Once Upon a Time Wiki talk:Staff/@comment-3393671-20121005070545/@comment-4839682-20121005174814

I think this is an excellent idea, and think it would be smart to include the actors (perhaps not all of them, tho) and indicate who was starring or guest starring in what season. However, before we do such a thing, and this relates to your comment below, we need to clearly define what constitutes a "main" character, a "recurring" character, and a "minor" character. There's clearly some debate about Ruby/Red and Belle/her counterpart, as people have been changing the wording on the lead on those pages from "main" to "recurring" and back again. (It's different people on both sides, too) I think it's wise to open a community discussion about it, since there's obvious disagreement about what the definition should be; the argument seems to be "the actor is billed as starring" vs. "how much the character matters to the overall story." I think we can all agree on some characters, though; Emma, Henry, SW/MM, PC/David, EQ/Regina, Rumple/Gold are "main", and I think we can clearly cite the one-episode-only characters (such as Hansel and Gretel, for example, possibly even Ashley and Sean and others who have very small roles in a second ep) as "minor". It's others who are a bit iffy; those who have had actors billed as "starring". I'll make a blog on this and open a more public, visible discussion when I get home, unless someone beats me to it. :D