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The question is - which names should we use in this article? The article is about a book that's about a real crime but uses fictional names for a couple of major characters.
In the book Thad's partners in crime are identified as Rebecca, Sandra, and Gordon. Page 279 mentions Rebecca's full name as "Rebecca Moore." I thought the book mentioned the full names for Sandra and Gordon at least once. Gordon's last name is implied on p. 103 when it mentions his sister's name as Kelen McWhorter. The author acknowledges a "Gordon McWhorter" in author's note on p. vii and in the author's acknowledgments on p. 207 though does not say this is the same Gordon as in the story.
At present the second paragraph in the article uses the FBI summary as a source and uses the real names in the article. I have not thought about a clean way to deal with this. Delete the entire paragraph or use the pseudonyms in the Wikipedia article while citing an article that uses their real names?
The FBI summary of the crime is used as a citation and it names the criminal partners as Tiffany Fowler and Shae Saur. The FBI summary identified Gordon as "A fourth associate from Utah." Media reports consistently identify the people as Thad Roberts / Thad Ryan Roberts, Tiffany Fowler / Tiffany B. Fowler, Shae Saur / Shae L. Saur, and Gordon McWhorter / Gordon Sean McWhorter.
FWIW - The book mentions Kelen McWhorter's death. This is confirmed via Kelen's obituary which also has Gordon's full name as Gordon Sean McWhorter. -- Marc Kupper| talk 00:34, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
I've removed the following contents from the article. While the critique of the book could be valid, it looks to be original research, is completely unsourced and doesn't maintain a neutral point of view.
If this article is about a book, the content of that book must guide the use of names and pseudonyms. If this article is about the real world event that inspired the book, the real names should be used. Because there is no clear evidence that the book is indeed non-fictional, on the contrary there are some things that point to the book being fictional, the claim of non-fiction should be dropped. I will take care of that in a moment. -- 81.229.102.134 ( talk) 19:18, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
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The question is - which names should we use in this article? The article is about a book that's about a real crime but uses fictional names for a couple of major characters.
In the book Thad's partners in crime are identified as Rebecca, Sandra, and Gordon. Page 279 mentions Rebecca's full name as "Rebecca Moore." I thought the book mentioned the full names for Sandra and Gordon at least once. Gordon's last name is implied on p. 103 when it mentions his sister's name as Kelen McWhorter. The author acknowledges a "Gordon McWhorter" in author's note on p. vii and in the author's acknowledgments on p. 207 though does not say this is the same Gordon as in the story.
At present the second paragraph in the article uses the FBI summary as a source and uses the real names in the article. I have not thought about a clean way to deal with this. Delete the entire paragraph or use the pseudonyms in the Wikipedia article while citing an article that uses their real names?
The FBI summary of the crime is used as a citation and it names the criminal partners as Tiffany Fowler and Shae Saur. The FBI summary identified Gordon as "A fourth associate from Utah." Media reports consistently identify the people as Thad Roberts / Thad Ryan Roberts, Tiffany Fowler / Tiffany B. Fowler, Shae Saur / Shae L. Saur, and Gordon McWhorter / Gordon Sean McWhorter.
FWIW - The book mentions Kelen McWhorter's death. This is confirmed via Kelen's obituary which also has Gordon's full name as Gordon Sean McWhorter. -- Marc Kupper| talk 00:34, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
I've removed the following contents from the article. While the critique of the book could be valid, it looks to be original research, is completely unsourced and doesn't maintain a neutral point of view.
If this article is about a book, the content of that book must guide the use of names and pseudonyms. If this article is about the real world event that inspired the book, the real names should be used. Because there is no clear evidence that the book is indeed non-fictional, on the contrary there are some things that point to the book being fictional, the claim of non-fiction should be dropped. I will take care of that in a moment. -- 81.229.102.134 ( talk) 19:18, 21 March 2013 (UTC)