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The use of middle names, if only their middle initial if known, is a common sight when looking at article titles for Human characters. This issue has been beaten to death it seems like over the past couple of years, yet no consensus seems to ever come of it, and one with a simple outcome on either end of the spectrum. | The use of middle names, if only their middle initial if known, is a common sight when looking at article titles for Human characters. This issue has been beaten to death it seems like over the past couple of years, yet no consensus seems to ever come of it, and one with a simple outcome on either end of the spectrum. | ||
Personally, I see the emphasis on these middle names to be as overzealous as the naming of the various parts of the MJOLNIR armor systems. When I meet someone for the first time, I do not introduce myself as "Natalie E. Mikkelborg" or pretentiously as "Natalie Elizabeth Mikkelborg," and I suspect that many of you don't as well. The use of middle names in the modern era, at least in the United States, seems to be that of a formality, only used to honor the namesake of an older family member or friend. Presenting your middle name when signing an essay or adding your name on Facebook is just not commonplace. In the context of the ''Haloverse'', I guarantee you that nobody throughout Earth and her colonies speaks of the legend of "Catherine Elizabeth Halsey," "Preston Jeremiah Cole," "Hieronymus Michael Stanforth," or "James Gregory Cutter;" they simply refer to them by their given and family names. | Personally, I see the emphasis on these middle names to be as overzealous as the naming of the various parts of the MJOLNIR armor systems. When I meet someone for the first time, I do not introduce myself as "Natalie E. Mikkelborg" or pretentiously as "Natalie Elizabeth Mikkelborg," and I suspect that many of you don't as well. The use of middle names in the modern era, at least in the United States, seems to be that of a formality, only used to honor the namesake of an older family member or friend. Presenting your middle name when signing an essay or adding your name on Facebook is just not commonplace. In the context of the ''Haloverse'', I guarantee you that nobody throughout Earth and her colonies speaks of the legend of "Catherine Elizabeth Halsey," "Preston Jeremiah Cole," "Hieronymus Michael Stanforth," or "James Gregory Cutter;" they simply refer to them by their given and family names. | ||