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Re:After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't ne... by philistine on Saturday January 17, 2026 @03:51PM (#46661958)
> Yet, they keep every other name on wikipedia

Nope. When it's an unknown transgender person who died for being themselves, perhaps it's stupid to put the older name there. World renown Ellen Page is deadnamed right there at the top. Because they were known for decades worldwide under that name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Page

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Re:After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't ne... by ajsnigrutin on Saturday January 17, 2026 @03:58PM (#46662033)
Why stupid? I mean... what do we gain by removing that info? Isn't more info better?

Melanija Knavs was not known under that name, and it's still there.

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Re:After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't ne... by littlestymaar on Saturday January 17, 2026 @06:02PM (#46663004)
> Isn't more info better?

No.

The goal of an encyclopedia is to have a high signal/noise ratio. If you put literally everything on a subject on its page there, it becomes fundamentally useless.

And in that particular case, the only people you satisfy by putting the info there, are the bullies who caused their suicide.

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