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The result of the move request was: Procedural close per below. TonyBallioni ( talk) 20:17, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
Yale student abortion art controversy → Aliza Shvarts – A more reader-friendly article takes place under the heading of the name of the artist; the material is esoteric in the context of contemporary art; it benefits from being couched in the context of the artist's bio; a reader can learn what the artist's concerns are alongside concerns of a particular artwork, and her career is ongoing over at least ten years so far thus the reader should see this subject matter as a continuity involving both artist and artwork(s). A good quality draft can be seen for such an article at Draft:Aliza Shvarts. Bus stop ( talk) 14:57, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
In my initial request to merge this page into a biography of the artist Aliza Shvarts, I was encouraged to create a separate biography of Shvarts and “see if it survives.” Various editors expressed the opinion that the artist was not notable outside the controversy. I created the biography, which has been edited by Bus stop and Megalibrarygirl, and which I feel is now in a stable/good state: Aliza Shvarts
I call on those who participated in this conversation: @ Bus stop: @ Johnbod: @ Gråbergs Gråa Sång: @ TonyBallioni: @ Ipigott: @ Irn: @ Czar: @ GRuban: @ Cullen: and @ Dekimasu: please review the BLP. If you feel it does not meet notability requirements, I invite you to edit the page, or nominate it for deletion. — Vera Syuzhet ( talk) 19:04, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
"A merge/redirect to an artist biography should be out of the question.Why? Specifically, why would a merge of this article to the artist's biography article be out of the question? Bus stop ( talk) 05:36, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
No use to us when we can't write about what isn't covered in reliable, secondary sources. czar 23:00, 2 June 2018 (UTC)She speaks at art museums and she makes artworks.
In the opinion of this editor it's time to discuss what I see as the problematic title of this article. When we last left off there was a significant opinion expressed that Aliza Shvarts was not notable. But the revised opinion is that she is notable, as evidenced by the Aliza Shvarts article. Those arguments that Aliza Shvarts was not notable were invalidated by subsequent events therefore I think it is only fair that we weigh in again on a question I have been persistently raising concerning what I perceive as the less-than-ideal titling of this article. The subject of this article is a proposed and partially completed performance piece. It is my argument that reactions to that proposed and partially completed performance piece are of secondary importance and consequently don't warrant prominence of position in the title. The present title is not the only possible title for this article and it is my argument that the present title is less than ideal. The moving force that generated the reactions to this proposed and partially completed performance piece is the piece itself and consequently it is reference to the piece itself that warrants prominence of position in the title. In my opinion it is important that logic be brought to bear on properly titling this article. Please see "consistency—the title is consistent with the pattern of similar articles' titles." This article's title should be consistent with articles on similar subjects. When this initiative was last raised by Vera Syuzhet in the section headed Requested move 14 May 2018 it was argued that the suggested move from "Yale student abortion art controversy" to "Aliza Shvarts" could not be justified because Aliza Shvarts was not notable. Now that notability has been established this discussion should be restarted. One possible title that I think is reasonable and that I think could placate arguments about the incompleteness of the piece is "2008 proposed Aliza Shvarts performance piece". But other possible titles exist as well. I am cognizant of arguments pertaining to "incompleteness". Not only did the school not permit presentation of documentation pertaining to the performance piece but it is doubtful that actual insemination and abortion took place. I don't think its identity as artwork and performance piece are negated by these factors. But we adhere to the findings of sources, all of which confirm its identity as art. No good source says that this is not a work of performance art. We have to keep in mind that we are an encyclopedia which means that when writing about these general subjects we are basically documenting artists and artworks. Those are our two main areas of concern. We are not basically documenting reactions to artworks, as the present title suggests, as it is expected that there will be reactions to artworks. It is emblematic of a parochial concern that we elevate reactions to artworks to the raison d'être of an article, as is suggested by the present title. A proper article title would identify the artwork and leave it at that. In my opinion this would be the case regardless of the volume of reactions to the artwork contained within the article. I don't think the subject of the article is altered by an enormous volume of "reaction" to an artwork. We are not primarily documenting reactions to artworks but rather we are documenting the artworks themselves. Bus stop ( talk) 14:41, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
