Talk:Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

Is MJ Her Real Name?
I'm here to ask whether MJ is an abbreviation or is it her full name. If I'm wrong... Well, I've never heard such a name before.Yanjipy (talk) 22:27, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * MJ is certainly the name used in reliable sources. I don't think questioning her name in the way you are doing is helpful in an article talk page meant to be based on RS and not speculations about personal details. Rab V (talk) 08:28, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
 * According to the first source cited by the article, MJ was born [deadname removed]- Kingsif (talk) 15:48, 16 August 2021 (UTC) . JudahH (talk) 18:22, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Her deadname is clearly irrelevant in answering the question, not to mention a violation of the policy about deadnaming. Though the initial question does not seem to be in good faith (If I'm wrong... Well, I've never heard such a name, despite it literally being shared with a popular comic character, and the general inference that the asker believed "MJ" to be initials of a deadname they felt should be used instead), and is FORUM, to answer: at the time of asking it was her "full name", as far as sources knew, and she has since added that it is an abbreviation of Michaela Jae. Kingsif (talk) 15:48, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Mj is no longer the name Michaela Jaé uses professionally
The previous discussion about her name says the topic is closed, but circumstances have changed since that discussion. She now goes by Michaela Jaé Rodriguez. The article title should be changed to reflect this. https://www.refinery29.com/en-au/2021/09/10687378/mj-rodriguez-michaela-jae-name https://twitter.com/mjrodriguez7?s=21

Gaeilgegachla (talk) 22:23, 22 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Mj Rodriguez is the name she is most commonly known as to this point in time. When it becomes more common for her to use some other name, then the article name should be changed to reflect that. See WP:COMMONNAME for how articles are titled. Name attribute in infobox reflects article name. Currently the article in the intro section does state that she prefers to use a short form of her legal name for new credits. Geraldo Perez (talk) 05:44, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Ok but this response seems a bit insensitive to the self determination and name autonomy of Michaela Jaé as a trans woman. She has made the name she now wishes to be known by clear and I encourage you to listen to her and reconsider. Gaeilgegachla (talk) 07:53, 26 January 2022 (UTC)


 * If you wish to change the article name see WP:RSPM and follow the instructions there to start the move discussion. Geraldo Perez (talk) 17:01, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

WP:NAMECHANGES is the relevant guideline here, and reliable sources after the announcement indeed refer to her using the longer name:. Some use the previous name in the headlines and spell it out in the body, presumably for recognizability, but they seem fewer in recent days (which makes sense). Some others use the previous name exclusively but they are few and far between (and note the transition to the new name by The Independent and PopSugar). "Michaela Jaé Rodriguez" is clearly the common name post–name change. Nardog (talk) 01:09, 22 February 2022 (UTC)