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The Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory:The Rules for SubmissionsCofradia de San Juan Bautista are dedicated to these saints, but cannot be mistaken to be owned by them.The Order of Saint William the Cooper is registerable, even though this is a constructed saint's name, as longas there is no registered William the Cooper.E. Registration with Permission to Conflict: The owner of an item may grant permission to conflict to a newsubmission for either identity conflict or affiliation conflict. Such permission may be granted eitherindividually through a letter of permission to conflict or universally through a blanket letter of permission toconflict. A submission identical to the registered item will not be registered even with permission to conflict.Any change to the sound and appearance of the substantive element is sufficient to allow the registration of anon-personal name with a letter of permission to conflict. Any change to the sound and appearance of thedesignator is sufficient to allow the registration of a non-personal name with a letter of permission to conflict,except when both items are branches, orders or awards, or heraldic titles or when one item is an order oraward and the other is a heraldic title. This is because designators for branches and heraldic titles may changeover time, we consider the designators for orders, awards, and honors to be equivalent, and we allow branchesto register heraldic titles formed from their registered order and award names. However, household andaffiliation designators do not change over time and are considered an integral part of the name.Is a designator change, withletter of permission,sufficient?BranchesOrders andAwardsHouseholdsand AffiliationsBranches No Yes Yes YesOrders and Awards Yes No Yes NoHouseholds and Affiliations Yes Yes Yes YesHeraldic Titles Yes No Yes NoHeraldicTitlesNPN.4. Non-Personal Names PresumptionA. Definitions: Presumption is a false claim. This includes claims of rank or powers that the submitter does notpossess within the Society or that we do not allow anyone to claim. It also includes claims of identity with,ownership by, or affiliation with a person or entity outside the SCA that is considered quite important bymany people within and outside the Society. Presumption is not dependent on intent; even if such a claimwas not intended, the appearance of such a claim is not allowed. Items which presume will not be registered,even if a letter of permission could be obtained.B. Claim to Rank: Names may not contain a claim to a protected and/or restricted rank that the submitter doesnot have within the Society. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to:1. Use of Elements that Appear to Be Titles: Names may not contain an element or combination ofelements that create the appearance of a claim to have a specific rank or title that the submitter does notpossess. Submitters may register names that create a claim to rank that they do possess. Only permanentranks may be used in names. No submitter may register a name using an element that claims to be king orprincess. Landed barons who are not court barons may not register an element which creates a claim to be abaron. Titles may be used as elements where they are not a claim to rank.For example, no submitter may register a name like Kynges House, as that appears to be the householdbelonging to the king. However, in the Barony of Kingestenton, even though the first element refers to thefact that the town once belonged to the king, it was used for normal towns and so is not a claim to rank.Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory – April 29, 2012 - Page 31 of 73
The Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory:The Rules for Submissions2. Names of the Peerage Orders: Order and award names may not include the names of the peerage ordersor overt references to famous knightly orders such as the Garter. Other types of non-personal names mayonly use such elements in contexts where no reference to the order is likely to be perceived by members ofthe order and the general populace.For example, while the name Order of the Garter and Laurel is clear of conflict with the Order of theLaurel, it is presumptuous and we would not register it. Likewise, we would not register Order of the Roseof the West, even though the addition of the element of the West clears the conflict with the Order of theRose. For example, House of the Blue Garter could be seen as a reference to the blue garter badge of theOrder of the Garter and would not be registered, but House of the White Garter would be allowed.3. Elements that are Presumptuous in Personal Names: Names may not contain a name element or groupof elements we would consider presumptuous in a personal name (see PN.4). Examples include a bynameuniquely used by a single dynasty, the combination of a surname and the title or seat of the family, or namesgranted as an honor.C. Names that Claim Powers: Non-personal names may not contain an unmistakable claim of superhumanabilities, magical powers, or divine origin.In general, a name phrase used by historical people is not considered to be a claim to superhuman abilities ordivine origin. In general, a non-personal name using an element that would be considered such a claim in apersonal name will not be registered.For example, Odins House would be registerable, because Odin was used as a human given name in MiddleEnglish. Similarly, a name like Gods House would be registerable, as it is the attested name of an Englishcollege. On the other hand, Lokasson House or Lokison House, formed from the name Loki, would not beallowed. Because the only known use of Loki is as the name of an Old Norse god, such a name would be aclaim to a divine origin or relationship.D. Claim of Identity, Ownership, or Affiliation with an Important Non-SCA Entity or Person: Non-personalnames may not be too close to the name of a protected entity. Non-personal names also may not make anunmistakable claim of ownership by or affiliation with any name we protect.A non-personal name submission is said to presume on a protected name if the substantive element of thesubmission is not substantially different in sound and appearance from the substantive element of theprotected name, or if it makes an unmistakable claim of ownership by or affiliation with the protected name.The standards for substantial difference and unmistakable claims are set in NPN.3 above as "identity conflict"and "affiliation conflict" respectively, except that such items are not registerable, even with permission.For non-SCA entities and people considered important enough to protect, we protect all forms in which theirname was known, including in other languages. We do not go out of our way to find obscure or hypotheticalforms of names that might be too similar to a submission. We protect only the names by which entities wereactually known and can easily be found by a modern person.For example, we protect London, Londres, and Londinium, as all are forms by which London has beenknown.1. Non-SCA Entities Protected from Presumption: A non-personal name submissions is only considered topresume on protected non-personal names. Names of important non-SCA entities are protected frompresumption. Entities that we protect include places (countries, regions, and cities), chivalric orders andheraldic titles, and the names of organizations (colleges, businesses, and other such entities).Places and organizations that are not important enough to have an entry in a standard print encyclopedia,Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory – April 29, 2012 - Page 32 of 73
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