The honorifics rule doesn't apply for stage names. According to wikipedia there are two distinct honorofics in modern English:

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1. Honorifics which can be used of any adult of the appropriate sex include "Mr", "Mrs", "Miss", and "Ms".
2. Honorifics that denote the honored person's occupation, for instance "Doctor", "Coach", Officer, "Father" (for a priest), or "Professor". Including abbreviations of academic degrees.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific#Modern_English_honorifics

Honorific titles used for nicknames or stage names doesn't apply as an official honorific but is part of the stage name. 'Dr.' isn't the honorific for the occupation of visual effects.

Only when Ken Jones is a doctor (has a academic degree for doctor) the honorific rule applies.

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There's currently a contribution up that proposes to change a visual effects supervisor credit for "Dr. Ken Jones" into "Ken Jones [Dr. Ken Jones]", citing the updated rules on honorifics. I understand that, but now I'm wondering: isn't this some kind of a stage name? Mr. Jones isn't a real "Dr." - it seems to be kind of a nickname, but "Dr. Ken Jones" is the most-credited form of his name.

So how do we treat this? Does the honorifics rule also apply when it's used as a nickname? Or do we see this one as a stage name, and put it all in the first name field?

Personally, I'm not to keen on using "Ken Jones", since I've already got a British production designer named Ken Jones in my database, and for neither a birth year can be found, meaning I'll have no contributable way to distinguish between them.

Do you have a basis or some sort of documentation to back up your comment, Tim. Based on the data I don't see anything there that indicates a stage name or a nickname. I believe that you are simply making an unsubstantiated assumption. Based on the data I see no issue with the Contribution you are describing. I understand your concern relative to the CLT and the BY, but it was not me that lobbied for the current change in the Rules. You have discovered the problem caused by it and the price that will be paid. But no one wants to listen when Skip something is  a bad idea, and i did and it was and now we KNOW.   Too bad, perhaps Ken will change the Rule back to what it was originally, the work to this point would be minimal as I haven't seen a mad scramble to make wholesale changes.

Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton, neither one has ever attended and graduated any sort of divinity and or legally pastors, but I would wager you would have a very difficult time claiming that they were stage names or nicknames, even though they are.

Jesse Jackson has 2 degrees in Theology, for only attending 1 year of Seminary one Honorary Doctorate on base upon education and Life experience (if only we could all get degrees like that), but he is an ordained minister.

Charlie

His Website here has some very nice pictures.

Apparently, he was using digital back in the 70's when working at JPL for the viking lander project.

Charlie

Yes indeedy and his BY would appear to be circa 1945-1950, but that's just a guess.

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Quoting VirusPil:

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SO if he is really a Dr. it would be correct to change into "Ken Jones [Dr. Ken Jones]"?* And now we have the problem finding a BY for distinguishing?

If Ken Jones is his real name.

Like I said, Virus, I said this was a bad idea when it was being hahsed over, Ken made the change and now, we have a problem.

And I think you were not the only one.

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He actually has a PhD

Here is the reference

So yes, he is a real Dr.

Charlie

Excellent - many thanks! 

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And now we have the problem finding a BY for distinguishing?

Unfortunately, yes, and we won't be able to find it. More fake birth years - and that when we had a perfectly valid common name in "Dr. Ken Jones" which properly distinguished him from any other Ken Jones's in the db...