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Yes, I recall when it was just "Aliases". The Tenth Doctor had "Dad", so It was quickly changed.----[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]]--<small>[[User talk:Skittles the hog|Talk]]</small> 18:46, May 3, 2011 (UTC) | Yes, I recall when it was just "Aliases". The Tenth Doctor had "Dad", so It was quickly changed.----[[User:Skittles the hog|Skittles the hog]]--<small>[[User talk:Skittles the hog|Talk]]</small> 18:46, May 3, 2011 (UTC) | ||
The infobox now says "Also Called" instead of "Notable Aliases" (or "Aliases"), and it's still being used for any descriptive phrase or one-off joking nickname for any character. In a few cases, there are Talk discussions or mini-edit wars over the lists. | |||
Some examples of what's there now: Amy Pond is "Pondy" (as well as "Pond"), "Ghost of Christmas Present", and "Big Milk Thing"; River is "Melody Williams" and "Child of the TARDIS"; Rory is "The Pretty One"; Jack is "Captain Jack Bollocks" and "Il Diablo"; Donna is "Supertemp"; etc. Nobody's going to search the wiki for "Supertemp" to figure out which character was being refered to, and I can't imagine any other possible encyclopedia use for such a list. | |||
However, in each case, it's hard to justify removing these entries, given that each one is consistent with the rest of the wiki, and there's no policy statement against them. So, I think what we need is just such a policy statement, so someone can remove "Captain Jack Bollocks" with a one-line explanation instead of an argument on the Talk page. | |||
It's worth pointing out that this problem seems to be restricted almost entirely to new-series characters. We don't call Sarah Jane "Old Girl", Peri "The Girl", Henry Jago "The One With the Black Moustache", Compassion or "Stroppy Redhead". (In fact, we don't even call Fitz "James Bond", which he used that as an undercover alias at least three times.) It's tempting to say that classic-series and spinoff characters represent the intended rule, but given how much more effort goes into new-series characters, I don't think that can be justified. --[[Special:Contributions/173.228.85.35|173.228.85.35]] 10:01, September 5, 2011 (UTC) | |||
