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Re:How a Lousy Football Game Led to the Greatest Hockey Game by patzerhacker on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @05:03PM (#9259474)
>is it a historical account, therefore use their name/gender at the time of the event, or a retrospective where their name/current gender overrides that historical fact?

It seems to be that the current 'style' for this is to use their name as of now. See the reporting about Chelsea Manning.

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Re:How a Lousy Football Game Led to the Greatest Hockey Game by henderson101 on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @07:51AM (#9262288)
Maybe, but it doesn't make the alternative any less "correct". Also, "Dan" is a diminutive of both possible names, so I guess they went for the middle?
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