User blog comment:Muppetfan/QUESTION:Gunky/Tom/@comment-4509439-20120331190005/@comment-1487626-20120331194525

Yeah, I'd thought of that. The only issue is that we often use parentheses to specify the difference between characters for example we have a page called "Matthew" referring to Arthur's uncle and we have a page called "Matthew (Rat)," referring to a rat named Matthew. So if we did Tom (Gunky) it kind of looks like we're saying there's two Toms, a normal Tom, and a Gunky Tom.

I was thinking, Gunky isn't really a common name for a person, so could Gunky be a nickname for Tom? So in this instance Tom might be better to keep.

The redirecting thing would also be good.

Thanks for your feedback!