User blog comment:MakeShift/Discussion on post-Crisis changes to the wiki/@comment-36696222-20200117115547/@comment-36696222-20200117121355

Plus, it's easier to search them. John diggle (earth prime) isn't called "diggle" so his page would be called "John" but if we do that, it's going to be harder to search him. There is already someone called john in the arrowverse. So my opinion, is to keep their original name to easily find them.