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. For example, lacking a romanized name, the system will automatically use the English name.
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 |