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This is in keeping with their gender identity guidelines.

> Former, pre-transition names may only be included if the person was notable while using the name; outside of the main biographical article, such names should only appear once, in a footnote or parentheses.

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> if the person was notable while using the name

ACS was a notable project and her involvement in it, pre-transition, was notable.

I guess the point is that she, herself, was not notable at that point, since her work was not widely and publicly known. Otherwise we'd already know her pre-transition name.

A notable project where her work was confidential.

Her deadname did not have achievements publicly associated with it in the way wikipedia requires.

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