"My opinion is that the current title is good enough."Yes, we understand that much. Now it would be great if you explained the reasoning behind the position that you support. Bus stop ( talk) 15:29, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
"in the case of this particular artwork, the discourse (reactions) surrounding the artwork are part of the artwork itself". You haven't shown that to be the case. You have provided sources that consist of people other than the artist. And the source by the artist does not say "in the case of this particular artwork, the discourse (reactions) surrounding the artwork are part of the artwork itself". All that Aliza Shvarts is saying is that "The artwork exists as the verbal narrative you see above, as an installation that will take place in Green Hall, as a time-based performance, as a independent concept, as a myth and as a public discourse." The only words in that quote from the artist that lay credence to your claim is that the work exists "as a public discourse." One can allow that when Aliza Shvarts engages in "discourse" pertaining to the work it "exists". But when persons other than Aliza Shvarts discuss the artwork—that is not the artwork too. It could be the artwork. That would require a bold and articulate statement to that effect coming from none other than Aliza Shvarts. Bus stop ( talk) 21:16, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
(outdent) You say above "I suggest you read this essay written by Shvarts in 2011 about the performance." First of all, I admit that I did not read it. Why? Because it is from 2011. I glanced at it. It says "Figuration and failure, pedagogy and performance: reflections three years later". It goes on to say "In 2008, as an Art major at Yale University, I engaged in a yearlong performance of repeated self-induced miscarriages that sparked a great deal of controversy." You linked to this essay. You mean later commentary retroactively applies to the work? And which later commentary is it that you find so pertinent? Here are your quotes:
Now you are saying "It seems that neither me, nor secondary sources published by MIT and Duke University press, nor the artist herself have the capability of producing language that you would consider trustworthy, credible, or reliable." It is not a matter of trustworthiness, credibility, or reliableness. It is a matter of applicability. You are trying to support a claim which you have made that "in the case of this particular artwork, the discourse (reactions) surrounding the artwork are part of the artwork itself". Was that articulately and unmistakably said in 2008? Compare to the "Mattress Performance" "rules of engagement". "They spent the summer of 2014 creating the rules of engagement, which defined the parameters of the project. Written on the walls of their studio in the university's Watson Hall, these included that they had to carry the mattress when on university property; that it had to remain on campus when they were not there; and that they were not allowed to ask for help in carrying it, but if help was offered they could accept."
[1] I am basically speaking about logic here. Those "rules of engagement" were spelled out clearly before the artwork began.
"Freshly painted on the walls around us loomed big black letters spelling out the “rules of engagement,” the guidelines to her performance: One states that she will continue the piece until the man she accuses of attacking her is no longer on campus, whether he leaves or is expelled or graduates, as she also will next spring." The above three quotes you have provided are buried within a lot of text in a document written three years after the performance piece. When language is part of a work of art then language is subject to scrutiny. If language is a component of a performance piece then language is subject to evaluation. Language can be used in any way an artist chooses to use it. But literal significance and figurative significance are probably always going to be qualities applicable to language. Language buried in text is less significant than language boldly and succinctly stated. And why would language written three years after the performance piece be applicable to the performance piece? The parameters of a performance piece should be stated pointedly. This is the artwork itself. And I think the parameters are stated at the time a performance piece is initiated, not some years later. That which is stated years later is commentary on the artwork. The impact of a performance piece is correlated to the knowledge that the viewer has of it. Another thing is that you seem to think that "secondary sources published by MIT and Duke University press"
can serve to establish parameters for the artwork. They cannot. The parameters of the artwork are established by the artist at the time of the artwork's inception.
