Template talk:15th Parliament of Singapore
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changing naming format for chinese MPs
[edit]currently, the names of all chinese MPs have been made to follow the format [family name]-[initials of chinese given name]. this seems rather idiosyncratic and may potentially go against WP:COMMONNAME when applied to MPs with english names (the vast majority of readers would not recognise "Lee T S" as referring to desmond lee, for instance). i propose either:
a) providing the full, commonly-recognisable names of every MP (e.g. Lee Hsien Loong, Desmond Lee, Masagos Zulkifli) as is done for the malaysian list of dewan rakyat members
or b) in the interests of space, using only family names for chinese MPs, with the initials of the commonly-used given name when needed for disambiguation (e.g. H.L. Lee, D. Lee, Masagos). this practice is used for the american and canadian members of parliament templates
i would also recommend bolding the names of anchor ministers, rather than underlining them, as per MOS:UNDERLINE.
