geiger's Full Birth Name

Currently, the first sentence in the "Career" section provides Teddy Geiger's full birth name, presumably given to her by her parents in reliance on her sex assignment at birth as male. I believe that this is unnecessary, and as transgender people usually feel that the use of their birth name is an attack on their dignity, I think it should simply be deleted. MOS:GENDERID is conspicuously silent as to whether or not a transgender person's former name should be used in a Wikipedia article. Several Wikipedia articles on transgender individuals, such as Chelsea Manning and Caitlyn Jenner, conspicuously include their birth names in the article leads. I believe this is appropriate not only because those people achieved notability before they transitioned, but because they changed their names when they transitioned, and therefore their former names are notable. Also, the reader could otherwise be confused, if they were to consult a cited source, as to what individual is referred to. (For a practical example, a person reading an older source about The Wachowski "Brothers" such as this one cited in the article would have difficulty knowing who said what unless the article identifies Lana as the former Larry and Lilly as the former Andy.) But in this case, because Teddy Geiger has always been known professionally as "Teddy Geiger" and is keeping that name through her transition, I believe that including her full birth name, with her given name and her non-diminutive middle name (the source of "Teddy"), serves only to misgender her. I'd like to simply delete the text of her birth name from the sentence where it appears; I believe it will not impact the accuracy or readability of the sentence. --DavidK93 (talk) 16:12, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Seeing no comment, I have made this edit. --DavidK93 (talk) 12:27, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

hi, I just added her birth name back with what i think is a reliable source, for biographical purposes, not to misgender. i agree with your examples of Manning and Jenner, but i think stating that "transgender people usually feel that the use of their birth name is an attack on their dignity" is something that needs a source, otherwise it sounds like original research. hope i explained my reasoning for undoing your revision well enough, if not, happy to explain further. Melodies1917 (talk) 15:47, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi Melodies1917. It sounds like you are legitimately unfamiliar with transgender issues. The addition of a reliable source doesn't address the issue, because there was never any question of the verifiability of Teddy Geiger's birth name. If I were to state in a Wikipedia article that "transgender people usually feel that the use of their birth name is an attack on their dignity," then yes I might need a source for it. To state it in a Wikipedia Talk page does not require a source; sources are not required for Talk page statements. However, I'm happy to provide reading material about how transgender people feel about this. Please read and let me know your thoughts.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/deadnaming-a-trans-person-is-violenceso-why-does_us_58cc58cce4b0e0d348b3434b

https://www.healthline.com/health/transgender/deadnaming

https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/1/19/10-words-transgender-people-want-you-know-not-say

--DavidK93 (talk) 17:36, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

thanks for those, and please dont assume i am "legitimately unfamiliar" with transgender issues. i added the birth name back for biographical purposes and mentioned i added the reference because there was none before.Melodies1917 (talk) 18:25, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

I apologize for making an assumption. I meant to say that I was assuming good faith that, because you asked for a source that "transgender people usually feel that the use of their birth name is an attack on their dignity," you did not already know that. Again, the source is not an issue. Nobody doubted that the birth name in the article is, in fact, the subject's birth name. The only concern is that the "biographical purpose" is not needed in this article, because the subject's birth name is not notable (because the subject has, for as long as she has been notable, been known exclusively by a stage name derived from the birth name, and the stage name remains unchanged) and does not serve an encyclopedic purpose that outweighs concerns over the handling of a transgender person's identity. --DavidK93 (talk) 19:55, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Melodies1917, do you care to weigh in on my position that, in this case, the desire for biographical accuracy is outweighed by the desire to respect the subject's dignity? --DavidK93 (talk) 17:21, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

singles in featured artist section

Born to run is by

Tiësto, Mark Alston, Baggi Begovic & Jason Taylor featuring Teddy Geiger. for some reason doesnt currently credit the main four

also in under pressure she is crdited as teddy<3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.185.49.129 (talk) 15:21, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Infobox - birth name

As a pending changes reviewer, I just accepted an edit that removed the full birth name from the infobox. As best I can tell from a cursory search, the artist was always notable under the name "Teddy Geiger" and so there is no notability reason to include her deadname in the infobox. Schazjmd (talk) 22:52, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Adding template for close connection to the subject

I was asked by User:EddieHugh to explain. The template says, "This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject." It's the latter part that is key here, not the former.

