Talk:April O'Neil (actress)

Requested move 24 March 2015

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The result of the move request was: page moved per this related discussion. (non-admin closure)  Erpert  blah, blah, blah... 07:02, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

April O'Neil (pornographic actress) → April O'Neil (actress) – Per WP:CONCISE and WP:QUALIFIER. The latter specifies "to limit the tag to a single, recognizable and highly applicable term". Disam page has two entries, this one and a fictional character, and is not really needed. Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 03:06, 24 March 2015 (UTC) PAGE''' ]]) 14:52, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose by longstanding article stability and consensus across category, and WP:RECOGNIZABILITY. In the case of Hillary Scotts both have imdb entries, though the singer has evidently only acted in music videos, but more importantly all the same reliable sources don't describe "the pornstar Jane Doe" as "the actress Jane Doe", our dabs and categories are supposed to be recognizable and consistent with common WP:RS usage. The nom should provide evidence that "the actress FOO" is used more often than "the pornstar FOO" and "the pornographic actress FOO" in Google Books. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:35, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose, pornography can rightfully be given its own respect as a successful area of media but there is no reason to confuse this popular form of performance with acting. Suggest April O'Neil (adult entertainer).  The genre centres on performance in the context sex acts.  GregKaye 11:04, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * If you look at April O'Neil's IMDB page, it appears that she has done a lot of porn spoofs, including Dr. Who, The Godfather, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bridesmaids, Tron, Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Files, Saved by the Bell, etc. While I haven't seen any of these, and have no desire to, I assume that they would include some actual acting in addition to the performance of sex acts. While the quality of the acting might not be up to par, there are lots of bad actors that are notable enough for Wikipedia articles. That said, I wouldn't oppose a mass retitling of (pornographic actress) and (pornographic actor) titles to (adult entertainer), which seems to be the more accepted term. --Ahecht ([[User_talk:Ahecht|'''TALK

PAGE ]]) 14:41, 24 March 2015 (UTC) PAGE ]]) 14:44, 24 March 2015 (UTC) PAGE''' ]]) 22:12, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:NCPDAB, there's no reason to be overly specific unless we are trying to distinguish her from another actress with the same name. I'm not sure I buy In ictu oculi's argument, as Hillary Scotts has nothing to do with this and the title of the article isn't currently April O'Neil (pornstar) (and April O'Neil's IMDB page does list her as "Actress | Camera Department | Producer"). This particular article is also a bit of a special case (see Administrators' noticeboard/Archive265). --Ahecht ([[User_talk:Ahecht|'''TALK
 * Also, per User:Erpert's edit summary, we should wait for a consensus at this discussion as well. --Ahecht ([[User_talk:Ahecht|'''TALK
 * The reading of WP:CONCISE in the nomination, and other pornstar biography RMs current is novel. Note that for example Exhalation (story) redirects to Exhalation (short story) and so on. WP:CONCISE refers to the title not the dab, and we do not clip (dabs) simply to make them short when that is the category. In ictu oculi (talk) 18:57, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Cherryblossom1982 made another excellent point at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Pornography: "Film may be pornographic, actors or actresses are NOT. The usage is derogatory and cannot be condoned, especially in a BLP." --Ahecht ([[User_talk:Ahecht|'''TALK


 * Support. WP:CONCISE actually argues in favor of using "actress", not against it. And, you really need to stop moving the article titles while the discussions are ongoing.  Erpert  blah, blah, blah... 02:18, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Erpert, you need to stop moving the article titles without discussion - please use the RM mechanism. And the relevant one of the 5 WP:CRITERIA is WP:PRECISE - but look at the other 4. In ictu oculi (talk)


 * Support per the very first line of WP:CONCISE since anyone even vaguely familiar with the subject would know that she is a pornographic actress. Thus "actress" is a suitable and concise disambiguator.  Dismas |(talk) 22:12, 25 March 2015 (UTC)


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Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:April O'Neil which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 20:29, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 28 April 2015

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Andrewa (talk) 15:26, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

