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This leaves "Tristan Scott Wolf," as my character name. We probably don't need to use the "Scott" part, because most people don't know that's my character's middle name. So we're down to "Tristan Wolf." But do we do it forward, or backward?  
This leaves "Tristan Scott Wolf," as my character name. We probably don't need to use the "Scott" part, because most people don't know that's my character's middle name. So we're down to "Tristan Wolf." But do we do it forward, or backward?  


Putting the last name first is usually the best, like so: "Wolf, Tristan." Here's why: because we're using ranks normally in SIM, most people are known as something like "FltAdml. Wolf." Last names are slightly more common in SIM than first names, so people will likely look for the last name first. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule, but we simply deal with those on a case-by-case basis.
As such, the general guideline is:
 
* Generally, you would title it First Name Last Name like '''Tristan Wolf'''
'''However''', if your character is more commonly known by their "first" name, then we need to change this a little. For example, the staff member "Hollis Caley" is called "Hollis" because he is a Bajoran. So his character page would be called "Hollis Caley."
* If say, your character is a Bajoran, such as Kira Neyrs, even though Kira is the last name, you would title it '''Kira Neyrs'''. The same goes for any culture where last name first name is written. (Such as '''Ishikawa Keiko''')
** Of note, you should probably not include middle names. It is exceeding unlikely they will be commonly referred by it.
* For characters that have more specificity about them, you would add it in parenthesis
** Mirror universe characters get '''(mirror)'''
** Alternate universe characters get '''(alternate)'''
** Clones get '''(clone x)''', where x is the number. Try to resist putting descriptors there - for example, if you have Tristan Wolf (good clone), and the clone becomes evil, that name may become confusing!
** Double characters (such as Bynar) should get something like '''11001010 (01010111)''' to indicate they are a double character.


==Lowercase second and subsequent words==
==Lowercase second and subsequent words==
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