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::I do not agree. Nobody is going to type in "Melvin Harris" every time they want to find some info on him. Big Smoke is what he is referred to in the game, even though we find out what his real name is. | ::I do not agree. Nobody is going to type in "Melvin Harris" every time they want to find some info on him. Big Smoke is what he is referred to in the game, even though we find out what his real name is. | ||
::I believe that people should go by what they are best known as, so all the above pages would be "Big Smoke", "Sweet", "OG Loc" and "Colonel Cortez". For example, [[Kent Paul]] is really called "Paul something", but should be be listed as that? If we found out [[Auntie Poulet]]'s first name, would we put her on "Dorothy Poulet"? Ken is short for Kenneth, but should we have him on "Kenneth Rosenberg"? Obviously not, because we know the person almost exclusively by their nickname. | ::I believe that people should go by what they are best known as, so all the above pages would be "Big Smoke", "Sweet", "OG Loc" and "Colonel Cortez". For example, [[Kent Paul]] is really called "Paul something", but should be be listed as that? If we found out [[Auntie Poulet]]'s first name, would we put her on "Dorothy Poulet"? Ken is short for Kenneth, but should we have him on "Kenneth Rosenberg"? Obviously not, because we know the person almost exclusively by their nickname. | ||
::This debate could go on. And it should. The GTASA PC manual says: Sean "Sweet" Johnson as well as Jizzy B and Maccer and Kent Paul (also note it says [[Officer Tenpenny]] instead of Frank). Those are probably the names we should use. However, I don't think [[Sean "Sweet" Johnson]] is a good article name - it should be one or the other, not both. So we need to make a decision, and write some specific [[Policy]] so that we achieve consistency. | ::This debate could go on. And it should. The GTASA PC manual says: Sean "Sweet" Johnson as well as Jizzy B and Maccer and Kent Paul (also note it says [[Officer Tenpenny]] instead of Frank). Those are probably the names we should use. However, I don't think [[Sweet|Sean "Sweet" Johnson]] is a good article name - it should be one or the other, not both. So we need to make a decision, and write some specific [[Policy]] so that we achieve consistency. | ||
::Either '''All characters should be titled by their full name wherever possible'''; or | ::Either '''All characters should be titled by their full name wherever possible'''; or | ||
::'''Characters should be titled by what they are best known as, even when a relatively-unknown full-name alternative is available'''. | ::'''Characters should be titled by what they are best known as, even when a relatively-unknown full-name alternative is available'''. | ||