[trickyager]

This is a false equivalence. We as a society generally accept that people can change their name, and as a matter of common decency take steps to use that name in the future.

This has nothing to do with how encyclopedias present fringe scientific ideas.

[immibis]

The policy the GP is talking about is not the policy of referring to people by their current name, but rather, then policy that former names should never be mentioned unless the person was notable under that name, which seems a bit excessive.

[trickyager]

Can you please explain how this could be excessive, or provide a wiki page that shows an excessive or confusing change?