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:::And I think there's also the issue of how to address ''BTS'' naming conventions here. If we're on [[The Monk]] and we refer to BTS facts about the character during [[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]], what do we refer to them as? (Well, you can treat "monk" as a name rather than description, but the basic point still holds. This is more than just an IU problem.) [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:24, 21 November 2023 (UTC) | :::And I think there's also the issue of how to address ''BTS'' naming conventions here. If we're on [[The Monk]] and we refer to BTS facts about the character during [[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]], what do we refer to them as? (Well, you can treat "monk" as a name rather than description, but the basic point still holds. This is more than just an IU problem.) [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 04:24, 21 November 2023 (UTC) | ||
I'm heavily in favor of keeping a more standard approach to characters like the Doctor. Sure, it might seem cute when some wiki writers insert "Dr. Who went on an adventure" and such into articles, what it actually does is insert an implied difference, to the casual reader, between sources that do and do not do this. So, if one paragraph on [[First Doctor]] says "The Doctor ate an apple," then another says "Dr. Who ate some grapes," this actually violates T:NPOV in some subconscious way by implying, to the reader, that these statements do not describe the same persona. A reader might use this logic to assume that sections which use "Dr. Who" should be skipped, as they appear to be written stylistically different than stories which don't use this name. While this might match the head canons of a few of our readers/editors, doing this is counter-productive to the entire point of refusing to treat more obscure sources as "lesser" than the most popular ones. | |||
Not to mention that even in sources where Dr. Who is the character's full name, it's not used nearly as often as we imply on this site! To use [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)]] as an example, in ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'', "Dr. Who" is said, out loud, one time. "Doctor" or "the Doctor" is spoken 11 times. So even the Cushing Doctor's page should, on occasion, just say "the Doctor" instead of "Dr. Who," because that is what people call him! | |||
When it comes to other characters, such as K9, I suppose a minor difference would not matter. But it does become contentious again once we look at things like [[Bessie]] vs Betsie. Is it not confusing to switch between these two names? By making the switch, are we implying to readers that stories which use Betsie are "lesser" by not conforming? I think it's seriously worth considering. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25|🤙☎️]] 08:00, 24 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
