User blog:Sprinklemist/Admin Post - Canon Name Usage

So it's been a topic for discussion lately that canon character names (such as Heather, Lindsay... Sadie, etc.) do not get to be taken as names for original story characters. The wiki has a rule (I think) that says that people may not use the canon characters without having the specific story's initials in the title. But there are people that use canon names for original characters without story initials. Should this be allowed?

Gideon has been an advocate for these not be taken, and he also wants it clarified as to these pages having (OC) in their titles. This would make it clear that a canon character would not be appearing in this story, and a potential reader would not end up being disappointed. Gideon also feels like it's not particularly fair to those who might have used these names in the past, but felt that it wasn't allowed due to an unwritten rule, just out of courtesy, or for not wanting their character compared to a canon character. It also has not been a big issue in the past, as people have not been doing it, too frequently. Here's some other points that Gideon sent me via my talk page:

On the other side of the issue, we have Kenzen. He wants to use a name (Sadie, specifically), because he feels it suits her character. He also mentioned not wanting to do the extra typing, which... well, I don't feel that's too good of an excuse. Dwindling available character names are also a concern, but with the few available character names from the series, it wouldn't provide any long term relief.

So the question is, should the rule that is applied to the canon characters being used in a fanfiction requiring story identifiers apply to the non-canon characters? Any not off topic commentary is appreciated, just try to be civil if you disagree with a certain side. Also, the admins will actually need to pick a side, as it were, so we can determine what to do about this matter. While the admins votes will count, other users votes will not (just so this isn't a never ending topic, or something where people are recruited to support one idea over the other), but like I said, feel free to voice your opinion.