Some of their wiki edits for other clients were explained with:

"We manage..."

"his management company"

"I own the copyright to this picture as management representation of..."

One could reasonably assume, given this body of evidence, that Unmatched777 also manages Teddy Geiger. That's why I added the template. 74.96.157.104 (talk) 03:32, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Display birth name or not?

At the Caitlyn Jenner page, the birth name of William Bruce Jenner is shown prominently, because she was famous as Bruce Jenner before transitioning. The "William" part of the birth name was not so famous but it was verifiable published knowledge, which is why it is displayed at the top of the article.

Teddy has a similar situation. Her birth name of John Theodore Geiger II was verifiable published knowledge during the time she was gaining fame and presenting as a male. Oxford Reference gives the birth name, citing Oxford's own The Encyclopedia of Popular Music printed in 2006 and published online in 2009 by editor Colin Larkin. The student newspaper of Quinnipiac University published the birth name in 2006.[8] On page 263 of The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits of 2010, the birth name is supplied. Same for the 2007 edition of Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006, with the entry found on page 106.[9] AllMusic supplies the name now as an alias[10] in their usual manner for birth names but in 2010 they explicitly gave it as the birth name.[11] Back in 2011, Geiger's own Twitter account stated the name "john teddy geiger" in lowercase under the checkmark signifying a Verified Account.[12] Back in 2011, Apple's iTunes website supplied the birth name.[13] And of course Wikipedia showed the birth name from the very first day of hosting this biography in January 2006,[14] continuing steadily for 12 years. The birth name was known, not hidden.

In May 2017, months prior to the transition announcement, legal scholar Roberta L. Horton wrote about a lawsuit brought in 2006 by Geiger against a web domain squatter who held the rights to teddygeiger.com. Horton gave Geiger's birth name,[15] and it is in all of the published reviews of the court case. (Geiger surprisingly lost the case. In today's legal climate, the outcome would have flipped.)

In October 2017 as Geiger's transition announcement was being reported, The Post-Standard of Syracuse wrote about the person, giving the birth name as John Theodore Geiger II. The same paper gave the birth name again in 2018 when the transition was complete.[16] The news source Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide (MEAWW) supplied the birth name in their piece about Geiger in September 2018. They wrote, "Teddy Geiger, formerly known as John Theodore Geiger..." Given this level of public knowledge, I don't think it's appropriate for us to hide the birth name from our readers. Hiding it makes the encyclopedia less informative.

Pinging Paul Erik. Binksternet (talk) 06:53, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks very much for posting here, and for doing that research, Binksternet. My thought had been that this was quite a different situation than that of Caitlyn Jenner, since Jenner was widely famous with their former male name. With Geiger, even when being referred to as "he" in the past, she was always known by the unisex name "Teddy", so adding in the full birth name could be deadnaming her, as I was viewing it. In some ways, I see it as similar to that of Elliot Page, where his former name is listed, but not the birth name which was never widely publicized.

I've softened somewhat in my stance, though, seeing your research, including that Geiger herself had previously used the the male name on Twitter at a time they received a fair amount of coverage.

It's often a careful balance between sensitivity and providing the most information. In the spirit of the MOS:DEADNAME guideline, I'd encourage care here. Might it be worth asking others to weigh in? Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 19:25, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

I see that the full birth name was added. But I don't think it should be there, and in fact I deleted it from the article six years ago. The issue is not whether or not this is Teddy Geiger's correct birth name, whether or not it is verifiable, whether or not Teddy Geiger has herself used this name or acknowledged it as her legal name, or whether or not it's been publicly reported prior to, during, or after her transition. The issue is also not whether or not this was Teddy Geiger's legal name at a time when she had already achieved notability. Per MOS:GENDERID:

"If a living transgender or non-binary person was not notable under a former name (a deadname), it should not be included in any page (including lists, redirects, disambiguation pages, category names, templates, etc.), even in quotations, even if reliable sourcing exists. Treat the pre-notability name as a privacy interest separate from (and often greater than) the person's current name."

So, while Teddy Geiger's birth name was her legal name at a time when she was already notable, I believe she was not "notable under that name" at any time, in the intended sense, because she has only ever been notable under the name "Teddy Geiger," no matter what other names she might have used. So the MOS guidance is clear that, despite the existence of reliable sourcing, the birth name should not be included in the article because Teddy Geiger was never known primarily by that name in that form. I feel that its inclusion serves only to misgender her. At the height of Teddy Geiger's popularity, you would surely have had to clarify who that name referred to by saying that "It's Teddy Geiger's full birth name." Contrast that with, say, "Bitsie Tulloch," which you'd describe as "Elizabeth Tulloch's nickname, which she no longer uses professionally."