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Can we all please consider as a title for this article "Aliza Shvarts Yale senior thesis 2008"? I'm trying to come up with a title that is similar to commonly encountered Wikipedia article titles, that contains all the valuable terms relating to the art project but none of the terms that predispose the reader to think of the project in any particular way—terms such as "abortion" or "miscarriage", I am trying to come up with a title that identifies the project rather than the response to the project, and I am including the year because the year marks the start of this artist's career, for most intents and purposes. The work may be untitled but "Untitled" is not its title, so after some consideration, I have decided to leave it out. I think Untitled is merely an indication of an absence of a title. Bus stop ( talk) 17:18, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: There's a consensus to move to "Untitled (Senior Thesis)". Among other arguments, much of the sourcing focuses on the artwork itself as opposed to the controversy. Various variations have been suggested, but the one that seems to have the most support is "Untitled (Senior Thesis)". A strong argument raised in favor of this name is that it is sufficiently WP:PRECISE due to not having any other wiki article named "Untitled (Senior Thesis)". ( non-admin closure) ( t · c) buidhe 00:03, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
Yale student abortion art controversy → Untitled (Senior Thesis) (performance) – 2.5 years have passed since the last discussion, during which time at least a dozen WP:RS have been published in academic books and the leading at press (e.g. Artforum, Art in America, etc) which all discuss the work-as-work, Shvarts as artist/author (not “Yale student"), and refer to it by its proper title "Untitled [Senior Thesis]" undermining all previous arguments against changing the title.
Though the work should always be referred to as Untitled [Senior Thesis], because the Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions) prevent the use of square brackets in titles, I have proposed the page title “Untitled (Senior Thesis) (performance)”
While the 2018 discussion started as a request to convert the page to a BLP, the end result was that a separate page for
Aliza Shvarts was created. After that point, discussion about what to name this page faded out without reaching any definitive consensus.
In that move discussion, the most compelling objection came from the WP:Verifiability of the title. As @ Czar: said, "as a tertiary source, WP summarizes what has been written in secondary sources," which I agree. Czar later clarified, saying that there "is no basis in sources for claiming that the subject of this press was "untitled senior project" (by any name) and not the story/ambiguity as it lived in publicity." This may have been true at the time, but this point is no longer valid. At this point the majority of the sources (17 of 28) are from after the April/May 2008 period, and these 17 sources all discuss Shvarts as artist, and nearly all name the work ‘‘‘‘Untitled [Senior Thesis]’’’’. Furthermore, since the intense but short period in 2008 following the Drudge Report’s article, only one source has focused on the controversy-as-controversy, and that source is from 2012, in a bioethics journal published by Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum an educational institution of the Catholic Church, located in Rome: Joseph Tham, L. C. "The Ugliness of “Abortion Art”." Studia Bioethica 5, no. 1-2 (2012).
Here are the sources added to the article since the last discussion, most of which were published during those 2.5 years:
The continuing discussion of ‘‘Untitled [Senior Thesis]’’ as an artwork, in the discourse of Art History, shows that this is not, as @ Gråbergs Gråa Sång: was concerned, a situation where ‘the controversy gets the "upper hand"’ -- in the end, Art History (e.g. the secondary RS) have discussed this as a work of art, with a title and author. The work of art got the upper hand, which even the 2020 NYT piece makes clear.
Even as it currently stands, this is an article about an artwork that generated controversy, not about a controversy itself. @ Johnbod: has said of the article that "the main subject is actually the controversy" but if you look at the article, with the exception of the first sentence, which says "The Yale student abortion art controversy concerns reactions to a work of performance art by Aliza Shvarts" (which is tied to the title, and shouldn’t be changed without discussion here) the rest of the article reads in more or less the same way as any other article about a work of art. The structure is the same: Description of the work; Reception; Specifics about how the work has been exhibited over time. The grammar of the second sentence is particularly instructive: "The piece was controversial, and considerable debate revolved around whether or not the project was a "hoax" or "creative fiction"" -- The work is the (grammatical) subject of the sentence, not any controversy. The work generated controversy and debate about what the work itself was.
