Talk:List of stage names

What is the formatting of this page supposed to look like? The "A" section has just a drop down list. The "B" section has a permanently shown list as well as a drop down list, with seemingly no reason for the separation and no reason that it should deviate from the formatting of the "A" section. And further, the "C" section is only a permanently shown list, again deviating from the first two. The following letters all follow one of those with seemingly no reason for the differences. Anything in the dropdowns does not link to the source personality, and the article is incredibly difficult to navigate as a result and creates a lot of confusion surrounding why certain personalities are placed in certain areas within the letters.--HBKUS (talk) 06:24, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

I've been trying to remake the page into a listed and sortable table for ease of reading and CTRL+F-ing. This will take a lot of time, so consider the reorganization a work in progress, especially since the page loads slowly due to all the text on it. I've also been attempting moving individual letters to their own pages, but i'm a generally busy person so I cannot do that so readily. Starbeam2 (talk) 16:40, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Update: after i link/ re-organize the data into tables, i might need to alphabetize the categories by first name; it's easier to sort and tell which is the fake name. I have time in my day to work on this again, but this is going to a be while. Starbeam2 (talk) 14:13, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

It seems clear that this page should be split for technical reasons. Though WP:SIZERULE doesn't automatically apply because this isn't a prose article, 194 kB is way more than some devices can handle (including mine, my computer began lagging when I tried to edit this). The list is also incredibly difficult to navigate in its current form. I propose that we split the list alphabetically, similar to Lists of English translations from medieval sources. The Midnite Wolf (talk) 21:18, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Some split lists were merged back here pending the result of this discussion. Jalen Folf (talk) 00:40, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Dexter Holland from the Offspring born Brian Holland needs added 174.250.210.15 (talk) 11:45, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Done. Ozzieboy (talk) 19:24, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

I see a lot of names here that are basically "two words acting as a single term" but are being incorrectly treated as "first name last name" constructions. An example to help clarify this is Kid Rock. He is listed here under R when he should be listed under K. There are many others that I know are being sorted incorrectly in this way and many more that probably are but I am not familiar with the individuals. User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 15:33, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

The article intro states that entries are sorted "alphabetically by their stage name's surname".

Using your example of Kid Rock, surely that would mean his stage name first name is Kid and his stage name surname is Rock, meaning that he would be listed under R. Someone speaking to him would most likely call him Kid, not Rock.

Maybe the whole list should be resorted by first name, instead of surname.

That would bring it into line with similar articles. Ozzieboy (talk) 07:46, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

"Kid Rock" is not a parallel to a "First name, last name" construction. It is a two part mononym (as strange as that sounds). Calling him "Kid" instead of "Rock" is similar to using "Chris" instead of "Christopher". --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 13:09, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

I suggest adding sticky header code to each table template which "makes a table's column headers stick to the top of the screen as the table's data is scrolled in and out of view. It's used on tall tables that have column headers that might be difficult to remember as you scroll through the data." Any objections? Conovaloff (talk) 22:03, 31 May 2026 (UTC)