# Shouldn't the first name allow a dot (aka . ) so that people can be Mr., Ms., Dr. etc **URL:** \ **Category:** Player Features & Ideas\ **Created:** [December 31, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924 "2022-12-31T02:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Count\_of\_MonteCylon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/count_of_montecylon/32/394931_2.png) [@Count\_of\_MonteCylon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Count_of_MonteCylon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924/1 "2022-12-31T02:06:57Z")
The lack of doctors among capsuleers is kind of disturbing. Basically there’s tons of titles that get abbreviated with a dot, the possibilities for names are endless! ---
**Author:** ![Rail\_J\_kar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rail_j_kar/32/374429_2.png) [@Rail\_J\_kar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rail_J_kar)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924/2 "2022-12-31T03:06:06Z")
I’m not sure if their code would allow for special characters. A lot of old password systems don’t, so it’s possible they’re not able to due to code limitation. ---
**Author:** ![Small-Kitty-Paws](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/small-kitty-paws/32/339026_2.png) [@Small-Kitty-Paws](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Small-Kitty-Paws)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924/3 "2022-12-31T09:33:19Z")
Or just don’t use the dot. Not like anyone will care. I know, mind-blowing ---
**Author:** ![Count\_of\_MonteCylon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/count_of_montecylon/32/394931_2.png) [@Count\_of\_MonteCylon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Count_of_MonteCylon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924/4 "2023-01-01T04:13:26Z")
Your name looks terrible with hyphens but would look nice with a period at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Vokan\_Narkar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vokan_narkar/32/326293_2.png) [@Vokan\_Narkar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vokan_Narkar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924/5 "2023-01-02T01:04:13Z")
As an amateur programmer, I can tell that this is nonsense. They already allowed one special character, ’ which is the one that is causing issues with older databases or inside PHP code. So that because this character is allowed it means they have that covered and can as well add more. And even if they didn’t have it handled. Doing that should be a trivial matter. Will they allow it? No chance. The suggestion must be “CCP should allow us to buy dot (aka .) in name”. Then it has a chance of success. 😛 EDIT: isn’t dot used to distinguish alliances against rest “entities” ? Since you cannot have the same name of aliance as a corporation and corporation as a character, this is pretty much the only way. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_of\_MonteCylon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/count_of_montecylon/32/394931_2.png) [@Count\_of\_MonteCylon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Count_of_MonteCylon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924/6 "2023-01-17T19:11:36Z")
Good points, we have dots in other names but not in player names. I’d like to make a Dr. or something! ---
**Author:** ![0ptimus\_Swine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/0ptimus_swine/32/385816_2.png) [@0ptimus\_Swine](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/0ptimus_Swine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924/7 "2023-02-13T12:36:55Z")
What is the name you wanted that’s taken? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_of\_MonteCylon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/count_of_montecylon/32/394931_2.png) [@Count\_of\_MonteCylon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Count_of_MonteCylon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924/8 "2023-02-13T18:31:52Z")
Optimus Swine, Esq. ---
**Author:** ![0ptimus\_Swine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/0ptimus_swine/32/385816_2.png) [@0ptimus\_Swine](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/0ptimus_Swine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924/9 "2023-02-13T18:40:22Z")
Well, you can’t have it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shouldnt-the-first-name-allow-a-dot-aka-so-that-people-can-be-mr-ms-dr-etc/389924/10 "2023-05-14T18:40:37Z")
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