Please put the full name of the character in the character fields. For Eastern names, family name first, given name second is preferred, though if anyone messes that up, don't worry too much about it, I will check to make sure I'm not duplicating entries.
Indexing the characters is a fairly manageable task and is creating a comm that allows RPers to find icons by character. Indexing the characters when I have to google every single one of them in a post by first name to try to find the full name is not manageable and a little unreasonable to expect of a comm that is as organized as this. I feel it's reasonable to ask posters to take a second to put the last name of characters on their posts, especially since doing otherwise might mean I google and accidentally use the wrong name.
A note asking for the full names of the characters is already in the rules and has been so I'm going to take this a step more draconian because unfortunately I've had recurring issues with people not follow the rules and posting format. I've changed the rules to make all the requirements and consequences for not following them more clear.
Here are the amended rules under the cut:
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