Lastly, I want to highlight the argument put forward by @ Vera Syuzhet: that naming this article as "controversy" and not by its title contravenes precedent. Vera Syuzhet looked up the most controversial artworks of the last 50 years, and noted that they are all named by their title.
Vera Syuzhet also "looked back in the “controversies” category until 2000 [and] could not find a single instance in which a work of art was considered controversial and neither the artwork nor the artist received a Wiki page, but the controversy did. In the case of controversial artworks, the standard seems pretty clear: the title of the artwork is the title of the Wiki article. This article should conform. If disambiguation is needed, standd also seems pretty clear: the type of artwork, and potentially the creator, is specified."
Given the significant increase in WP:RS that discuss ‘‘Untitled [Senior Thesis]’’ by its proper title, and following the precedents with all other controversial artworks, I propose the article be moved to one of the following:
Additionally, I propose that the first sentence be re-written from “The Yale student abortion art controversy concerns reactions to a work of performance art by Aliza Shvarts, ’‘Untitled [Senior Thesis]’’, 2008 which she conducted during 2008, the final year of her visual arts degree at Yale University.” to “‘‘Untitled [Senior Thesis]’’, 2008 is a work of performance art by Aliza Shvarts.” Theredproject ( talk) 10:07, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
@ Gråbergs Gråa Sång: The title of the work is Untitled [Senior Thesis]. Yes, one source does call it "Untitled [Senior Thesis], 2008" and another source calls it "Untitled [Senior Thesis Project]", but as I noted above, there are 13 new sources, all but one that names the work, calls it Untitled [Senior Thesis]. The one that doesn’t is the Artforum article that calls it "Untitled [Senior Thesis Project]". Additionally, the artists website calls it Untitled [Senior Thesis]. So it is clear that the verifiable title is Untitled [Senior Thesis]. I’m going to correct it again. Theredproject ( talk) 23:23, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: Procedural close per below. TonyBallioni ( talk) 20:17, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
Yale student abortion art controversy → Aliza Shvarts – A more reader-friendly article takes place under the heading of the name of the artist; the material is esoteric in the context of contemporary art; it benefits from being couched in the context of the artist's bio; a reader can learn what the artist's concerns are alongside concerns of a particular artwork, and her career is ongoing over at least ten years so far thus the reader should see this subject matter as a continuity involving both artist and artwork(s). A good quality draft can be seen for such an article at Draft:Aliza Shvarts. Bus stop ( talk) 14:57, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
In my initial request to merge this page into a biography of the artist Aliza Shvarts, I was encouraged to create a separate biography of Shvarts and “see if it survives.” Various editors expressed the opinion that the artist was not notable outside the controversy. I created the biography, which has been edited by Bus stop and Megalibrarygirl, and which I feel is now in a stable/good state: Aliza Shvarts
I call on those who participated in this conversation: @ Bus stop: @ Johnbod: @ Gråbergs Gråa Sång: @ TonyBallioni: @ Ipigott: @ Irn: @ Czar: @ GRuban: @ Cullen: and @ Dekimasu: please review the BLP. If you feel it does not meet notability requirements, I invite you to edit the page, or nominate it for deletion. — Vera Syuzhet ( talk) 19:04, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
"A merge/redirect to an artist biography should be out of the question.Why? Specifically, why would a merge of this article to the artist's biography article be out of the question? Bus stop ( talk) 05:36, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
No use to us when we can't write about what isn't covered in reliable, secondary sources. czar 23:00, 2 June 2018 (UTC)She speaks at art museums and she makes artworks.
