As a library cataloger, I can tell you that the link to the Polish catalog doesn't demonstrate what you think it does.  The name after the slash in the Tytul field gives the name in the form on the publication: M.-C. Lemaire.

The form in the Autor field is a standardized form used by the library, based on other sources of information.

It appears that the author considers the compound surname form of name a "deadname" and wants it to disappear, at least when someone does a Google search for her name.  The Wikidata result in a Google search is dated April 25, so it probably won't change until it is reindexed.

John Hostage



From: Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2023 05:56
To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project <wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikidata] Re: web reference
 

On Sat, 29 Jul 2023, 02:48 Denny Vrandečić, <vrandecic@gmail.com> wrote:

> After reading both threads, my understanding is that Dr Lemaire does not want to have the second last name attached to her identity.

I explicitly asked if that was the case, for Wikidata...

> The problem is not, given my reading, that she wants everything deleted.

...and that is exactly what she asked for, in response to my question.

> It is fine if she does. But she certainly does not want the other last name in any combination to appear with her name.

That name is used, online, by - among others - VIAF, ISNI, BNF, Nukat, Worldcat, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the award page previously discussed.

> I acted accordingly and removed the other last name. As can be seen in Dr Lemaire's papers, she has consistently used the name "Marie-Claude Lemaire" and there is no reason not to respect that request.

That is clearly not so. See, for example:

http://katalog.nukat.edu.pl/lib/item?id=chamo:3080157&theme=nukat#


I'm sympathetic to Dr Lemaire for whatever demons trouble her, but bowdlerising Wikidata and thereby reducing its usefulness will not resolve them.

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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk