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:...Though now that it's been changed, I'm wondering why we do it at all. Isn't using given-name-first for East Asian names generally the standard, even in English-language text? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 10:01, 16 February 2016 (EST)
:...Though now that it's been changed, I'm wondering why we do it at all. Isn't using given-name-first for East Asian names generally the standard, even in English-language text? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 10:01, 16 February 2016 (EST)
::...What are you asking? Her page has been renamed to Western order. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 11:02, 16 February 2016 (EST)
::...What are you asking? Her page has been renamed to Western order. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 11:02, 16 February 2016 (EST)
:::My question is ''why'' do we change names to Western order, when most English uses of Japanese names that I've seen retain the Japanese order? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 11:07, 16 February 2016 (EST)
Is C-Tach also a sort of reference to her own name? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 17:18, 5 December 2015 (EST)
Is C-Tach also a sort of reference to her own name? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 17:18, 5 December 2015 (EST)

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Is she based off the Diaclone pilot for the toy that became Sunstreaker? Escargon (talk) 15:16, 6 March 2014 (EST)

Yeah, Monzo noticed that a while back, though I don't remember where he posted about it (the AllSpark thread maybe) --abates (talk) 18:32, 7 March 2014 (EST)

Shouldn't this be at Chifumi Takahashi, per Shuta Go, etc? --Riptide (talk) 05:07, 4 November 2015 (EST)

...Though now that it's been changed, I'm wondering why we do it at all. Isn't using given-name-first for East Asian names generally the standard, even in English-language text? --Riptide (talk) 10:01, 16 February 2016 (EST)
...What are you asking? Her page has been renamed to Western order. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 11:02, 16 February 2016 (EST)
My question is why do we change names to Western order, when most English uses of Japanese names that I've seen retain the Japanese order? --Riptide (talk) 11:07, 16 February 2016 (EST)

Is C-Tach also a sort of reference to her own name? --Khajidha (talk) 17:18, 5 December 2015 (EST)