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I think relative to common Name, gunnar, I am not willing to lay down a blanket. Each name must be judged on a case by case basis. I am not certain, but I believe Dame Judith Anderson is far better known by her formal title than by Judith Anderson, Sir Lawrence Olivier could go either way and at this point in time Dame Judi Dench, would more likely than not be Judi Dench. but it can vary and that must be accounted for. As always the answer lies in the research and the documentation, and if you are not willing to do the work and include the results in your notes then don't do it at all.

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I think relative to common Name, gunnar, I am not willing to lay down a blanket. Each name must be judged on a case by case basis. I am not certain, but I believe Dame Judith Anderson is far better known by her formal title than by Judith Anderson, Sir Lawrence Olivier could go either way and at this point in time Dame Judi Dench, would more likely than not be Judi Dench. but it can vary and that must be accounted for. As always the answer lies in the research and the documentation, and if you are not willing to do the work and include the results in your notes then don't do it at all.

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I have to ask a question here, because it seems that everybody is stepping right over the obvious.

If 'common name' is based on 'credited as', and if we don't use appelations (that means things like Mr., Mrs., etc. for those in Rio Linda), then what possible reason would we use them in 'common names' for?

[And please don't bring up obvious exceptions like 'Mr. T']

Rifter, we're not discussing appellations, we're discussing prefixes in general, such as Sir, Dame, Reverend etc. Obviously we wouldn't use prefixes that are never used in any credits.

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For my part, whatever is listed in the credits "as credited" is what I go with.