Board Thread:Policies/@comment-31722073-20181113022211/@comment-3361105-20190123184437

SeanWheeler wrote: Hang on, all the Bartholomew Allens? Have we agreed on calling him Barry Allen, yet? Because I still have questions on the change from Kal-El to Clark Kent.

I feel like there was a general consensus that Bartholomew Allen should be moved to Barry. There has been no consensus on moving superman one way or the other. Personally, outside of SEO page-naming, I think Superman should continue to link to Kal-El - if only to preserve the distinction between real names and assumed names. Martian Manhunter is still J'onn Jonzz, regardless of whether he calls himself John Jones. Wonder woman is still Diana - an Amazon with no last name - and not her assumed "Diana Prince" alias.

Meanwhile, Barry Allen's name is Barry. It's not an assumed name. It's a nickname for a rarely used long-form name that someone may once have seen on an in-panel driver's license, or something.