Tardis:Names of actors

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Use the spelling of actors' names in the credits for story pages, even if the spelling is wrong. Put their actor page at the correct spelling, and create a redirect from one to the other.

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T:ACTOR

Sometimes, the department that makes end credits simply makes mistakes. There are a few cases where they plainly misspell an actor's name. As is the case at pages about behind-the-scenes crew, the solution is relatively straightforward.

• On the story page, use whatever spelling is actually given in the credits
• On their actor page, use the spelling present in the majority of their credits throughout their career -- and leave behind a note explaining the mis-crediting.
• Create a redirect from the misspelling in the credits to the correct name on the actor's page -- but only use that redirect on the story page.
• On the character page use the correct spelling in the actor variable(s).

Legal name changes

If it's not a case of misspelling -- but a legal name change -- you should still create redirects from every legal name to the most recent one, which will be the PAGENAME of the actor page. However, character pages should then bear the name that was legal at the time of the story's release.

A known example of this kind of thing comes from behind-the-camera, but it's relevant here. See Heddi-Joy Taylor-Welch, and particularly the way her name was linked through the years -- only some of which was misspelt.