Board Thread:Policies/@comment-16461120-20170104212625/@comment-26066818-20170213144050

I don't think establishing a policy that superhero names (Mister Fantastic) and generic honorifics (Mr. Jones) should be presented differently is a good idea. It's not an intuitive concept, nor is there a good and obvious way we can present this information to contributors so we can presume they'll know the rule.

I think the traditional male and female honorifics deserve different treatment because, well, they ARE treated differently. Although I haven't done research for actual numbers or stats, I intuitively feel as if Mister is used interchangeably with Mr. for superhero names: Mister Sinister, Mr. Miracle, Mister Fantastic, etc, just as Dr. Doom and Doctor Strange are. Whereas the specific presentation of the female honorific is often a pointed decision, as with the use of Miss, Ms. and Mrs.

So whether we decide "Mr." or "Mister" is the better presentation of male honorifics, it shouldn't impose the same long-form or short-form decision on the female honorifics. Those should remain in the short-form regardless, because the intended distinction between them was established using the short-form, so that is how they should be conveyed.