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{{retitle|The Panopticon/Novelisation clarification}} | |||
[[Thread:231243]] ended with a decision that information from novelisations may be included in articles, but that when a novelisation gives a more complete name for a person than the televised story, the article name should be based on the TV version alone, as at [[Miranda (Doctor Who)]]. That's fine. But what about the cases in which a person's name is not given at all on TV, but the novelisation gives them a name? We have a short article at [[Mickey Smith's mother]]. [[Rose (novelisation)]] names her as Odessa Smith (and incidentally confirms that "couldn't cope" is a euphemism for her suicide). I would be inclined to move [[Mickey Smith's mother]] to [[Odessa Smith]], but the policy as written would seem to argue against that. Can we distinguish between cases in which a novelisation gives a surname to a character who doesn't have one on TV, and cases in which a novelisation gives a name to a character who doesn't have one at all on TV? | [[Thread:231243]] ended with a decision that information from novelisations may be included in articles, but that when a novelisation gives a more complete name for a person than the televised story, the article name should be based on the TV version alone, as at [[Miranda (Doctor Who)]]. That's fine. But what about the cases in which a person's name is not given at all on TV, but the novelisation gives them a name? We have a short article at [[Mickey Smith's mother]]. [[Rose (novelisation)]] names her as Odessa Smith (and incidentally confirms that "couldn't cope" is a euphemism for her suicide). I would be inclined to move [[Mickey Smith's mother]] to [[Odessa Smith]], but the policy as written would seem to argue against that. Can we distinguish between cases in which a novelisation gives a surname to a character who doesn't have one on TV, and cases in which a novelisation gives a name to a character who doesn't have one at all on TV? | ||
[[User:CzechOut|CzechOut]] explained the decision to use [[Miranda (Doctor Who)]] instead of [[Miranda Gerhardt]] as being in the interest of aiding casual readers of the site. But are casual readers more aided by an article titled [[Mickey Smith's mother]] than by one titled [[Odessa Smith]]? Surely the most likely method for anyone searching for an article on Mickey's mother would be for them to go to [[Mickey Smith]] and click on a link to the article on his mother, either in the infobox or in the article text. I could be wrong, but I don't think most readers would type "mickey smith's mother" in the search field. | [[User:CzechOut|CzechOut]] explained the decision to use [[Miranda (Doctor Who)]] instead of [[Miranda Gerhardt]] as being in the interest of aiding casual readers of the site. But are casual readers more aided by an article titled [[Mickey Smith's mother]] than by one titled [[Odessa Smith]]? Surely the most likely method for anyone searching for an article on Mickey's mother would be for them to go to [[Mickey Smith]] and click on a link to the article on his mother, either in the infobox or in the article text. I could be wrong, but I don't think most readers would type "mickey smith's mother" in the search field. | ||
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