April O'Neil (actress) → April O'Neil (pornographic actress) – or April O'Neil (porn star): as per WP:AT with respect, "The title indicates what the article is about and distinguishes it from other articles", per WP:Recognizability and WP:OFFICIAL, this is the way in which she professionally presents herself.
 * As per website searches:
 * site:heyitsapril.tumblr.com porn gets "About 132 results"
 * site:heyitsapril.tumblr.com actress OR actor OR acting gets "About 29 results".
 * looking at the specific page: http://heyitsapril.tumblr.com/about we read: "I’m a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan. (good), "I’m an even bigger Doctor Who Fan (better), "I perform in pornographic movies and pose naked for photos (fine), "I am bisexual (considerate), "I met Kylee Reese at a party and we talked about what it was like to be in porn. She told me I could start shooting scenes with only girls to see how I liked it. I gave it a try and absolutely loved it. (its what she does).
 * A Rolling Stone article describes (the lovely): "April O'Neil" "...a unique porn actress ... Lots of geeks fantasize about porn stars; O'Neil, however, may be one of the few triple-X performers they'd actually run into...". I've had enough but there's plenty more references to check. Her article is in Category:American female pornographic film actors with many other entries which either have or arguably should have similar disambiguations as those proposed. GregKaye 18:40, 28 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Support per sources. No source describes this bio as "an actress" "the actress April O'Neil". The move was in total disregard of normal WP:CRITERIA. The fact that (actor) is shorter than (pornographic actor) also would make (speed skater) (sport shooter) (landscape architect) and many other dabs invalid, but dabs don't have to be short they need to be recognizable and based on reliable sources not WP:OR. In ictu oculi (talk) 22:42, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Exactly. IMO, this area of Wikipedia, and no pun was intended, has gone fucking mad. Sure, its fine to present views on any interpreted ethical issue regarding some issue of representation and I would encourage this to happen.  However, in cases that I have seen, these lively vivacious people are more than willing and I would WP:CRYSTAL happy to describe themselves as pornstars.  It may always be possible that some Wikipedia editors may have more of an issue with pornography than the stars themselves.  I think that there an argument might be fairly presented that this is a contentious WP:LABEL which, if correct, would be fine.  I have been wrestling with similar issues at Hillary Rodham Clinton.  In this case it may be argued that the only reason that "Hillary Diane Rodham" presents herself as "Hillary Clinton" is because of the various political pressures of US prejudice and bias and, if there is evidence for this, then a case for an application of WP:IAR or some such might reasonably be made.
 * However, I personally think that moves to ".. (actress)" maybe counter productive as, at least by one argument, we may be subliminally saying that it is in some way colluding with the prejudice that it insulting to say that someone is a porn star.
 * WP:TITLECHANGES currently states: "In discussing the appropriate title of an article, remember that the choice of title is not dependent on whether a name is "right" in a moral or political sense." To me, this is a bit hard line especially when we consider that, for instance, various news groups have specialist staff dealing with ethics and maybe the extremity of this policy can be brought into question. None-the-less, we need to aim for encyclopedic titles that accurately describe their subjects.  Discussions like the previous RM have given, I think, scant regard to the identity, lifestyle and persona of the subject.  GregKaye 03:06, 29 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose, she's an actress. I don't think Wikipedia adds "Comedy actress", "Advertising actress", etc., in its listings for other actresses, all of whom act for money. As I've mentioned before about others in these discussions, these people are not filmed in public, or in a reality show setting. They have a script, a director, a lighting person, a makeup person, and then some. Full disclosure: I've never heard of her, or almost all of these type of professional actors, so maybe her acting isn't up to the standards of some critics. But as far as I know she's an actress with all the professional credit and hard work (no pun unintended) involved. (EDIT: I see that this was just decided and closed a month ago. She's hardly had time to change the sheets before her acting is under scrutiny again. Leave April alone - especially as we are about to enter May, some puns untended). Randy Kryn 11:20, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Randy Kryn You make an interesting proposition here and its something it would be great for anyone to research. There was no wiki content presented as Category:Comedy actresses so the first site I got to was http://www.listal.com/actors/comedy/all The first person listed was Brittany Furlan.  She is presented in Wikipedia as "an American comedian and internet personality based in Los Angeles,...
