User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-28349479-20180405163637/@comment-24894325-20180407184152

As someone who feels responsible for R. Asquith, I completely agree on the full names from novelisations to be used. Obviously, the name with the dab term according to the TV version should always be retained as a redirect. The current decisions cited above rely heavily on the subservient role novelisations currently play. If they are given full validity, that naturally implies equal treatment for names too.

Though I believe this to be the best course of actions, I think it is important to understand that it will make searching a tiny bit more difficult for those who are not familiar with the novelisation. Currently, if one starts typing "Miranda G..." in the search bar, the suggested page is "Miranda (Doctor Who)", which is recognisable whether you know the TV movie or the novelisation. If the page and redirect are swapped, then typing "Miranda" or "Miranda (D..." would result in the suggestion "Miranda Gerhardt", which is not helpful for viewers, and only clicking on the page would help determine it to be the correct one. Having said that, this is just how wikis (including ours) work. R. Asquith is exactly the same in that viewers would not know where "R." came from. I remember being very impressed when some Disney related wiki provided me with the name of Anna's horse from Frozen (don't ask). If children are trusted to find that, I think we can expect our esteemed readership to handle one extra click in such rare instances.