The comparison to Caitlyn Jenner is not compelling to me. As mentioned, Caitlyn Jenner was not only notable pre-transition, but was known primarily by a name that differs from the name by which she is now primarily known. The name by which she is best known has changed, which isn't the case with Teddy Geiger. That both are middle-name-users is irrelevant; if Caitlyn Jenner had been known as William Jenner pre-transition, or her birth name had been Bruce William Jenner, her birth name or a version of it would always have been in the article because she was notable under that name and it differs from her current name. (It's also worth noting that Caitlyn Jenner, in contrast with most trans people, uses her birth name and he/him pronouns when talking about the earlier part of her life.) DavidK93 (talk) 00:30, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

You are working hard not to misgender her, which is a fine pursuit for most cases, but Teddy's teen idol history already misgenders her all by itself, without a name being involved. The teen idol history has her being praised widely as a beautiful and desirable male. Which means the cat is out of the bag, and it doesn't make sense to wikilawyer so carefully around her name as if doing so would prevent strangers knowing she presented as a famous male person. They will know if they read the article.

I am against removing useful and relevant information about a person. In this case, Teddy was a famous male-presenting person, and we have good sources referring to her full birth name during her transition as well as before transition. She listed her first name John in her MySpace page. It's not like she was hiding it.

Backing up a bit in this discussion, Paul Erik's characterization of the name "Teddy" as unisex seems like cutting it too fine. Teddy is primarily a nickname for boys named Theodore. The number of girls known as Teddy is very small, sometimes as a nickname for Theodora, which is already very rare; I can only think of one such person—the daughter of Robbie Williams. Binksternet (talk) 04:19, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

That's not what misgendering is; a person is not misgendered by their pre-transition achievements. Nobody is suggesting that omitting her full birth name somehow serves to keep secret the transition that, yes, obviously is openly discussed in the article. Rather, the name should be omitted in compliance with the MOS guidance to "treat the pre-notability name as a privacy interest separate from (and often greater than) the person's current name." You've again brought up how well-sourced the full birth name is, so I will again stress that sourcing the name is explicitly irrelevant, per MOS. Her full legal name was never the name under which she was notable, regardless that it was her legal name when she became notable, and plentiful sources exist for it. MOS explicitly tells us to omit the name from the article, in the interest of privacy. DavidK93 (talk) 02:39, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Let's look at Chelsea Manning which is an example given in WP:GENDERID. The subject first gained fame as Bradley Manning. The biography includes the full birth name of Bradley Edward Manning even though the middle name Edward was not part of the fame. Binksternet (talk) 04:43, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Chelsea Manning's pre-transition notability was under a different name, meaning it was always going to be necessary to include her birth name. Because we need to include her birth name, the inclusion of her birth middle name does not differently or additionally misgender her. If, instead, Chelsea Manning had always been known as "Eddie Manning" and was still known by exactly that name post-transition, then I might make the same argument for her article that I'm making here, which is that Teddy Geiger's notable name has not changed. Therefore, per MOS:GENDERID, it is wrong to include any name other than her chosen name. --DavidK93 (talk) 22:55, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Teddy's fame name was always known to be a hypocorism for Theodore. It's not significantly different from her birth name; it's the same root. If she had gained fame under the nickname Skipper Geiger or Kid Geiger there would be no argument. But the name Teddy is always and forever connected to the name Theodore. AllMusic supplied her full birth name in 2010.[17] From 2006 to 2018, her Wikipedia article gave the full birth name as John Theodore Geiger. It was widely known. We are long past whatever privacy issue there might be for someone less famous prior to transition.

In 2016, the book, Zayn Malik - Mind of His: The Unauthorised Biography, on page 189, lists Theodore Geiger and Teddy Geiger in the credits for the song "Where Do Broken Hearts Go". In 2018, the full birth name was published in Advance Media's NYup, aimed at upstate New Yorkers, in an article about Teddy appearing as a transwoman.[18] This birth name is all over the place. Privacy is long gone. Binksternet (talk) 15:18, 9 September 2024 (UTC)