Board Thread:Articles Discussion/@comment-177.192.149.222-20121222212834/@comment-4010045-20121222223048

I was the one who wrote the Page, ecc, ecc page long time ago... I don't know why did I put the last comma... I probably created the page from a previously existing red link who was bearing the extra comma and it sticked there. I approve its removal.

Speaking about the other names: Japanese language lacks an effective transcription of the Latin alphabet. Yes, there is romaji, but if we were to strictly follow the romaji rules we would have to name the characters "Josefu", "Diaboro", "Fanni Barentain", "Reddo Hotto Chiri Peppa" and so on. This is how I believe we should handle things:

For characters who are obviously named after a Band or an artist we should stick to that reference. That means Cars should be named Cars instead of Karz or Kaaz and Staits should be named Straits instead of Straights or Straizo. Of course we can list any possible alternative in the article, like it's already done on Cars' page. I do understand Metallickaiser's critic that Straits' katakana name is streittso and not streittsu as shown on this page. However, we would have to apply the same logic to Wham, whose name is actually Wamuu in the japanese version. Indeed, Streitzo and Wamoo are the characters' official italian names.

Joseph and Josef are written exactly the same in Katakana. In this case I'd go with Joseph which seems to be universally accepted as the character's name. The Josef name is worth a mention. I actually believe that Gyro had a similar problem, having his name mispelled somewhere somehow on one occurence, but as I said, I'd stick to Gyro. By the way, he's called J.Lo in Italian. Long story...

Part 5 characters should be named after the correspondent Italian name, meaning Cioccolatta should actually be spelled Cioccolata. I'm also kinda sure that Cante and Sorbe's real names are Gelato and Sorbetto. How are they named in the japanese scans? I also noticed that Pericolo was named Belcaro for a while... though I'm sure his real name is Pericolo because I've heard it in Part 5 game (Pericoro).

Mine are suggestions opened to critic: I'd like to hear your opinion.