In the opinion of this editor it's time to discuss what I see as the problematic title of this article. When we last left off there was a significant opinion expressed that Aliza Shvarts was not notable. But the revised opinion is that she is notable, as evidenced by the Aliza Shvarts article. Those arguments that Aliza Shvarts was not notable were invalidated by subsequent events therefore I think it is only fair that we weigh in again on a question I have been persistently raising concerning what I perceive as the less-than-ideal titling of this article. The subject of this article is a proposed and partially completed performance piece. It is my argument that reactions to that proposed and partially completed performance piece are of secondary importance and consequently don't warrant prominence of position in the title. The present title is not the only possible title for this article and it is my argument that the present title is less than ideal. The moving force that generated the reactions to this proposed and partially completed performance piece is the piece itself and consequently it is reference to the piece itself that warrants prominence of position in the title. In my opinion it is important that logic be brought to bear on properly titling this article. Please see "consistency—the title is consistent with the pattern of similar articles' titles." This article's title should be consistent with articles on similar subjects. When this initiative was last raised by Vera Syuzhet in the section headed Requested move 14 May 2018 it was argued that the suggested move from "Yale student abortion art controversy" to "Aliza Shvarts" could not be justified because Aliza Shvarts was not notable. Now that notability has been established this discussion should be restarted. One possible title that I think is reasonable and that I think could placate arguments about the incompleteness of the piece is "2008 proposed Aliza Shvarts performance piece". But other possible titles exist as well. I am cognizant of arguments pertaining to "incompleteness". Not only did the school not permit presentation of documentation pertaining to the performance piece but it is doubtful that actual insemination and abortion took place. I don't think its identity as artwork and performance piece are negated by these factors. But we adhere to the findings of sources, all of which confirm its identity as art. No good source says that this is not a work of performance art. We have to keep in mind that we are an encyclopedia which means that when writing about these general subjects we are basically documenting artists and artworks. Those are our two main areas of concern. We are not basically documenting reactions to artworks, as the present title suggests, as it is expected that there will be reactions to artworks. It is emblematic of a parochial concern that we elevate reactions to artworks to the raison d'être of an article, as is suggested by the present title. A proper article title would identify the artwork and leave it at that. In my opinion this would be the case regardless of the volume of reactions to the artwork contained within the article. I don't think the subject of the article is altered by an enormous volume of "reaction" to an artwork. We are not primarily documenting reactions to artworks but rather we are documenting the artworks themselves. Bus stop ( talk) 14:41, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
"My opinion is that the current title is good enough."Yes, we understand that much. Now it would be great if you explained the reasoning behind the position that you support. Bus stop ( talk) 15:29, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
"in the case of this particular artwork, the discourse (reactions) surrounding the artwork are part of the artwork itself". You haven't shown that to be the case. You have provided sources that consist of people other than the artist. And the source by the artist does not say "in the case of this particular artwork, the discourse (reactions) surrounding the artwork are part of the artwork itself". All that Aliza Shvarts is saying is that "The artwork exists as the verbal narrative you see above, as an installation that will take place in Green Hall, as a time-based performance, as a independent concept, as a myth and as a public discourse." The only words in that quote from the artist that lay credence to your claim is that the work exists "as a public discourse." One can allow that when Aliza Shvarts engages in "discourse" pertaining to the work it "exists". But when persons other than Aliza Shvarts discuss the artwork—that is not the artwork too. It could be the artwork. That would require a bold and articulate statement to that effect coming from none other than Aliza Shvarts. Bus stop ( talk) 21:16, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
(outdent) You say above "I suggest you read this essay written by Shvarts in 2011 about the performance." First of all, I admit that I did not read it. Why? Because it is from 2011. I glanced at it. It says "Figuration and failure, pedagogy and performance: reflections three years later". It goes on to say "In 2008, as an Art major at Yale University, I engaged in a yearlong performance of repeated self-induced miscarriages that sparked a great deal of controversy." You linked to this essay. You mean later commentary retroactively applies to the work? And which later commentary is it that you find so pertinent? Here are your quotes:
Now you are saying "It seems that neither me, nor secondary sources published by MIT and Duke University press, nor the artist herself have the capability of producing language that you would consider trustworthy, credible, or reliable." It is not a matter of trustworthiness, credibility, or reliableness. It is a matter of applicability. You are trying to support a claim which you have made that "in the case of this particular artwork, the discourse (reactions) surrounding the artwork are part of the artwork itself". Was that articulately and unmistakably said in 2008? Compare to the "Mattress Performance" "rules of engagement". "They spent the summer of 2014 creating the rules of engagement, which defined the parameters of the project. Written on the walls of their studio in the university's Watson Hall, these included that they had to carry the mattress when on university property; that it had to remain on campus when they were not there; and that they were not allowed to ask for help in carrying it, but if help was offered they could accept."
