Rule: No name duplication
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Rule 8: No name duplication
Missing names should not to be copied from the other name fields.
(Applies to all finished entries)
Rule modified 2026-01-05
Do not duplicate names by copying one of the other existing names (to fill a missing name field). You can keep the name field empty in that case.
Empty name fields will be handled accordingly by the system.
Examples
For “Machine Love”, an English song, filling the English name field is enough.
Incorrect
| Non-English | Machine Love |
|---|---|
| Romanized | Machine Love |
| English | Machine Love |
Correct
| Non-English | [left empty] |
|---|---|
| Romanized | [left empty] |
| English | Machine Love |
For “Melt”, since the romanization is same as the English translation, you can leave the romanized name field empty (see the “Fully loanword names” rule).
Incorrect
| Non-English | メルト |
|---|---|
| Romanized | Melt |
| English | Melt |
Correct
| Non-English | メルト |
|---|---|
| Romanized | [left empty] |
| English | Melt |
Metadata
| Name: | No name duplication |
|---|---|
| ID: | 8 |
| Entry type: | All |
| Entry status: | Finished |
| Frontend validations: | - |
| Backend validations: | - |
| Occurrence: | - |
| Detection script: | - |
| Edit list: | - |
| Date checked: | - |
| Date created: | - |
| Date modified: | |
| Rationale: | - |
| Rule context: | Names |
| Status: | Active |
| MikuMod support: | True |
| Automatically fixed: | Partially |
| Complete: | True |