"Idaho" Lewis//Croft

For this specific example there is documentation that Lewis is his 1st name. But I'm more interested in the bigger picture and looking at the general way we handle thiese. IMO quotation marks around a name should automatically qualify it as a nickname.

I should also add that this particular example is an uncredited actor in The Wizard of OZ. But again, I don't want to get bogged down with this single case but to look at the general principal.

By the rules it should be L/"I"/C.

From the first post in this thread;
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Quoting: The rules

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If an actor's credited name includes a nickname, highlighted by ", ’ or ( ), list it in the middle name field. For example John  "JS" Smith, John  ‘JS’ Smith or  John (JS) Smith

I don't see how it could be any clearer.

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Quoting Gadgeteer:

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Quoting: The rules

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If an actor's credited name includes a nickname, highlighted by ", ’ or ( ), list it in the middle name field. For example John  "JS" Smith, John  ‘JS’ Smith or  John (JS) Smith

I can only presume that the above was intended for when the nickname appears in the middle of the name.

What if the nickname is at the beginning:
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"Idaho" Lewis Croft

Surely we're meant to input as "Idaho" Lewis//Croft and not what the rules imply:  Lewis/"Idaho"/Croft

What do you reckon?

A nickname doesn't have any specific "position" as such.  It's a name used instead of your regular name.  The rule says where to put nicknames.  Why do we constantly have to redo something that has been working fine for a long time?

Leave well enough alone and follow the rule.

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What if there is a middle name as-well?
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"Idaho" Lewis John Croft

If we are to follow the rule (which is probably the right option unless it changes),and place the nickname in the middle name field, should the nickname be before or after the proper middle name?

I would go with before the middle name. And don't ask me why, because it's my common sense who tells me this 

If you put the names in a different order then it's not "as credited"

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If you put the names in a different order then it's not "as credited"

You could always use the 'As Credited' field

I'm arguing for you, not against you! 

Follow the Rules and you are consistent, Stuart.

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