Guidelines for writing people's names in Scrapbox

• Policies on /blu3mo
• For people with Twitter or other SNS IDs: Use their IDs.
  • For example: drinami, ochyai
• For people without SNS IDs (such as historical figures):
  • Use the original spelling of their names.
  • Examples: 徳川家康
  • For people from alphabetic languages like Husserl, Derrida, Mark Weiser, use their names in the respective alphabets.
    • Reason for using alphabets:
      • Avoids spelling variations.
        • Common with Katakana.
      • Helps remember the original spellings.
        • It’s difficult to guess if you don’t know that Husserl is spelled as “フッサール” or Descartes as “デカルト”.
        • Understandable (takker)(takker).
        • It’s also common to forget the spelling and not be able to link properly.
          • If you have alternative spellings in Katakana, it’s reassuring to use them in [/villagepump/alternative spellings](https://scrapbox.io/villagepump/alternative spellings).
  • Choose whether to use just the name or the full name based on what feels more natural.
  • Ultimately, what matters is being able to link when you want to, so it’s best to follow your own natural style.
• It might be better to write Japanese names in English.
  • This makes it easier to search based on pronunciation using fuzzy search.