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:'''Totally Support''' and to respond to [[User:Cousin Ettolrhc|Cousin Ettolrch]] I think in the case of contradicting full names between a TV story and a Novelization, Susan Foreman vs Susan English for example, we'd go with name from the TV Story on the basis of seniority or frequency. In most cases the TV name would have been used first, but if there are occasions where a novelization's name was used first but the majority of later sources use a different contradicting name, that later name may be used instead. I don't know if any cases like that actually exist and I invite people to poke holes in and iron out this idea because I feel like this could have it's own complications that I'm not entirely foreseeing. [[User:Time God Eon|Time God Eon]] [[User talk:Time God Eon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:09, 7 February 2023 (UTC) | :'''Totally Support''' and to respond to [[User:Cousin Ettolrhc|Cousin Ettolrch]] I think in the case of contradicting full names between a TV story and a Novelization, Susan Foreman vs Susan English for example, we'd go with name from the TV Story on the basis of seniority or frequency. In most cases the TV name would have been used first, but if there are occasions where a novelization's name was used first but the majority of later sources use a different contradicting name, that later name may be used instead. I don't know if any cases like that actually exist and I invite people to poke holes in and iron out this idea because I feel like this could have it's own complications that I'm not entirely foreseeing. [[User:Time God Eon|Time God Eon]] [[User talk:Time God Eon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:09, 7 February 2023 (UTC) | ||
:Fully agree with you there [[User:Time God Eon|Time God Eon]], just wanted to get it out there. Sincerely doubt anyone will disagree except in another hypothetical scenario I just thought of. What if a character called "Sarah Smythe" on TV (credited as such) is then called "Sarah Smith" in the novelisation, ''and then later EU stories use the novelisation name'', what would we do then? Or is this not worth thinking about until that actually happens, considering it's such an absurd edge-case and this policy would work 99% of the time. [[User:Cousin Ettolrhc|Cousin Ettolrhc]] [[User talk:Cousin Ettolrhc|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:04, 7 February 2023 (UTC) | ::Fully agree with you there [[User:Time God Eon|Time God Eon]], just wanted to get it out there. Sincerely doubt anyone will disagree except in another hypothetical scenario I just thought of. What if a character called "Sarah Smythe" on TV (credited as such) is then called "Sarah Smith" in the novelisation, ''and then later EU stories use the novelisation name'', what would we do then? Or is this not worth thinking about until that actually happens, considering it's such an absurd edge-case and this policy would work 99% of the time. [[User:Cousin Ettolrhc|Cousin Ettolrhc]] [[User talk:Cousin Ettolrhc|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:04, 7 February 2023 (UTC) | ||
:::I think in that case we'd have to have a talk page discussion about it. With this proposed change I'm not trying to rule on all naming decisions once and for all; I'm just trying to give novelisations a seat at the table. – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 22:08, 7 February 2023 (UTC) | |||
:I agree with this wholeheartedly. Nothing more to add. [[User:FractalDoctor|Fractal Doctor]] [[User talk:FractalDoctor|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:05, 7 February 2023 (UTC) | :I agree with this wholeheartedly. Nothing more to add. [[User:FractalDoctor|Fractal Doctor]] [[User talk:FractalDoctor|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:05, 7 February 2023 (UTC) | ||
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