Talk:Tzim-Sha

Name

Are we sure the name is 'Tzim Sha'? not 'Tsim' or 'Dzim'?Opdagon ☎ 14:38, October 8, 2018 (UTC)

Subtitles say Tzim-Sha. Xx-connor-xX ☎ 15:02, October 8, 2018 (UTC)

OK Opdagon ☎ 18:49, October 8, 2018 (UTC)

According to the official Doctor Who Twitter account, it is T'zim-Sha (here) Lady Junky 12:08, October 10, 2018 (UTC)

Please read Thread:128198 where it states that only admins can move pages but also tells you what to do if you think a page needs renaming. Shambala108 ☎ 15:18, October 10, 2018 (UTC)

Did not see that one, sorry. But it does not change that "Tzim-Sha" is wrong. I mean, from what I understood, it only comes from the subtitles (which could be misspelled). Meanwhile, the official Twitter account AND the official website for the series spells his name as "T'zim-Sha". The current name has no real basis, while we have official sources for the series using a different name. Lady Junky 15:36, October 10, 2018 (UTC)

Generally, we consider closed captioning superior to marketing elements. But, really, the ending credits are even higher in the hierarchy, because those have to be signed off by the production team. So given the dispute between lesser sources, I'm going to move the article to Tim Shaw and leave redirects for the varying non-EN names.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  16:13: Wed 10 Oct 2018

Additionally, I should point out that the move you suggested isn't, technically, possible. There's a flaw in FANDOM's search engine that makes it unlikely for anything that has an apostrophe in the second position to be easily found by our auto-suggestion code. Note the difference in the search when you enter "Tzim" versus when you try "T'zim". (For readers in the future, this may be corrected. But in the here and now, when this character is most relevant to Doctor Who, it's better to go with a name that our search engine can more easily find.)
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  16:25: Wed 10 Oct 2018

Really? Why are credits highest canon? Wouldn't it be in-episode content that has the first place on that front, and by extension, closed captioning/subtitles? --DCLM ☎ 05:45, October 11, 2018 (UTC)

But, is his name pronounced dzim, tsim, or tuzim? Opdagon ☎ 06:51, October 11, 2018 (UTC)

The exact spelling might be up for debate, but I think it went through clearly that his name was Tzim-Sha. At least that's what I made of it. --DCLM ☎ 09:14, October 11, 2018 (UTC)

Yes, if his name was emblazoned on his pod in golden letters, that would have taken precedent. Barring that, credits are second best. Unfortunately, different people may hear different things. But it is at least indisputable (as in confirmed by the credits) that the Doctor called him "Tim Shaw". Given that even BBC itself cannot agree on the correct spelling, Tim Shaw is practically the only thing we can use. Amorkuz ☎ 12:53, October 11, 2018 (UTC)

For information purposes, the hierarchy of spelling was determined in Thread:127706. Shambala108 ☎ 14:00, October 11, 2018 (UTC)