Thread:BattleshipMan/@comment-35284063-20180918212921

I think there was a bit of a misunderstanding here (I should have been a little more clear about it so no worries). On the edit summary I was just making a suggestion that articles should be written in formal prose, and the formal way to refer to people would be by their surname. The only time there should be a deviation is if the characters are only referred to by their first name (for example, Nick Van Owen). In those cases, it makes sense to refer to them as they are referred to in the story in which they appear.

Regarding the "Dietrich" part, a quick Google search would suggest that Dieter only ever a short form of Dietrich, so with that in mind... 