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::::: In my opinion, our policy should be that a character's name on the wiki should be written as it appears in the most sources. For instance, [[Mr. Bean]] should be at that page because that is his name, period included. It would be bonkers to list the character at [[Mr Bean]] or, worse, [[Bean (Dennis the Menace in Balloonatics)]]. So why is Mr. Benn at [[Benn]]? I think we need a more consistent policy in these cases. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25|🤙☎️]] 19:34, 30 May 2023 (UTC) | ::::: In my opinion, our policy should be that a character's name on the wiki should be written as it appears in the most sources. For instance, [[Mr. Bean]] should be at that page because that is his name, period included. It would be bonkers to list the character at [[Mr Bean]] or, worse, [[Bean (Dennis the Menace in Balloonatics)]]. So why is Mr. Benn at [[Benn]]? I think we need a more consistent policy in these cases. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25|🤙☎️]] 19:34, 30 May 2023 (UTC) | ||
:: I suspect in both the [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)]] and [[Mr. Bean]] cases, what we're doing is applying the [[Doc Holliday]] precedent: Cushing's character is not — at any rate not primarily, not explicitly — a man called Who who has a doctorate, any more than Hartnell was, but rather a man going by the indivisible ''moniker'' of “''Dr. Who''”. See also [[Mr Tickle]] or [[Captain Britain]]. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 11:03, 31 May 2023 (UTC) | :: I suspect in both the [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)]] and [[Mr. Bean]] cases, what we're doing is applying the [[Doc Holliday]] precedent: Cushing's character is not — at any rate not primarily, not explicitly — a man called Who who has a doctorate, any more than Hartnell was, but rather a man going by the indivisible ''moniker'' of “''Dr. Who''”. See also [[Mr Tickle]] or [[Captain Britain]]. | ||
:: (This is not to say I oppose the reform, but I do think those highlighted exceptions have a rationale under the current policy, and don't just stick out without reason.) [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']] [[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]] 11:03, 31 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
