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:::Absolutely. Royalty is a special case. I don't think that Queen Margrethe has a last name in the technical sense (just a House). (Unlike the Imperial emperors who do have family names BTW.) Nobility is a complicated case. Some nobles are known by their first names and their titles, some are known by their title alone. Very few are known by their last name. But for indexing purposes I still think that grouping family members together is the way to go. [[User:Rancke|Rancke]] 16:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC) | :::Absolutely. Royalty is a special case. I don't think that Queen Margrethe has a last name in the technical sense (just a House). (Unlike the Imperial emperors who do have family names BTW.) Nobility is a complicated case. Some nobles are known by their first names and their titles, some are known by their title alone. Very few are known by their last name. But for indexing purposes I still think that grouping family members together is the way to go. [[User:Rancke|Rancke]] 16:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| + | ::::Regardless of the article name, one can still index the article by last name. Look at the people category [[:Category:People]] and you see Strephon is located under the A's [[User:Dcorrin|Dcorrin]] 17:52, 1 May 2007 (UTC) | ||
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Alien Races 5?
In your edits to Minor Race, you reference a book: Alien Races 5. Is this GURPS Traveller: Humaniti, or is there another Alien Races book I'm not aware of. Tjoneslo 19:51, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, it's _Humaniti_. I'll change the references.
BTW, I want to put the taxonomic terms in italics, but I don't know how to do that. Can anyone tell me? Short of browsing through the articles until I find one with something in italics (which is how I found out how to put things in boldface), I can't find any page that provides that sort of information.
Use two 's for example. See also Help Introduction on the wika page. It contains a quick guide to formatting and editing. Use 4 ~ to sign your posts. Tjoneslo 14:20, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Article Naming style for People names
Can you tell me why name articles are (or should be) titled "Last name, First name" rather than "First name Last name"? For example, Dulinor Astrin Ilethian vs. Ilethian, Dulinor Astrin. I used the former because it followed the Wikipedia naming style. Tjoneslo 03:57, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
- I was unaware that this was the Wikipedia naming style, and I wonder why it is. The advantage of indexing people by family name seems obvious to me: It groups people of the same family together. Though to be perfectly honest, I guess I'm more affected by the fact that this is the way we tend to do it in our society. At least Danish phone books and similar listings all list people by familiy name, personal name. Are American and British phone books organized the other way round? Rancke 14:07, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
- First Name Last Name was used with the first entries as they were Nobles, who tend to be known by their first name, e.g. Prince Charles, Queen Margrethe, etc. So people would look for Strephon not under the A's ... Dcorrin 16:52, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
- Absolutely. Royalty is a special case. I don't think that Queen Margrethe has a last name in the technical sense (just a House). (Unlike the Imperial emperors who do have family names BTW.) Nobility is a complicated case. Some nobles are known by their first names and their titles, some are known by their title alone. Very few are known by their last name. But for indexing purposes I still think that grouping family members together is the way to go. Rancke 16:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
- Regardless of the article name, one can still index the article by last name. Look at the people category Category:People and you see Strephon is located under the A's Dcorrin 17:52, 1 May 2007 (UTC)