Talk:Veil (species)

Rename

Species seems the best one to me.BananaClownMan ☎ 21:29, November 28, 2015 (UTC)

I think we could actually keep the name on what it is, as the Heaven Sent creature is known as "The Veil", while this creature is known as "Veil". --DCLM ☎ 21:34, November 28, 2015 (UTC)

Well, I don't think it's that simple. The subject of this page is a species called "the Veil" as well as individual members of the species sometimes called "the Veil". Although doing a quick check of online transcripts of Prisoner of the Judoon and The Vault of Secrets, "a Veil" and "a Veil life form" are also used. I seem to recall at least a rule of thumb, if not a policy, on pages beginning with "the" being discouraged (with exceptions mostly applying to Time Lords). I can't recall if I just made that up completely, or I'm misremembering. -- Tybort (talk page) 22:02, November 28, 2015 (UTC)

Also, I'm checking the credits of Heaven Sent now. The figure in that episode is simply credited as "Veil". -- Tybort (talk page) 22:24, November 28, 2015 (UTC)

And I wholeheartedly reject the idea of making it Veil (The Sarah Jane Adventures) as User:Danniesen suggested in their edit. It violates T:ONE NAME to do so, and that policy as it currently stands applies to those who appear in more than one story (see Osgood (The Day of the Doctor), John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang), Janet (Everything Changes), Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship), and so forth). -- Tybort (talk page) 22:39, November 28, 2015 (UTC)

About the naming of the Heaven Sent creature, I did not see the credited name I just went with the official synopsis naming, and about this creature, I can only say that I forgot about that bit of rule. My bad. --DCLM ☎ 23:18, November 28, 2015 (UTC)