[1] I am basically speaking about logic here. Those "rules of engagement" were spelled out clearly before the artwork began.
"Freshly painted on the walls around us loomed big black letters spelling out the “rules of engagement,” the guidelines to her performance: One states that she will continue the piece until the man she accuses of attacking her is no longer on campus, whether he leaves or is expelled or graduates, as she also will next spring." The above three quotes you have provided are buried within a lot of text in a document written three years after the performance piece. When language is part of a work of art then language is subject to scrutiny. If language is a component of a performance piece then language is subject to evaluation. Language can be used in any way an artist chooses to use it. But literal significance and figurative significance are probably always going to be qualities applicable to language. Language buried in text is less significant than language boldly and succinctly stated. And why would language written three years after the performance piece be applicable to the performance piece? The parameters of a performance piece should be stated pointedly. This is the artwork itself. And I think the parameters are stated at the time a performance piece is initiated, not some years later. That which is stated years later is commentary on the artwork. The impact of a performance piece is correlated to the knowledge that the viewer has of it. Another thing is that you seem to think that "secondary sources published by MIT and Duke University press"
can serve to establish parameters for the artwork. They cannot. The parameters of the artwork are established by the artist at the time of the artwork's inception.
Bus stop (
talk)
13:30, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
Can we all please consider as a title for this article "Aliza Shvarts Yale senior thesis 2008"? I'm trying to come up with a title that is similar to commonly encountered Wikipedia article titles, that contains all the valuable terms relating to the art project but none of the terms that predispose the reader to think of the project in any particular way—terms such as "abortion" or "miscarriage", I am trying to come up with a title that identifies the project rather than the response to the project, and I am including the year because the year marks the start of this artist's career, for most intents and purposes. The work may be untitled but "Untitled" is not its title, so after some consideration, I have decided to leave it out. I think Untitled is merely an indication of an absence of a title. Bus stop ( talk) 17:18, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: There's a consensus to move to "Untitled (Senior Thesis)". Among other arguments, much of the sourcing focuses on the artwork itself as opposed to the controversy. Various variations have been suggested, but the one that seems to have the most support is "Untitled (Senior Thesis)". A strong argument raised in favor of this name is that it is sufficiently WP:PRECISE due to not having any other wiki article named "Untitled (Senior Thesis)". ( non-admin closure) ( t · c) buidhe 00:03, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
Yale student abortion art controversy → Untitled (Senior Thesis) (performance) – 2.5 years have passed since the last discussion, during which time at least a dozen WP:RS have been published in academic books and the leading at press (e.g. Artforum, Art in America, etc) which all discuss the work-as-work, Shvarts as artist/author (not “Yale student"), and refer to it by its proper title "Untitled [Senior Thesis]" undermining all previous arguments against changing the title.
Though the work should always be referred to as Untitled [Senior Thesis], because the Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions) prevent the use of square brackets in titles, I have proposed the page title “Untitled (Senior Thesis) (performance)”
While the 2018 discussion started as a request to convert the page to a BLP, the end result was that a separate page for
Aliza Shvarts was created. After that point, discussion about what to name this page faded out without reaching any definitive consensus.
