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Forum:TVM Bruce and Miranda: Gerhardt or not? (edit)
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From the [[Doctor Who (1996)|TV Movie]] we have the characters Bruce and Miranda, who were never given surnames on-screen. ''[[Doctor Who - The Novel of the Film]]'' gives their surname as "Gerhardt." On this wiki we have Bruce's article at [[Bruce]], and Miranda's at [[Miranda Gerhardt]] with a rename note that it should never have been moved from [[Miranda (Doctor Who)]]. To get everything back into place, should we use the novel surname or not for both of them? — [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] - '''[[User talk:Rob T Firefly|Δ]][[Special:Contributions/Rob T Firefly|∇]]''' - 16:39, September 19, 2011 (UTC) | From the [[Doctor Who (1996)|TV Movie]] we have the characters Bruce and Miranda, who were never given surnames on-screen. ''[[Doctor Who - The Novel of the Film]]'' gives their surname as "Gerhardt." On this wiki we have Bruce's article at [[Bruce]], and Miranda's at [[Miranda Gerhardt]] with a rename note that it should never have been moved from [[Miranda (Doctor Who)]]. To get everything back into place, should we use the novel surname or not for both of them? — [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] - '''[[User talk:Rob T Firefly|Δ]][[Special:Contributions/Rob T Firefly|∇]]''' - 16:39, September 19, 2011 (UTC) | ||
:It feels like we should, but given that it is not unknown for the Target novelisations to differ on issues of fact from the show, I think it warrants a similar handling: An italicised statement on the order of A''lthough their last names are never given in the movie, in the novelisation his/her surname is "Gerhardt''". [[User:Boblipton|Boblipton]] 16:44, September 19, 2011 (UTC) | |||
::No, it's a long-standing consensus that information which derives only from a novelisation or reference book cannot be used to give the main title for a subject. Otherwise we'd have Polly ''Lopez'' — instead of Polly Wright, and Susan English — instead of Susan Foreman/Campbell. It's fine to put information which comes from a novelisation into the real world section of an article. But it can't be the primary title of a subject. Miranda should be [[Miranda (Doctor Who)]] '''only'''. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} <span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">07:32: Tue 20 Sep 2011 </span> | |||