Board Thread:Policies/@comment-867021-20121204173530/@comment-1895174-20130113072649

Nausiated wrote: I would suggest changing the page name to Max Eisdenhardt (Earth-912131) but keep the "Real Name" field as Erik Lehnsherr. Then in the Notes section identify that Max Eisenhardt is the mainstream Magneto's name, but in the cartoon he was never named as such as the cartoon ended in the 90s and the Eisenhardt name was first used in 2008 to clarify things for readers. I would have to disagree on that point, just because that could be messier. Consider the following: For a character who is nameless, like Janos Quested (Earth-10005), I could understand it. Same goes for a character only identified by an alias and there's only one realistic option for who that character's an adaptation of, like Mortimer Toynbee (Earth-10005). But for a character who has a clearly defined name in their own universe, it seems like more of a problem. Furthermore, this also seems like it's asking for a complete overhaul of the current naming conventions, which is predicated on naming a character's page with something as close to the character's real name as possible.
 * Erik Lehnsherr (Earth-10005), who cannot be named "Max Eisenhardt"
 * Dr. Shaw (Earth-10005) and Sebastian Shaw (Earth-10005), and Emma (Earth-10005) and Emma Frost (Earth-10005), which are two versions of the same character within the same universe
 * Jackson Brice (Earth-26496), who is an adaptation two Earth-616 characters (Jackson Brice (Earth-616) and Herman Schultz (Earth-616))
 * Frederick Foswell (Earth-26496), who shares nothing in common with his Earth-616 namesake
 * Ivan Vanko (Earth-199999), who is an adaptation of at least two Earth-616 characters (Crimson Dynamo and Whiplash), yet it is unclear which version of either Earth-616 character (this example in particular made worse by the two most obvious choices, Anton Vanko and Mark Scarlotti, already existing in this reality)
 * Anton Vanko (Whiplash) (Earth-616), who is an Earth-616 adaptation of a character from other media (Ivan Vanko (Earth-199999))

That being said, I'm still wondering about maiden names and diminutives. Again, consider these examples:
 * Should all versions of Aunt May assume her maiden name is "Reilly"?
 * Should all versions of Harry Osborn assume his legal name is "Harold Osborn"? Remember that the name "Harry" is not always a diminutive form of "Harold".  Note that many adaptations of Pyro drop the "St." from "St. John Allerdyce".