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In any case there is an issue of citation. Two of the three names are cited to Amazon pages that do not contain them anywhere. Instead the Amazon pages say in his author bio "Don't ask what the H. stands for." As a wiki we should take that advice. [[User:WarDocFan12|WarDocFan12]] [[User talk:WarDocFan12|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | In any case there is an issue of citation. Two of the three names are cited to Amazon pages that do not contain them anywhere. Instead the Amazon pages say in his author bio "Don't ask what the H. stands for." As a wiki we should take that advice. [[User:WarDocFan12|WarDocFan12]] [[User talk:WarDocFan12|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:52, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | ||
: I do want to clarify that the scope of self-identification policies is not limited to "deadnames" in the narrow sense — we're not interested in what somebody's legal name is, but 1) what they're credited as and 2) what they go by. Both in terms of accepting any "My name is…" at face value, for any reasons, and even in terms of hiding out-of-date credits as redirects if the person has not only added another ''nom de plum'' to their roster making a genuine effort to bury the older name, even if it's not for gender reasons. | : I do want to clarify that the scope of self-identification policies is not limited to "deadnames" in the narrow sense — we're not interested in what somebody's legal name is, but 1) what they're credited as and 2) what they go by. Both in terms of accepting any "My name is…" at face value, for any reasons, and even in terms of hiding out-of-date credits as redirects if the person has not only added another ''nom de plum'' to their roster making a genuine effort to bury the older name, even if it's not for gender reasons. | ||
: As regards the "H.", his latest release, ''[[Esquivalience (novel)|<nowiki>{{esquivalience}}</nowiki>]]'', gives it as "Hunter"; I think the "don't ask" is not intended to represent actual secrecy but rather a kind of ongoing private joke that he gives a different name for the H. to abridge every time he makes a statement on the matter. | |||
: But yes, as I said, the facetious self-reported birth dates and such are clearly within the scope of "no self-ref" and should be removed. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:30, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | : But yes, as I said, the facetious self-reported birth dates and such are clearly within the scope of "no self-ref" and should be removed. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:30, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | ||
