diff --git a/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Private/WingTokenizer.cpp b/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Private/WingTokenizer.cpp
index 3384e3c2..4405dc6e 100644
--- a/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Private/WingTokenizer.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Private/WingTokenizer.cpp
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ void WingTokenizer::PrintEverything() const
 	}
 }
 
-FString WingTokenizer::ExternalizeID(const FString &S)
+FString WingTokenizer::ExternalizeID(const FString &InternalID)
 {
 	TStringBuilder<512> Result;
-	for (TCHAR Ch : S)
+	for (TCHAR Ch : InternalID)
 	{
 		if (Ch == ' ') Result.AppendChar('.');
 		else if (WingCharacterClasses::GetCat(Ch) == Cat::Identifier) Result.AppendChar(Ch);
@@ -247,15 +247,26 @@ FString WingTokenizer::ExternalizeID(const FString &S)
 	return Result.ToString();
 }
 
-FString WingTokenizer::TryInternalizeID(const FString &S, FString &Error)
+bool WingTokenizer::WouldExternalizeReadably(const FString &InternalID)
 {
-	FStringView Input(S);
+	if (InternalID.IsEmpty()) return false;
+	for (TCHAR Ch : InternalID)
+	{
+		if (Ch == ' ') continue;
+		if (WingCharacterClasses::GetCat(Ch) != Cat::Identifier) return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+FString WingTokenizer::TryInternalizeID(const FString &ExternalID, FString &Error)
+{
+	FStringView Input(ExternalID);
 	Error.Empty();
-	FString Result = TokenizeIdentifier(Input, Error);
+	FString InternalID = TokenizeIdentifier(Input, Error);
 	// If there's already an error, annotate with context
 	if (!Error.IsEmpty())
 	{
-		Error = FString::Printf(TEXT("ERROR parsing id %s: %s"), *S, *Error);
+		Error = FString::Printf(TEXT("ERROR parsing id %s: %s"), *ExternalID, *Error);
 		return FString();
 	}
 	// If the identifier tokenizer stops before consuming the whole
@@ -266,37 +277,37 @@ FString WingTokenizer::TryInternalizeID(const FString &S, FString &Error)
 		Cat Category = WingCharacterClasses::GetCat(Input[0]);
 		if (Input[0] == ' ')
 		{
-			Error = FString::Printf(TEXT("ERROR parsing id %s: in ids, spaces must be escaped"), *S);
+			Error = FString::Printf(TEXT("ERROR parsing id %s: in ids, spaces must be escaped"), *ExternalID);
 		}
 		else if (Category == Cat::Punctuation)
 		{
 			Error = FString::Printf(TEXT("ERROR parsing id %s: in ids, these marks must be escaped: %s"),
-				*S, WingCharacterClasses::PunctuationString);
+				*ExternalID, WingCharacterClasses::PunctuationString);
 		}
 		else if (Category == Cat::Control)
 		{
-			Error = FString::Printf(TEXT("ERROR parsing id %s: in ids, control characters must be escaped"), *S);
+			Error = FString::Printf(TEXT("ERROR parsing id %s: in ids, control characters must be escaped"), *ExternalID);
 		}
-		else Error = FString::Printf(TEXT("ERROR parsing id %s: unparseable character in id"), *S);
+		else Error = FString::Printf(TEXT("ERROR parsing id %s: unparseable character in id"), *ExternalID);
 		return FString();
 	}
 	// One last error case: empty input
-	if (Result.IsEmpty())
+	if (InternalID.IsEmpty())
 	{
 		Error = TEXT("ERROR: Empty identifiers are not allowed");
 		return FString();
 	}
-	return Result;
+	return InternalID;
 }
 
-FString WingTokenizer::CheckInternalizeID(const FString &S)
+FString WingTokenizer::CheckInternalizeID(const FString &ExternalID)
 {
 	FString Error;
-	FString Result = TryInternalizeID(S, Error);
+	FString InternalID = TryInternalizeID(ExternalID, Error);
 	if (!Error.IsEmpty())
 	{
 		UWingServer::Printf(TEXT("%s\n"), *Error);
 		UWingServer::SuggestManual(WingManual::Section::IdentifierSanitization);
 	}
-	return Result;
+	return InternalID;
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Private/WingUtils.cpp b/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Private/WingUtils.cpp
index 47d5b462..641c1fdb 100644
--- a/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Private/WingUtils.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Private/WingUtils.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "WingTypes.h"
 #include "WingServer.h"
 #include "WingHandler.h"
+#include "WingTokenizer.h"
 #include "Engine/Blueprint.h"
 #include "Engine/MemberReference.h"
 #include "Engine/World.h"
@@ -56,50 +57,31 @@
 
