Talk:Max Kashevsky

Rename

So, Kashevsky changed his name from Curtis to Kashevsky. However, he was still credited as Curtis for Salvage, which was after his name change. Given T:CASTCREW, surely we have to go with the name by which he was and continues to be credited. Jack "BtR" Saxon ☎ 09:44, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

No.

When writing television story pages, cast and crew lists should make an effort to replicate the cast and crew lists as they appear on episodes as first transmitted. [Emphasis mine]

The policy in no way entails that this page must have a different name. Again, T:ACTOR is fairly clear on this, but Epsilon is trying to get more formalized policies on name changes through the forums at some point, so we can discuss this corner case then. Najawin ☎ 10:14, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Look.

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.

This was just premised on a fundamental misunderstanding. There's no discussion to be had. T:CASTCREW applies to other pages, and is being applied correctly, T:ACTOR applies to this page and is being applied correctly. The policies on this are very clear. Open and shut case. Najawin ☎ 10:32, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

That would make sense had Kashevsky not continued to use the surname "Curtis" professionally. He was and continues to be credited by that name. Jack "BtR" Saxon ☎ 10:39, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

But the rules don't have an exception for this! Current policy is very clear. Najawin ☎ 10:44, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Not in practice. Georgia Tennant is still at Georgia Moffett, after all. Jack "BtR" Saxon ☎ 10:46, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

To add context to the matter of the latest release, the continuance of the past name was not the CHOICE of Max, but instead an unfortunate situation re. when the production was recorded. Alfie Shaw tried to see if they could get it re-recorded, but it wasn’t possible. https://twitter.com/maxkashevsky/status/1601255026667978753?s=46&t=Q2AVt8JATNP7bagL902NUg JDPManjoume ☎ 10:48, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

That changes things! I'll go ahead and remove the rename template. Jack "BtR" Saxon ☎ 10:49, 3 February 2023 (UTC)