Talk:Shirley Anne Bingham

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She's just credited as "Shirley Bingham", so her introducing herself with the "Anne" is no different than someone using their full name as an introduction. BananaClownMan ☎ 22:35, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

All the promotional material refers to her as "Shirley Anne Bingham", though. Aquanafrahudy 📢 🖊️ 18:57, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

That certainly does muddy the water, but surely the episode credits take precedence over promotional material? After all, it one thing to be promoted with a full name, and given a more traditional fore and surname in the official credits? BananaClownMan ☎ 10:52, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

In the episode, she's referred to only as "Shirley Anne Bingham", though, and never "Shirley Bingham". I think we should wait and see if any episodes refer to her as the latter before making any hasty decisions. Aquanafrahudy 📢 🖊️ 10:56, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Agreed. BananaClownMan ☎ 11:04, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

In The Giggle, she is only called Shirley. I think this is grounds to rename the page to just "Shirley Bingham", as she is credited again in the credits. At the very least, it would prevent editors mistakenly calling her "Shirley Anne", in the same vein as Sarah Jane Smith, on her page. BananaClownMan ☎ 11:16, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

But I think Sarah Jane Smith is just the precedent! It seems she's "Shirley" for short but "Shirley Anne Bingham" when she gives her full name: we still have no "Shirley Bingham". See also Yasmin Khan, who is most often Yaz but never ever Yaz Khan. Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 11:26, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what's being said here; I just used Sarah Jane as an example because the article called her "Shirley Anne" after the broadcast of The Star Beast, due to editors thinking her name was "Shirley Anne" despite the credits. It was then that I advocated dropping the Anne in the page name to align with the credits and prevent such confusion happening again, but then User:Aquanafrahudy brought up how she was promoted with her full name and only referred to as such in The Star Beast, so it was agreed upon to wait and see what she would be called in her next appearance. So, now that her second episode has just called her Shirley and still credited her as "Shirley Bingham", I think we're safe to rename to page to just forename and surname. BananaClownMan ☎ 20:21, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm in favour of keeping the full name, since we know what it is. — Fractal Doctor @ 20:28, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

We found out Amy's name was "Amelia Jessica Pond" in her second episode, but her page has never been called "Amy Jessica Pond". Furthermore, the DVD release for The Star Beast and The Giggle have "Ruth Madeley Introduces Shirley Bingham" in their context, which means that episode dialogue, episode credits and official home releases now call her just "Shirley Bingham", with just a handful of promotional material (of which I can say I personally have never seen, so I can't judge it properly) including the middle name. I believe this is cause enough for the rename. BananaClownMan ☎ 10:46, 10 January 2024 (UTC)