Hello, I came across an issue IMO apropos to this mailing list today.

Sarah Brown is married to Gordon Brown, the previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Due to her first and last name being somewhat common, there are other "Sarah Browns" who have Wikipedia articles, her article title had to be disambiguated, currently to "Sarah Brown (wife of Gordon Brown)", which some feel is patronizing and sexist.

There have been arguments and rename discussions dating back to 2007, with the "wife/spouse" moniker apparently sticking since 2010. Looking through the talk page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sarah_Brown_(wife_of_Gordon_Brown) there have been concerns of sexism raised since then with several rename proposals that have ended in "no consensus", which defaults to the status quo.

This seems like another case of Wikipedia inertia, where the regulars just don't see the bigger picture as the outside world does, i.e. Amanda Filipacchi & "American Novelists".

-tm