Board Thread:New on Sword Art Online Wiki/@comment-6697950-20160923215136

Due to the results of a recent community vote, we have decided to change our standard for naming character articles. From now on, any article for a player with a known real name should be named using the real name, rather than their in-game names (redirects are still made for the nicknames, so you'll still find the article on the wiki by searching for the names you know better). If anyone finds an article still needing renaming, please report it to the admins.

Also, due to this change, we had an impromptu decision on a standardised format for the leading paragraphs (at least for players). The format is:


 * The page title should be repeated in bold, with the Japanese equivalent of the name.
 * If a real name is known, all avatar names should be listed after the real name in the format "known as [in-game name 1] in [game 1], [in-game name 2] in [game 2]" and so on, with all games accompanied by their official abbreviations. (e.g. Shinkawa Shouichi (新川 昌一, Shinkawa Shōichi), known as XaXa in Sword Art Online (SAO) and Sterben in Gun Gale Online (GGO),)
 * The remainder of the first sentence should mention which arcs the character is important/relevant/present in and their importance in the arc (e.g. main character, supporting character, antagonist, minor antagonist etc.)
 * The remainder of the leading paragraph should briefly describe each player's role in each arc. Facts like the race they chose, the guilds they participated in, their occupation in the game, nicknames earned and so on. Any general information like that, without going into details.
 * The transition between arcs/games should be indicated with some sort of phrase that indicates the time and/or why the transition occurred.

Examples of the new format:
 * Kirigaya Kazuto
 * Kanamoto Atsushi
 * Andrew Gilbert Mills

Editors are requested to help spread this new format to other articles as well. Thank you for your assistance.  