So in the Kenobi finale, Reva forsook her identity as an Inquisitor, so Third Sister has been moved to Reva to reflect that. I am proposing that we move Reva to Reva Savander, because in an official Disney+ YouTube video [1], Moses Ingram, the actress who plays Reva says, "My character is Reva Savander, and I am a Jedi hunter, an Inquisitor...", which gives her an official last name that should be in the name of her article. Since her last name is spoken aloud, technically we don't know the canonical spelling, but we have a template for that, and we go with the spelling that seems most reasonable. "Savander" seems good to me, and the automatic captions render Reva's name as "Riva [sic] Savander" as well. There are lots of articles that have conjectural spelling, so this isn't something new.
Per the naming policy, an article's name should be the fullest version of the name the character self-identified as at the farthest along in the timeline known. As such, Reva's last name should be included in the title of the article, even if the precise spelling isn't known.
What do you guys think about this? I wanted to make a discussion before I put it to a vote. Does anybody have a different spelling suggestion? Jarhead002 (talk) 18:04, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- There is no harm in waiting for an official confirmation of spelling, it will surely come soon enough. Though I disgaree with Savander if we are going to have to move it before then, Sevander seems to be the more used, so if any I suppose it should be that Lewisr (talk) 18:22, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Okay, I agree that Sevander seems more likely. However, I do think we should add her last name in sooner rather than later, to conform to the Naming Policy. Since we have a provision and lots of precedent for conjectural spelling in article titles, I think we should go with Sevander untill/unless spelling is confirmed. Jarhead002 (talk) 18:28, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Let's just wait and get the spelling right the first time. I'm sure official confirmation will come out soon. Supreme Emperor Holocomm 19:09, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Ditto on the "Wait for the official spelling". There's no need for a conjectural spelling of something we know we'll get an official spelling for at some point. Immi Thrax
(she/her) (talk) 19:39, 23 June 2022 (UTC) - But is there any harm in putting it in now? Why do we even have Template:Conjecturespell if we shun its use in favor of waiting? Its purpose is to allow us to include the fullest name of a subject even though we do not know the spelling for sure, untill/unless spelling is confirmed, which is precisely what is going on in this situation. Even though at some point we may get a confirmed spelling, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't conform to the Naming Policy in the meantime. Keeping it at Reva when we should include the fullest name we have, even if we're not 100% sure on the spelling violates the Naming Policy. It could be several months before we get a confirmed spelling, and there is a decent chance that "Sevander" already is the correct spelling. Jarhead002 (talk) 21:25, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- That template is used on articles whose titles will probably stay unconfirmed indefinitely, which isn't the case here. Plus, keeping it at "Reva" does not violate the Naming policy. The line "If a subject has more than one canon name, use the most formal and accurate version provided in sources" is meant to prefer full names where they are actually known to us, fully spelled out, and the version of Reva's surname that we'd arbitrarily decide on may quite possibly be innacurate. OOM 224 22:11, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Per above we should wait, there are multiple spellings that could be used Sevanda, Sevandar and Sevarndar, with thise vowels potentially being an e, a, o, ou.... and thats just off the top of my head Manoof (he/him/his) (talk) 00:05, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
Behind the Scenes of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Series! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) confirms the spelling to be Reva Sevander. OOM 224 18:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)