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« on: July 17, 2007, 02:20:55 AM »
Okay, this question has sort of been eating at me for a while. There's tons of inconsistencies not only between each different category when it comes to Death Note fanlistings, but even in the individual categories! So I figured that, rather than posting about it in each category, I'd make a general post here.
Death Note's kind of a complicated series, what with the multiple aliases and romanized vs english spelling of things, and there's a lot of inconsistencies regarding that. Take the following three cases for example:
Real name - Main Alias - Romanized Main Alias - Other Aliases - How they are listed in the Characters category
Lawliet, L - L - Eru - Ryuuzaki, Ryuga Hideki - L
Keehl, Mihael - Mello - Mero - M - Keehl, Mihael/Mero (Mello)
River, Nate - Near - Nia - N - River, Nate/Nia (Near)
Yagami Light - Yagami Light - Yagami Raito - L, 2nd L, Kira - Yagami Raito (Light)
Jeevas, Mail - Matt - Matto - n/a - Matt
How would those be listed? They're all so different and there are so many versions. Right now, some categories list Near as River, Nate / Nia (Near) while also listing L as just L, and Yagami Light as Yagami Raito (Light). It seems like other aliases aren't the problem, but listing their full names, main aliases and romanized main aliases is scattered. Also, when it comes to relationships and rivalries, there are infinite combinations of those four types of names.
Another issue is with the order of aliases and real names. For example:
Real name - Main Alias
Bullook, Halle - Lidner, Halle
River, Nate - Near
That's how they're set up, but when they're listed, Halle's alias comes before her real name, whereas Near's real name comes before his alias.
Not only all of that, but there's an issue with spoilers. It can be argued that listing Mello and Near's real names are sort of spoilers to those who haven't seen past Episode 29, or even just causing confusion because they're never addressed as such and those names are only mentioned very briefly.
Anyways, I thought I'd bring this issue up cause it's been eating away at me a bit. I'm not sure how any of the staff want to sync it with other series, but it seems like some order is needed when it comes to listing them. I hope this made sense! It's late, but I think all my facts are straight ^__^;; If this should be moved to Senior Staff or some other forum, I apologize, but this seemed like a logical place to put it. Thanks in advance! I'd be more than happy to help if needed.
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