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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) | 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) | ||
I hate the entire article. After cleaning up the usual grammatical problems, I said to myself that a lot of these aren't aliases, they're insults or descriptors like "That a**hole" or "You remember the Doctor. He's old Mister Shultz' nephew's ex-brother-in-law" and suddenly we're seeing "a**hole" and "old Mr. Shultz' nephew's ex-brother-in-law". Or even, "You remember." I tried fixing it once and it was reverted. I'd rather see the article deleted than continue in its long, rambling and effectively useless form.[[User:Boblipton|Boblipton]] 10:53, September 5, 2011 (UTC) | |||
