[WikiEN-l] Elizabeth Smart

Wed Oct 29 15:47:08 UTC 2003

Daniel Mayer wrote:
> Using a person's middle name or initial is a natural way to
> disambiguate and therefore acceptable ([[George W. Bush]]/[[George
> H. W. Bush]]).  [[Elizabeth Smart (kidnap victim)]] would be my
> second choice. The 'media sensation' one has got to go, though.

I think that's true in the case of the Bushes because everyone knows
them by those initials.  But almost no one knows the middle initial of
Elizabeth Smart, kidnap victim.

I think kidnap victim is a good term for disambiguation in this case.

> I see the article is at [[Elizabeth Smart (kidnap victim)]] right
> now, so I'm happy with that.

Yeah, seems fine to me.

--Jimbo