Board Thread:Editor Board/@comment-6697950-20131022183144

Long version At the moment, the wiki does not really have a standard for how we name the articles for characters. SAO player articles are usually (but not all; e.g. Shinkawa Shoichi) named after the in-game names of the characters, while characters from other arcs are usually named after the character's real name, if it is known.

The reason why we have such a double standard is, apparently, because the names for the articles were chosen based on which of the names were more often used. But even here we don't have a consistency, e.g. Recon's page is called "Nagata Shinichi", Sieunee's page is named "An Si-eun".

Thus, I have talked with Dim on chat and, because we could not decide on a compromise, we have decided to leave the decision to the community. All editors are encouraged to express their opinion on this topic, while wiki visitors who are not editors will be able to share their opinion via a poll on the main page (as they do not see forum highlights).

The current choices are:


 * 1) Name the pages based on the character's real life name, if known. Else, leave it as an in-game name.
 * 2) Name all the pages based on the character's in-game name, if the character is a player. Else, leave it as a real name.
 * 3) Use the name that is most commonly used.

If you have any other methods in mind, feel free to mention them on this topic.

Me and Dim have listed several pros and cons of each method below to help everyone have an idea what problems and advantages each one has. If you have noticed any other pros/cons, feel free to bring them up.

Tally: Real names: Gsimenas

In-game names: MyProjectAlicization

Most popular: Dim1, C933103, Don'tHateOnFate  