The bug
Within the credits, middle names can be abbreviated with or without a period at the end. Most names are abbreviated without periods, though, so I assume that is the intended style.
Expected result
All abbreviated middle names would follow a style, either with or without a period.
Cases
Here's a list of all cases of middle names being abbreviated with a period.
Mojang Studios Leadership, Head of Minecraft Game Experience
"Ryan B. Cooper"
Programming, Technical Directors
"Michael J. Ott",
Programming, Engineering Director, Growth Products
"Lawrence M. Sanchez II",
Programming, Software Engineers
"A.J. Fairfield",
Production, Producers
"Bryan G. Bonham",
Operations, Operations Director, Global
"Shanlenn B. Colby"
Operations, Lead Automation Support
"Matthew C. Moreno"
Business Management & Licensing, Business Managers
"David K. Lau",
Mojang Studios Alumni, Chief of Staff
"Andrew J. Adamyk",
Mojang Studios Alumni, Game Designers
"Lauren E. Careccia",
Mojang Studios Alumni, Lead Software Engineers
"Mark D. Andersen",
Mojang Studios Alumni, Lead Architects
"Peter M. Wiest"
Mojang Studios Alumni, Technical Program Managers
"Morgan J. East (Randstad)",
Mojang Studios Alumni, Test Managers
"Ian S. Nelson (Experis)",
Mojang Studios Alumni, Executive Business Administrators
"Judith L. Wheeler",
Mojang Studios Alumni, Business Administrator
"Shae M. Flanigan (C2S Technologies, Inc)"
Development Partner - Skybox Alumni
"Gabriel J. Gonzalez",
...
"Mauricio A. P. Burdelis",
Linked issues
testing discovered 1
Comments 2
Still exists in 24w40a, though I wonder if it might be preferences by these individuals, but seeing the issue MC-276901, I start to believe that this is indeed an consistency issue.
Still present in 1.20.1.