Talk:Ned Gunderson
Ned Gunderson -> Natsuki Hegro
Near the end of his invovlement in micronationalism, he gradually grew disillusioned with micronationalism. As a result of that within both Mahuset and Hasanistan he adopted the pseudonym Natsuki Hegro instead of a variant of his birth name. Also, to the best of my knowledge he really disliked the portrait used on this article. I've both moved the article and removed the portrait as a result. MahusetERP (talk) 19:19, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- He didn't dislike the portrait; he commissioned it himself and was very pleased with it. He just didn't want it on the wiki while applying to join the US army, as he was worried that being recognised from it might have caused some issues with his application. On that basis I've restored it to the article. Since his passing, we do have to recognise that the situation has changed vis a vis privacy and the like. His involvement with micronationalism is no secret - we've even had micronationalists leaving tributes on his family's obituary page - and to that extent the wiki should be functioning as any other factual encyclopaedia would. I'm not going to revert the name change straight away as I want other admins to chime in on this, but I believe it should be changed back. Sadly, we do now need to treat Ned as a "historical figure", and Natsuki Hegro was only a pseudonym that he held for a limited amount of time in a limited amount of places; he was known to most people by a variant of his birth name, which is mentioned on the article anyway. The usual pseudonym policy therefore doesn't apply; it may well be what he went by towards the end, and so it should certainly be mentioned on the article, but he never asked it to replace his name on the site, it's now sadly no longer needed to safeguard his privacy, and from an encyclopaedic point of view it's unsuitable as the main title of the article in my opinion. Austenasia (talk) 07:49, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
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| birth_name = Edward Donovan Gunderson should be changed to | birth_name = Edward Donovan Greiner This is his actual birth name, according to his obituary.
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Liahonia.gov (talk) 22:36, 4 November 2024 (UTC)