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::: Hence, still in the same spirit, my answer to your counterarguments: the Time Commander is a unique individual; his name needn't be treated the same way as the titles of various Dalek variants. I would point to [[Emperor of the Restoration]] and (although it has, of course, now been merged) to [[Golden Emperor]] as precedents for unique Daleks' "title-used-as-name" not necessarily having "Dalek" in them. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:26, 6 December 2020 (UTC) | ::: Hence, still in the same spirit, my answer to your counterarguments: the Time Commander is a unique individual; his name needn't be treated the same way as the titles of various Dalek variants. I would point to [[Emperor of the Restoration]] and (although it has, of course, now been merged) to [[Golden Emperor]] as precedents for unique Daleks' "title-used-as-name" not necessarily having "Dalek" in them. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:26, 6 December 2020 (UTC) | ||
:::: When it comes to pages on unique Daleks that lack the word "Dalek" in their names, I believe that it's best to use a unique title used in-universe to refer to that Dalek, as it's more distinctive than naming that Dalek by its rank, followed by its debut story. Hence why I believe that [[Emperor of the Restoration]] is a better name for said Dalek Emperor, rather than something like [[Dalek Emperor (Defender of the Daleks)]], or any other title that uses the Dalek's rank and a story in brackets. If we have a non-nickname, in-universe name for it, we can ignore the absence of "Dalek" in its name. | |||
::::'''However''', if, let's say, in a later in-universe story, the [[Emperor of the Restoration]] is referred to as the [[Dalek Emperor of the Restoration]], I believe that the page's name should be changed to reflect such a development. I believe page names should be as accurate as possible, so if a page on a Dalek has a name that lacks the word "Dalek" in it, it should be kept as such ''unless'', in a future story, the word ''Dalek'' is featured in its full name. The Time Commander's current name was the most accurate name for a few months, as, as far as I can tell, no in-universe source referred to it by a full title beyond ''Time Commander'', but now that we do have an in-universe source that '''explicitly''' refers to it as the ''Dalek Time Commander'' (that being [[PROSE]]: [[Mission to the Known (short story)|Mission to the Known]]), I believe that the inclusion of the word "Dalek" is necessary in its page name, as page names incorporate full titles so long as they're used in-universe. [[User:CyberFoundries900|CyberFoundries900]] [[User talk:CyberFoundries900|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:41, 7 December 2020 (UTC) | |||
