Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-61022-20161026191028/@comment-3048593-20171202062813

Quick question regarding characters who are juniors or the third/fourth/fifth/nth as part of their names.

Is it necessary to specify it in their name as part of their character page, even if there is no other character page who has that name in that universe?

Main example that made wonder this: In Marvel's The Punisher, they introduce the MCU version of William Rawlins. Unlike the version that the character he's originally based on, William Rawlins (Earth-200111), this version's full name is specified as being William J. Rawlins III.

While the "J" obviously doesn't need to be part of the page name, should the "III" be part of it by default, even if no other William Rawlins has been introduced in that universe, therefore it not being necessary for distinction?

The most well known example of that type of character is Angel, Warren Worthington III (Earth-616). But in the main Marvel Universe, both his father and grandfather, who has the name Warren Worthington, has been introduced, so the "III" in Angel's name seems necessary for the sake of distinction.