 FString WingUtils::SanitizeName(const FString &InName)
 {
-	FString Name = InName;
-	int32 Dst = 0;
-	for (int32 Src = 0; Src < Name.Len(); Src++)
-	{
-		TCHAR c = Name[Src];
-		if (c < 0x20 || c == 0x7F) continue;
-		if (c == ' ') c=L'·';
-		if (c == '<') c=L'◁';
-		if (c == '>') c=L'▷';
-		if (c == '(') c=L'❨';
-		if (c == ')') c=L'❩';
-		if (c == '=') c=L'≡';
-		if (c == ',') c=L'▾';
-		Name[Dst++] = c;
-	}
-	if (Dst == 0) Name[Dst++] = L'·';
-	Name.LeftInline(Dst);
-	return Name;
+	return WingTokenizer::ExternalizeID(InName);
 }
 
 FString WingUtils::UnsanitizeName(const FString &InName)
 {
-	FString Name = InName;
-	int32 Dst = 0;
-	for (int32 Src = 0; Src < Name.Len(); Src++)
-	{
-		TCHAR c = Name[Src];
-		if (c < 0x20 || c == 0x7F) continue;
-		if (c == L'·') c=' ';
-		if (c == L'◁') c='<';
-		if (c == L'▷') c='>';
-		if (c == L'❨') c='(';
-		if (c == L'❩') c=')';
-		if (c == L'≡') c='=';
-		if (c == L'▾') c=',';
-		Name[Dst++] = c;
-	}
-	Name.LeftInline(Dst);
-	return Name;
+	FString Error;
+	return WingTokenizer::TryInternalizeID(InName, Error);
 }
 
 FString WingUtils::SanitizeName(FName Name)
 {
-	return SanitizeName(Name.ToString());
+	return WingTokenizer::ExternalizeID(Name.ToString());
+}
+
+FString WingUtils::CheckProposedName(const FString &ExternalID)
+{
+	FString InternalID = WingTokenizer::CheckInternalizeID(ExternalID);
+	if (!InternalID.IsEmpty() && WingTokenizer::WouldExternalizeReadably(InternalID))
+	{
+		UWingServer::Printf(TEXT("ERROR: id %s would not be a readable id, may not create item with this name"),
+			*ExternalID);
+		UWingServer::SuggestManual(WingManual::Section::IdentifierSanitization);
+		return FString();
+	}
+	return InternalID;
 }
 
 FString WingUtils::StandardizeMenuItem(const FString &Item)
@@ -128,16 +110,7 @@ FString WingUtils::StandardizeMenuItem(const FString &Item)
 	return Sanitized;
 }
 
-FString WingUtils::CheckProposedName(const FString &Name)
-{
-	FString Unsanitized = UnsanitizeName(Name);
-	if ((Unsanitized.IsEmpty()) || (SanitizeName(Unsanitized) != Name))
-	{
-		UWingServer::Printf(TEXT("Names must not contain control characters or be empty\n"));
-		return FString();
-	}
-	return Unsanitized;
-}
+
 
 // ============================================================
 // Name Lookup
diff --git a/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Public/WingTokenizer.h b/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Public/WingTokenizer.h
index f6904368..9479dab1 100644
--- a/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Public/WingTokenizer.h
+++ b/Plugins/UEWingman/Source/UEWingman/Public/WingTokenizer.h
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ struct WingTokenizer
 	// Convert an internal ID into an external ID.
 	// Spaces are converted to periods.  Any other
 	// non-identifier character is HTML escaped.
-	static FString ExternalizeID(const FString &S);
+	static FString ExternalizeID(const FString &InternalID);
+
+	// Return true if the internal ID would convert
+	// to a readable, easy-to-understand external ID without
+	// HTML escape sequences.
+	static bool WouldExternalizeReadably(const FString &InternalID);
 
 	// Convert an external ID into an internal ID.
 	// Periods are converted back to spaces.  HTML escapes
@@ -137,13 +142,13 @@ struct WingTokenizer
 	// fail, for example, if the external name contains an
 	// invalid HTML escape.  If it does, returns empty
 	// string and sets the error message.
-	static FString TryInternalizeID(const FString &S, FString &Error);
+	static FString TryInternalizeID(const FString &ExternalID, FString &Error);
 
 	// Calls TryInternalizeName.  If this generates an
 	// error, prints the error message, suggests the manual
 	// entry on identifier sanitization, and returns empty
 	// string.
-	static FString CheckInternalizeID(const FString &S);
+	static FString CheckInternalizeID(const FString &ExternalID);
 
 	// Print all tokens to the log for debugging.
 	void PrintEverything() const;