This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page or, if the page was deleted, in the Senate Hall rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was Delete. Toprawa and Ralltiir 06:44, March 7, 2010 (UTC)
List of aliases (talk - history - links - logs)
This article is was up before, but it has not grown better. In fact, there are some names in here that appear to be fanon, more that are trivial, and other information that needs to be wookified, and checked. It is also woefully incomplete. We have categories for aliases, alternate names, and redirects from these. Why do we need such a list? — Fiolli {Alpheridies University ComNet} 05:34, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
Delete
- — Fiolli {Alpheridies University ComNet} 05:34, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
- KILL! Anything that is in this article belongs in the article for the character, not in an obsolete, outdated, incomplete, and likely fanon-ridden list. Jonjedigrandmaster (Jedi Beacon) 15:55, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
- Very annoying to clean up, too. JangFett (Talk) 16:21, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
- Grand Moff Tranner
(Comlink) 16:24, February 28, 2010 (UTC) - Kill quickly and painfully per Jon. —Master Jonathan(Jedi Council Chambers) 16:41, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
- Cylka-talk- 22:06, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Toprawa and Ralltiir 04:52, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
- Darth Shohet 13:59, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
- Crush them. --Xd 14:06, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
- Watch the "article" with SEVEN maintenance tags burn. Nayayen—TALK 16:51, March 3, 2010 (UTC)
- Grunny (Talk) 05:25, March 5, 2010 (UTC)
I don't think its necessary. --Admrial Thrawn 05:34, March 5, 2010 (UTC)(Vote struck, reason: Per policy: Fewer than 50 mainspace edits -- Toprawa and Ralltiir 07:16, March 6, 2010 (UTC))
- CC7567 (talk) 07:51, March 5, 2010 (UTC)
- It could be accomplished with a category, but it shouldn't be. - JMAS
Hey, it's me! 22:56, March 5, 2010 (UTC) - Per Jon and Nayayen. Pranay Sobusk ~ Talk 23:07, March 5, 2010 (UTC)
- Also, let's redirect all aliases used by single individuals to their main articles while we're at it. -- Darth Culator (Talk) 00:47, March 6, 2010 (UTC)
- ASDF1239
Discussion 05:09, March 6, 2010 (UTC)
Keep
- Its function cannot be replicated by a category. --Golden Monkey 20:07, March 5, 2010 (UTC)
- Nor should it be. Instead, the information should be present in the characters' articles. Jonjedigrandmaster
(We seed the stars) 20:10, March 5, 2010 (UTC)
- To be fair, not every one-time alias ever used is going to be notable enough to appear in the character's article. I don't think that necessarily justifies the list, but it's true that character articles aren't necessarily going to duplicate this information 100%. Havac 04:50, March 6, 2010 (UTC)
- What if an "A.K.A." field was added to the {{Character infobox}} and {{Droid infobox}} templates? - Esjs(Talk) 06:47, March 6, 2010 (UTC)
- This was already discussed at Forum:CT:Multiple character names in infobox for characters with both a normal name and a "Darth" name, but found no consensus. Pranay Sobusk ~ Talk 18:32, March 6, 2010 (UTC)
- What if an "A.K.A." field was added to the {{Character infobox}} and {{Droid infobox}} templates? - Esjs(Talk) 06:47, March 6, 2010 (UTC)
- To be fair, not every one-time alias ever used is going to be notable enough to appear in the character's article. I don't think that necessarily justifies the list, but it's true that character articles aren't necessarily going to duplicate this information 100%. Havac 04:50, March 6, 2010 (UTC)
- Nor should it be. Instead, the information should be present in the characters' articles. Jonjedigrandmaster
Comments
I actually want eliminate every article in the category Aliases, nicknames, and pseudonyms. The only articles that should be exempt from this are those that are only known by an alias, nickname, or pseudonym, such as Sluggo the Hutt. I'm still very pro-delete regarding this article, I just wanted to add more. (Yes, I know this could mean the loss of nearly a hundred articles, but i believe this would just improve the wiki by removing useless articles. If someone wants to argue against it and has a strong point, I'm all ears and fully open to changing my mind.) --Darth Shohet 17:11, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
- You will need to start another TC for those, as this one is designated for only the article "List of aliases." Tacking on random articles later in the game, especially after people have voted, is in very bad faith and bad form and should be prohibited. — Fiolli {Alpheridies University ComNet} 21:46, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry, I didn't think of that. I just assumed that since the two were so similar that I could kill two birds with one stone. I'll keep that in mind in the future. --Darth Shohet 01:25, March 3, 2010 (UTC)