User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20190324211646/@comment-11488851-20190328111652

User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20190324211646/@comment-11488851-20190328111652 Game-fanatic wrote: Well I believe as an encyclopedia we should avoid taking social/political stances - while of course also doing our best not to offend anyone - so in order to provide as much objective information as possible, it would make sense to include a given person/character’s legal name, whether that be their birth name or not. Surely if they were credited for their work in the DWU with their birth name we would at least include that name (perhaps preceded by “formerly...”) so people could actually find who they’re looking for, right?

Agreed - end of the day, this place is about providing information to the general public and I further agree that politics (including identity politics) should not play a role here; I believe, when on wikia, we are first and foremost neutral editors dealing with information and how best to provide that to the general public as efficiently, accurately and clearly as possible.