Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26066818-20151217205130/@comment-1713281-20151227005000

The reason no discussion is ever generated is outlined above by the many exceptions and quirks outside of our standardized conventions. It's been an issue that I remember being brought up even before I became an admin, but nothing ever really changed, because it was safest (or easiest) to simply use the general guidelines we have in place for now.

The two biggest issues for me are alternates using names we're questionable about (Sandman, Hulk, Magneto, Wolverine), and where we draw the line on what is canon and what is not (The Wizard's name change being the biggest one, the Hulk's middle name).

Otherwise, I tend to agree that legal name and birth name are issues we need to re-think.