 * I'm not making any judgement on acting talent here. GregKaye 12:00, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Leave Brittany alone! (oh, wait, wrong Brittany. Sorry.) Randy Kryn 12:04, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Randy Kryn lol, I would guess that for a very great many people, should they be so very fortunate to have any such chance, they would find it very, very difficult to leave someone like a willing Brittany Andrews alone! Brittney describes herself as a "Playboy Model, Award Winning Indie Film Producer and Two Time Hall of Fame Adult SuperStar" if that is good enough for her then its good enough for me.  GregKaye 17:07, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * Oppose - per WP:NAMINGCRITERIA #5, Consistency, which states "The title is consistent with the pattern of similar articles' titles." Consensus overwhelmingly favors using (actress) over (pornographic actress). See the discussions at Talk:Aja (actress), Talk:Chloe (actress), Talk:Savannah (actress), Talk:Serenity (actress), and April O'Neil (above). Rebecca1990 (talk) 12:33, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * With these new listings maybe Wikipedia can put this issue to bed (pun recommended) Randy Kryn 12:58, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Unnecessary disambiguation. Unless there's another article for an actress with the same name, there's no need for additional disambiguation on articles for pornographic film actresses. Fortdj33 (talk) 12:57, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose. She is an actress, so "actress" is sufficient. Incidentally, I see accusations in all of these move requests that people are voting because they are "for" or "against" pornography. I have no doubt that every Wikipedia editor has an opinion, but I see a diversity of such opinions (and a diversity of creative accusations) on both sides of this general naming debate. 209.211.131.181 (talk) 14:37, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Albeit this is a stage name, but this article refers to a real person, not a fictional character, so care needs to be taken to respect the BLP issues involved. That said, this imposes a double standard. As has been mentioned before, we don't label or disambiguate articles for mainstream actors/actresses based on the predominance of roles they take on, why should this genre be any different? --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 15:48, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose: We just settled this -- like less than a month ago. This seems like WP:SHOPPING to me. If you didn't like the previous close, by all means take it to WP:Move review, but this is just silly. --Ahecht ([[User_talk:Ahecht|'''TALK
 * Comment Who, apart from the people at Wikipedia predominantly describe her as an actress? Who?  Where are they?  GregKaye 20:23, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, for starters, you did with the Rolling Stone article that calls her a porn actress. It's no different that Variety making a comment about a comedic actress or an action star. In this case O'Neill just happens to do porn, but she's still an actress. --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 10:10, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Scalhotrod please answer User:GregKaye's question: Who, apart from the people at Wikipedia predominantly describe her as "an actress"? "the actress April O'Neil" "April O'Neil the actress" without adding "porn" "adult" or "pornographic". Who?  Where are they? In ictu oculi (talk) 15:11, 1 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose, the issue was already extensively discussed, see Aja (actress), Serenity (actress), Savannah (actress), Chloe (actress). Speedy close because the current case was itself already discussed twice in the last weeks, see Requested move 24 March 2015 (closed 4 April) and Requested move 7 April 2015 (closed 21 April). Cavarrone  15:56, 1 May 2015 (UTC)


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(actress)/(pornographic actress) RfC
An RfC which may affect this article's title is currently taking place (Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pornography). Rebecca1990 (talk) 07:32, 11 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Now archived at . --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 21:45, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 October 2021
I want to unprotected this today please 2001:48F8:C:15CC:A81F:F638:95BF:382C (talk) 06:25, 20 October 2021 (UTC)


 * This article is protected because of your edits. We're not going out unprotect if for you. Meters (talk) 06:31, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Former?
Any source of her retiring? 73.198.195.253 (talk) 18:04, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't see any. Will revert. Morbidthoughts (talk) 21:41, 30 June 2022 (UTC)