"un-/who-able" names

[fastboy21]

has anyone noticed that there are quite a few player character names that you can't do a /who for? you see them on the list if you type /who in a zone, but you can't /who *name* them. you get the response that there is no player in EverQuest with that name, etc....

I believe this is caused when a player takes the name of a an existing NPC, but I am not sure...I think I recall that happening on live towards the end of my playing in 2004, but I am not sure.

Anyways, is there a way to fix it? It must be really annoying for folks that have these names or the people who are friends with them.