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[[User:Ssteve|Ssteve]] ([[User talk:Ssteve|talk]]) 16:08, 26 January 2017 (EST) | [[User:Ssteve|Ssteve]] ([[User talk:Ssteve|talk]]) 16:08, 26 January 2017 (EST) | ||
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:: The '''FirstName LastName''' articles are usually the older person articles. Hans recommended the '''LastName, FirstName''' style and added several articles with that style. Wikipedia uses the former for another reference. I have no preference as to which should be used, but you are correct all the articles should be updated to a common style. [[User:Tjoneslo|Tjoneslo]] ([[User talk:Tjoneslo|talk]]) 21:04, 26 January 2017 (EST) | :: The '''FirstName LastName''' articles are usually the older person articles. Hans recommended the '''LastName, FirstName''' style and added several articles with that style. Wikipedia uses the former for another reference. I have no preference as to which should be used, but you are correct all the articles should be updated to a common style. [[User:Tjoneslo|Tjoneslo]] ([[User talk:Tjoneslo|talk]]) 21:04, 26 January 2017 (EST) | ||
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Well; the way I see it ''no preference as to which should be used'' leaves it open (maybe a little too wide) for me to "start" something. Seeing how I have structured the document for '''LastName,FirstName''', that is how things will get posted; see the good [[Krenstein, Theodore|Dr. Theodore Krenstein]] as an example. | Well; the way I see it ''no preference as to which should be used'' leaves it open (maybe a little too wide) for me to "start" something. Seeing how I have structured the document for '''LastName,FirstName''', that is how things will get posted; see the good [[Krenstein, Theodore|Dr. Theodore Krenstein]] as an example. | ||
[[User:Ssteve|Ssteve]] ([[User talk:Ssteve|talk]]) 12:02, 28 January 2017 (EST) | [[User:Ssteve|Ssteve]] ([[User talk:Ssteve|talk]]) 12:02, 28 January 2017 (EST) | ||
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+ | : I prefer first then last in an entry name, but alphabetized the opposite. | ||
+ | : As a writer of exposition, we rarely use (last, first). When in a sentence or paragraph, we will most often find (first, last). | ||
+ | : - [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] ([[User talk:Maksim-Smelchak|talk]]) 12:19, 28 January 2017 (EST) |
Revision as of 13:19, 28 January 2017
Forums: Index > Watercooler > People/Personage Names
I am in the process of pulling data out of Stellar Reaches for the various NPCs to start to flesh out Category:People... and I noted that most( 75%+?) appear to be listed as FirstName LastName. Should we consider changes needed to get the wiki show those pages as LastName, FirstName.
I just noticed that Category:Authors has a similar issue.
Ssteve (talk) 16:08, 26 January 2017 (EST)
- The FirstName LastName articles are usually the older person articles. Hans recommended the LastName, FirstName style and added several articles with that style. Wikipedia uses the former for another reference. I have no preference as to which should be used, but you are correct all the articles should be updated to a common style. Tjoneslo (talk) 21:04, 26 January 2017 (EST)
Well; the way I see it no preference as to which should be used leaves it open (maybe a little too wide) for me to "start" something. Seeing how I have structured the document for LastName,FirstName, that is how things will get posted; see the good Dr. Theodore Krenstein as an example.
Ssteve (talk) 12:02, 28 January 2017 (EST)
- I prefer first then last in an entry name, but alphabetized the opposite.
- As a writer of exposition, we rarely use (last, first). When in a sentence or paragraph, we will most often find (first, last).
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 12:19, 28 January 2017 (EST)