Narutopedia:Naruto Naming Policy

This Policy outlines how to use Naruto names on the Narutopedia, and the reasoning behind the outlines.

Terms Used

 * Western Order: Using the Given-name then the Surname.
 * Eastern Order: Using the Surname then the Given Name.
 * Western Listing Order: Using the Surname then the Given Name after a comma.
 * English name: The name as translated into English and normally used on English Television (e.g. Might Guy or Choji Akimichi).
 * Japanese name: The name in original Japanese (e.g. マイト・ガイ or 秋道チョウジ).
 * Romanized: The name in original romanized Japanese (e.g. Maito Gai, or Akimichi Chōji)
 * Extended Romanized: The name in original romanized Japanese with symbols extended into their alphabetical forms (e.g. Maito Gai, or Akimichi Chouji)
 * Short Romanized: The name in original romanized Japanese with symbols converted into the alphabetical character which looks similar to the symbol (e.g. Maito Gai, or Akimichi Choji)

Outline

 * Names in articles should be in Western Order
 * An article's title should be the character's name in Western Order
 * The first occurrence of a character's name on their own article should use the template to list out the character's English, Japanese, and Romanized.
 * Redirects should be created for the Japanese, Romanized, Extended Romanized, Short Romanized, and the various nicknames of the character.

For using Western Names

 * The Narutopedia is a western English encyclopedia.
 * An encyclopedia is about it's readers, not it's editors.
 * It makes us compatible with the Wikia Anime Project (The project we are part of)
 * It makes us compatible with Wikipedia and the Wikipedia Anime and Manga Project (A good source of potential editors)

Against using Eastern Names

 * It confuses the majority of our readers.
 * It puts Japanese text into an English article.

For using names from Dubs

 * The majority of readers will be more familiar with the dub.

Against using text from Fansubs

 * Fansubs don't translate the full text from Japanese into English, they only do part of it.
 * Fansubs don't use trained translators.
 * Fansubs don't have access to the actual script of the anime so they don't know the actual Japanese text.