On Sat, 3 Dec 2011, Steve Summit wrote:
Summary:
Demi Moore, in a tweet but verified as being her, says that
her own
birth name is Demi. Wikipedians do not want to use this statement
because
the "reliable sources" say otherwise.
And, per that talk page,
they've got some pretty darn good arguments.
Except for common sense.
Common sense says that if someone tells you what their birth name is, you
believe them, not something that's probably misinformation but which has
been multiply repeated.
Someone on BLPN is actually arguing that WP:IAR *doesn't allow you to
ignore
sourcing policy*. Of course it does.
I sent a reply to her twitter, telling her about the discussion. I
probably should log in an look for a reply, but, yes, common sense, and
courtesy, might rule in this matter.
Fred