Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-7302713-20130510215247/@comment-7302713-20130512182226

In regards to William Shakespeare, it wouldn't matter if he was called Will 99% of the time. He's a real person and as such, we refer to him by his last name in his biography.

The question is a style question and I think having a consistent style is important. And let me clarify this for a second. Ian Chesterton is called Ian Chesterton in his biography. But after that we use a lot of "he" and "Ian". So both names are there, and they are always going to be there. The question is between "Ian's hero was Sir Francis Drake" and "Chesterton's hero was Sir Francis Drake". The second format may be used more rarely on this site, but it is the proper format for a biography.

This is only an issue for characters who have both a first name and a last name. And it's only an issue for in-universe biographies. Episode, prose and comic articles should all use whatever name is most prominent and I believe they already do.