Board Thread:Policies/@comment-10473115-20160220115220/@comment-2054358-20160403220114

Birth names can only be changed by retcons or revelations that their current name is an alias. Well known names are more opinion based. People could argue that codenames like Spider-Man would be better known while others could identify Spidey more as Peter Parker. And from what I've read from the admin thread, well-known names would be judged every three years after they change their codename or real name. So, well known names are confusing because its opinions. Birth names, being the names on their birth certificate or the first real name they've ever been refered to in their life (other than generic names before they got a name like "Baby Spalding" for Hope Summers, or names of the clones' templates like how Ben Reilly was originally "Peter Parker" before getting his own name). And due to the controversy of The Wizard's name, we should prefer birth names over legally changed names so "Frank Castle (Earth-616)" should be "Francis Castilione (Earth-616)".