Talk:Q44641

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Autodescription — Wendy Carlos (Q44641)

description: American composer and electronic musician
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Deadname shouldn't be in Wikipedia due to a matter of respect to the person which the biography is about.[edit]

Putting Walter as her name is a disrespectful way to talk about Wendy, as she does not identifies with that name. Please, consider erasing it. More information here: [Manual of Style: Gender identity]

Of course her name is Wendy, but she was widely known as Walter, so it seems this is an appropriate rationale to be used as an alias (e.g. see Help:Aliases). She published nine albums as her former name, and her English Wikipedia article mentions her former name several times. Unfortunately, history cannot be erased or changed. However, please feel free to discuss this topic with a wider audience at Wikidata:Project chat. Mwtoews (talk) 22:00, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]