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February 4

Mary McNeil Fenollosa

Our article on Mary McNeil Fenollosa is currently located at Sidney McCall. This is because she was involved in a controversy in the late 19th, early 20th century that led her to use a pseudonym for her fictional work, but it became known who she was fairly soon. Over time, she would switch back between the two names. For whatever reason that I can tell, modern scholarship now refers to her as Mary McNeill Fenollosa and to her pseudonym secondarily, which appears to be a reversal of how she was referred to a century ago. How should Wikipedia name her article? Viriditas (talk) 01:26, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Given that she started as Mary McNeill, dropped an 'l', then became Mary McNeil (not McNeill) Fenollosa, and that the name Sydney McCall is likely the only one known to many laypersons (our primary readership?), I think it would be simplest to keep the title plus the three redirects (Mary McNeill, Mary McNeil Fenollosa and Mary McNeill Fenollosa) and one hatnote (on the article for the politician Mary McNeil) as they are.

If we switch to her final name, we might need to elaborate the hatnote on the politician's article for those who don't know it.

Thank goodness she didn't use her first husband's name Scott professionally as well! (Or did she? This refers to her as both Mary McNeil Scott and Mary McNeil Scott Fellonosa!) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.7.205.116 (talk) 03:44, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for considering my proposal. Viriditas (talk) 01:06, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]