In that move discussion, the most compelling objection came from the WP:Verifiability of the title. As @ Czar: said, "as a tertiary source, WP summarizes what has been written in secondary sources," which I agree. Czar later clarified, saying that there "is no basis in sources for claiming that the subject of this press was "untitled senior project" (by any name) and not the story/ambiguity as it lived in publicity." This may have been true at the time, but this point is no longer valid. At this point the majority of the sources (17 of 28) are from after the April/May 2008 period, and these 17 sources all discuss Shvarts as artist, and nearly all name the work ‘‘‘‘Untitled [Senior Thesis]’’’’. Furthermore, since the intense but short period in 2008 following the Drudge Report’s article, only one source has focused on the controversy-as-controversy, and that source is from 2012, in a bioethics journal published by Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum an educational institution of the Catholic Church, located in Rome: Joseph Tham, L. C. "The Ugliness of “Abortion Art”." Studia Bioethica 5, no. 1-2 (2012).
Here are the sources added to the article since the last discussion, most of which were published during those 2.5 years:
The continuing discussion of ‘‘Untitled [Senior Thesis]’’ as an artwork, in the discourse of Art History, shows that this is not, as @ Gråbergs Gråa Sång: was concerned, a situation where ‘the controversy gets the "upper hand"’ -- in the end, Art History (e.g. the secondary RS) have discussed this as a work of art, with a title and author. The work of art got the upper hand, which even the 2020 NYT piece makes clear.
Even as it currently stands, this is an article about an artwork that generated controversy, not about a controversy itself. @ Johnbod: has said of the article that "the main subject is actually the controversy" but if you look at the article, with the exception of the first sentence, which says "The Yale student abortion art controversy concerns reactions to a work of performance art by Aliza Shvarts" (which is tied to the title, and shouldn’t be changed without discussion here) the rest of the article reads in more or less the same way as any other article about a work of art. The structure is the same: Description of the work; Reception; Specifics about how the work has been exhibited over time. The grammar of the second sentence is particularly instructive: "The piece was controversial, and considerable debate revolved around whether or not the project was a "hoax" or "creative fiction"" -- The work is the (grammatical) subject of the sentence, not any controversy. The work generated controversy and debate about what the work itself was.
Lastly, I want to highlight the argument put forward by @ Vera Syuzhet: that naming this article as "controversy" and not by its title contravenes precedent. Vera Syuzhet looked up the most controversial artworks of the last 50 years, and noted that they are all named by their title.
Vera Syuzhet also "looked back in the “controversies” category until 2000 [and] could not find a single instance in which a work of art was considered controversial and neither the artwork nor the artist received a Wiki page, but the controversy did. In the case of controversial artworks, the standard seems pretty clear: the title of the artwork is the title of the Wiki article. This article should conform. If disambiguation is needed, standd also seems pretty clear: the type of artwork, and potentially the creator, is specified."
Given the significant increase in WP:RS that discuss ‘‘Untitled [Senior Thesis]’’ by its proper title, and following the precedents with all other controversial artworks, I propose the article be moved to one of the following:
Additionally, I propose that the first sentence be re-written from “The Yale student abortion art controversy concerns reactions to a work of performance art by Aliza Shvarts, ’‘Untitled [Senior Thesis]’’, 2008 which she conducted during 2008, the final year of her visual arts degree at Yale University.” to “‘‘Untitled [Senior Thesis]’’, 2008 is a work of performance art by Aliza Shvarts.” Theredproject ( talk) 10:07, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
@ Gråbergs Gråa Sång: The title of the work is Untitled [Senior Thesis]. Yes, one source does call it "Untitled [Senior Thesis], 2008" and another source calls it "Untitled [Senior Thesis Project]", but as I noted above, there are 13 new sources, all but one that names the work, calls it Untitled [Senior Thesis]. The one that doesn’t is the Artforum article that calls it "Untitled [Senior Thesis Project]". Additionally, the artists website calls it Untitled [Senior Thesis]. So it is clear that the verifiable title is Untitled [Senior Thesis]. I’m going to correct it again. Theredproject ( talk) 23:23, 10 March 2021 (UTC)