Rick wrote:
There's a war going on as to what to call the Elizabeth Smart article. It can't be just [[Elizabeth Smart]], because that's a disambiguation page. It can't be [[Elizabeth Anne Smart]] because she isn't known by her middle name. It was at [[Elizabeth Smart (kidnap victim)]] yesterday, but is now at [[Elizabeth Smart (2000s media sensation)]] , which, IMHO, is not only offensive to her, but a ridiculous name.
Using the middle name "Ann" (rather than "Anne"?) is the sensible solution. (Assuming, of course, that it is her correct middle name.) To say that it can't be used because of a rule that prevents it when she isn't known by her middle name seems like policy running-amok over common sense A middle name is a "natural" disambiguator, though I haven't been easily able to track down the author's middle name.
I doubt that Elizabeth Ann became a kidnap victim or media sensation out of any premeditated act of her own to get her 15 minutes of fame. Any identification of her on that basis is demeaning and sensationalistic, notwithstanding the fact that it is so far her only claim to fame. It is unlikely that anything in the near future will change that, though it is certainly possible that she may yet become newsworthy in her own right as she grows up.
The author, by virtue of her accomplishment, is certainly the more important of the two Elizabeth Smarts. Her impression will be a lot more long-lasting than a kid who. to the delight of the paparazzi, had the misfortune to be kidnapped.
I believe that the article should move back forthwith to [[Elizabeth Ann Smart]]. Unfortunately, the move function did not work for it, but if it stays where it is I will have no compunctins about using the more tedious cut-and-paste process.
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