Name suffixes

@Bethanny​

Just to clarify or add some background, the policy has always been not to add them in attributes as well, which is why you almost never see them on the site. In the past, they wouldn't even have been accepted, and when someone would ask about their submission on the older proprietary help board, the above guide would be pointed out to them. One of the reasons for this is that there are often several variations of the same credit. So for example, instead of having a page for a John Doe and listing the guilds as trivia items, the page would have John Doe C.A.S., John Doe c.a.s., John Doe cas, John Doe CAS, John Doe MPSE, John Doe M.P.S.E., John Doe C.A.S. M.P.S.E., John Doe CAS MPSE, etc. as alternate names in addition to all of the inevitable typos: John Doe C.A.S, John Doe MPS, John Doe C.S.A., etc. This was basically junking up the name pages when none of these are really alternate names to begin with. This is not really of interest to the casual user, so it's my understanding that this is why they were historically not accepted and contributors were not encouraged to add them. If the policy is changed, then basically every cinematographer, sound person, casting director, etc. are going to have these types of alternate names listed.

@Michelle​

Thanks, but can you point out the guide and the policy to the contributors in the initial post, because they don't seem to understand. Part of the problem is that people will add these types of credits when someone is already listed, and then the duplicates have to be deleted.

For example:

231113-213120-484000

221018-074558-691000

221018-074527-369000

221101-083613-859000

@ind3​ Hi!

Steps were taken to avoid this.

Cheers!