Rufus Rudolff

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January 2021

Hello, I'm NinjaRobotPirate. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Greg Sestero, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Please don't add unsourced middle names. Also, please see MOS:NICKNAME. We don't add nicknames or hypocorisms in quotation marks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:25, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Nicknames

Per MOS:NICKNAME, English Wikipedia does not add nicknames in quotation marks. Please don't do this. We don't need to tell people that "Jim" is short for "James". This is common knowledge. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:48, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Jim Sterling

Hi there. I left an edit summary explaining why I've reverted your edit to Jim Sterling, but I thought I'd explain in greater detail.

First, note our style guideline on changed names: the birth name may be given in the lead as well, if relevant. The article doesn't currently have anything to support the idea that Sterling was ever publicly known by Jim Stanton, which would suggest that the name is not relevant. Furthermore, Sterling has made clear that they dislike the history of that name. With biographies of living people, we have a duty to consider a subject's preferences, rather than listing every single fact about them.

Secondly, the guideline I linked has an explicit exemption for trans and nonbinary people's "deadnames," mandating that such names not be included unless the person was notable under them. Now, given that Sterling has never changed their first name, this may not be quite what people think of as a deadname, but, at least by the letter of the guideline, it's covered. (In the case of a living transgender or non-binary person, the birth name should be included in the lead sentence only if the person was notable under that name.)

Finally, even if we are to include their birth name, unless we have a clear preference from Sterling as to né vs. née vs. "born," we should side with the form the least likely to offend, which is "born."

All the best. -- Tamzin (they/she) | o toki tawa mi. 09:57, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

I didn't notice this last month, but: I see you've attempted to re-add the material. I'll be more direct this time: Do not re-add it without a consensus at Talk:Jim Sterling. Wikipedia takes biographies of living people very seriously. If you re-add it again without consensus, you may face administrative action. -- Tamzin (she/they, no pref.) | o toki tawa mi. 15:30, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

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-- Tamzin (she/they, no pref.) | o toki tawa mi. 15:35, 13 May 2021 (UTC)