user1908: In tags that are the names of real Japanese people, in which order should we put the people's names?
That is, should we have hayao-miyazaki (Western order) or miyazaki-hayao (Japanese order)? 
Note that this post is not about the way names should be ordered in questions, answers, or tag wikis - only in the names of tags themselves.

user1908: As it stands, we already have the following tags, which seem to have evolved more or less organically:

hayao-miyazaki
ken-akamatsu (okay, I changed this one from akamatsu-ken for consistency)
makoto-shinkai
mamoru-hosoda
mamoru-oshii
osamu-tezuka

All of these are in Western order (i.e. Given-Family). 
I propose that we institute, as an Anime.SE policy, a strong preference that tags for real Japanese people continue to have their names in Western order unless there is a very compelling reason not to do so. 
(We were already doing this, of course; the purpose of this post is basically to formalize the pre-existing practice for future reference.)

Note: we could add synonyms like miyazaki-hayao pointing to hayao-miyazaki, and it would certainly do no harm, but it's also not necessary - when you're searching for tags or entering tags on a new question, typing in "miyazaki" will bring up all tags that have "miyazaki" as a word, including hayao-miyazaki, even though "miyazaki" isn't at the beginning of that tag. 
If synonyms are implemented, this proposal should basically be read as requiring that the main/master tag be in Western order, with the synonym tag(s) being whatever else.

1908: <p>In tags that are the names of real Japanese people, in which order should we put the people's names?</p>

<p>That is, should we have <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hayao-miyazaki" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;hayao-miyazaki&#39;" rel="tag">hayao-miyazaki</a> (Western order) or <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/miyazaki-hayao" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;miyazaki-hayao&#39;" rel="tag">miyazaki-hayao</a> (Japanese order)? </p>

<p>Note that this post is not about the way names should be ordered in questions, answers, or tag wikis - only in the names of tags themselves.</p>
 1908: <p>As it stands, we already have the following tags, which seem to have evolved more or less organically:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hayao-miyazaki" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;hayao-miyazaki&#39;" rel="tag">hayao-miyazaki</a></li>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ken-akamatsu" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;ken-akamatsu&#39;" rel="tag">ken-akamatsu</a> (okay, I changed this one from <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/akamatsu-ken" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;akamatsu-ken&#39;" rel="tag">akamatsu-ken</a> for consistency)</li>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/makoto-shinkai" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;makoto-shinkai&#39;" rel="tag">makoto-shinkai</a></li>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/mamoru-hosoda" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;mamoru-hosoda&#39;" rel="tag">mamoru-hosoda</a></li>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/mamoru-oshii" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;mamoru-oshii&#39;" rel="tag">mamoru-oshii</a></li>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/osamu-tezuka" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;osamu-tezuka&#39;" rel="tag">osamu-tezuka</a></li>
</ul>

<p>All of these are in <strong>Western order</strong> (i.e. Given-Family). </p>

<p>I propose that we institute, as an Anime.SE policy, a strong preference that tags for real Japanese people continue to have their names in Western order unless there is a very compelling reason not to do so. </p>

<p>(We were already doing this, of course; the purpose of this post is basically to formalize the pre-existing practice for future reference.)</p>

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<p>Note: we <em>could</em> add synonyms like <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/miyazaki-hayao" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;miyazaki-hayao&#39;" rel="tag">miyazaki-hayao</a> pointing to <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hayao-miyazaki" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;hayao-miyazaki&#39;" rel="tag">hayao-miyazaki</a>, and it would certainly do no harm, but it's also not necessary - when you're searching for tags or entering tags on a new question, typing in "miyazaki" will bring up all tags that have "miyazaki" as a word, including <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hayao-miyazaki" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;hayao-miyazaki&#39;" rel="tag">hayao-miyazaki</a>, even though "miyazaki" isn't at the beginning of that tag. </p>

<p>If synonyms are implemented, this proposal should basically be read as requiring that the main/master tag be in Western order, with the synonym tag(s) being whatever else.</p>
