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| In articles about people, literary and artistic works, scientific principles and concepts, and other subjects, the title can be followed in the first line by one or two alternative names in [[parentheses]]. The following are examples of names that may be included parenthetically, although inclusion should reflect [[WP:CONSENSUS|consensus]]. The [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)|guideline for place names]] differs in this regard. | | In articles about people, scientific principles and concepts, and other subjects, the title can be followed in the first line by one or two alternative names in [[Wikipedia:Parentheses|parentheses]]. The following are examples of names that may be included parenthetically. |
| *[[Archaism|Archaic names]], including names used before the [[English orthography#History of the English spelling system|standardization of English orthography]] should be clearly marked as such, i.e., ([[archaism|archaic:]] name).
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| *''Relevant'' foreign-language names, such as in an article on a person who does not themselves write their name in English, are encouraged. Separate languages should be divided by [[semicolon]]s, and [[romanization]]s of non-Latin scripts by [[comma]]s.
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| The name of a person is presented in full if known, including any given names that are not included in the article's title or are abbreviated there. For example, the article on [[Calvin Coolidge]] gives his name as '''John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.''' If a person is commonly known by a [[nickname]] that is not a common [[hypocorism]] (diminutive) of their name,<ref name=CommHypo>As a guide to what is a "common" hypocorism, consider consulting the [[Hypocorism#English]] subsections "Shortening, often to the first syllable" and "Addition of a diminutive suffix..."; consider treating names listed in the in "A short form that differs significantly from the name" subsection as non-hypocoristic nicknames, depending on the particular case (a few short forms that differ significantly from the name are well known common hypocorisms, such as "Bob" for "Robert", but most are not). Consider assuming that most non-English hypocorisms are not familiar to readers of this English Wikipedia, even if well known in their native culture.</ref> used in lieu of a given name, it is presented between quote marks following the last given name or initial, as for [[Bunny Berigan]], which has '''Roland Bernard '''"'''Bunny'''"''' Berigan'''. The quotation marks are not put in bold. If a person has a well-known common [[hypocorism]], used in lieu of a given name,<ref name=CommHypo/> it is ''not'' presented between quote marks following the last given name or initial, as for [[Tom Hopper]] which has just '''Thomas Edward Hopper'''. Also acceptable are formulations like "'''Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi''', better known as '''Sandro Botticelli'''", when applicable.
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| Consider footnoting foreign-language and archaic names if they would otherwise clutter the opening sentence.
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