If a actors names has two initials are they always entered A/B/Surname or can they be AB//Surname i have quite a few in my cast list entered both ways. Here's a small list of them.
E.G. Marshall
E.E. Clive
E.V.H. Emmett
G.D. Spradlin
J.R. Bourne
J.G.Devlin
L.J. King
M.C. Gainey
O.J. Simpson
S.D. Nemeth
I have been going through my profiles correcting them from AB//Surname to A/B/Surname when i suddenly thought should then definitely be that way.

Quoting ninehours:

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If a actors names has two initials are they always entered A/B/Surname or can they be AB//Surname i have quite a few in my cast list entered both ways. Here's a small list of them.
E.G. Marshall
E.E. Clive
E.V.H. Emmett
G.D. Spradlin
J.R. Bourne
J.G.Devlin
L.J. King
M.C. Gainey
O.J. Simpson
S.D. Nemeth
I have been going through my profiles correcting them from AB//Surname to A/B/Surname when i suddenly thought should then definitely be that way.

Generally speaking, they should be entered as A./B./Surname.

However, as with every rule, there are exceptions.  If you can document that the person uses a double initial, such as "BJ", as their first name, then submit it as such and let the voters and screeners make the ultimate decision.

I agree with hal.

I think that

A. B. C. should be parsed A./B./C.

and that

A B C should be parsed A/B/C

but also think that

AB C (with no point between A and B) should be parsed AB/ /C - if not then it's impossible to tell the credit AB C from the credit A B C

Quoting hal9g:

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Quoting ninehours:

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If a actors names has two initials are they always entered A/B/Surname or can they be AB//Surname i have quite a few in my cast list entered both ways. Here's a small list of them.
E.G. Marshall
E.E. Clive
E.V.H. Emmett
G.D. Spradlin
J.R. Bourne
J.G.Devlin
L.J. King
M.C. Gainey
O.J. Simpson
S.D. Nemeth
I have been going through my profiles correcting them from AB//Surname to A/B/Surname when i suddenly thought should then definitely be that way.

Generally speaking, they should be entered as A./B./Surname.

However, as with every rule, there are exceptions.  If you can document that the person uses a double initial, such as "BJ", as their first name, then submit it as such and let the voters and screeners make the ultimate decision.

If it's a French "Jean-Paul" or "Jean-Michel", or an Italian "Maria Giovanna" or "Maria Grazia", or a Spanish "Juan Manuel" and so on, they are all considered composite FIRST names, afaik.

Jean-Paul
"Jean-Paul est un prénom composé masculin."
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul

LOL, there we go again. I have never seen such a listing as A-M Claire or or A. - M. Claire. Contrary to popular opinion in Paris the French do noit control the World. Hal is correct.

Skip

Me too.

As a matter of curiosity surfeur, how would the French write Jean-Paul in terms of initials? Would it simply be J. or J.P. or J.-P.?

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LOL, there we go again. I have never seen such a listing as A-M Claire or or A. - M. Claire. Contrary to popular opinion in Paris the French do noit control the World. Hal is correct.

Skip

My wife's first name is Marie-Claire (second name Gisèle),  and my second son's first name is Jean-Baptiste (second name Claude).

But of course, all I thought for years is not true, since I had not asked you to give me the good answer...

Also here in Germany we have "double first names" which are considered one name. E.g. "Karl-Heinz", "Franz-Josef". I think they are commonly abbreviated "K.-H.".