Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-5679696-20171014203438/@comment-24314171-20171014235036

Lady Junky wrote: FrancisPaul wrote: Lady Junky wrote: FrancisPaul wrote: What about this option in order of prevalence:

The person's birth name (if any version of them were ever credited that way - here, names without titles prevail, unless the name was only credited with the title. Titles will only be in the page name if the name was never credited alone, like Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll, Captain Nemo, Queen Elinor)

The original counterpart credited name (if they were never credited by their birth name)

and The earliest credited name of the original counterpart (if they were credited in more than one way but neither of them was their birth name).

It would give us: Regina, Snow White, David, Emma Swan, Henry Mills, Zelena, Rumplestiltskin, Belle, Killian Jones, Robin Hood (rather than Thief), Baelfire, Malcolm, Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, Red Riding Hood, Magic Mirror (rather than Mirror), Maurice (rather than Sir Maurice), Nurse Ratched (rather than Severe Nurse), Victor (rather than Dr. Frankenstein), Lancelot (without Sir, but Sir Morgan - because he was never credited as Morgan), Cora (rather than Queen of Hearts), Dr. Jekyll, Frederick, Prince Henry (rather than Valet), Gerda (rather than Regal Woman or Queen of Arendelle), Ingrid (rather than Snow Queen), Gideon (rather than Morpheus or Son), Owen Flynn (rather than Greg Mendell or the Outsider), Isaac (rather than Author or Peddler), John and Michael (rather than Glasses and Keychain), Will Scarlet (rather than Knave of Hearts), Liam (rather than First Mate), Marian (rather than Maid Marian), Merlin (rather than Disembodied Voice), Zoso (rather than Old Beggar), William Smee (rather than just Smee).

In this case, the Serum Queen could be Regina (Serum) or Evil Queen (Serum), I guess. She, just like WR characters, have no credited names at all, so we should use the most suitable or follow the previous rule: "Queen Snow" (as we currently have) or "Snow White (Wish Realm)", "King David" (as we currently have) or "David (Wish Realm)".

The only exception I think we should make in this rule would be Grumpy - his original name is Dreamy and he was credited as Dreamy, but Grumpy seems definitely "more right", imo. Also, Seer works better than Little Girl.

Still against our policies. Just read the very first message of Killian.

"Note that this won't override the policies, so we will still use the credited names."

So, there is no birth name stuff ^^' Those I listed are all credited names.

If we are merging counterparts in one page, there is no harm in using one credited name for both counterparts. If one counterpart has that credit name, it should be enough. They're in one merged page, why do the credit names need to remain being considered apart from each other?

Lana is credited as Evil Queen? Yes, but Lana is also credited as Regina. Period. We can use Regina as a name for the combined counterparts page - it is not like this "Regina" credit is specifically meant for SB counterpart only, there's plenty of official material refering to EQ as Regina, Lana is credited as Evil Queen in the episodes only Regina Mills appears, she is still credited as Regina in the episode only the EQ appears.

Please, don't play on that.

The "Regina" is meant for SB, as it is proven with "Snow White/Mary Margaret" or "Rumple/Mr. Gold". If we considered the original counterpart credited as "Regina", don't you think we would have renamed the Evil Queen page already?

The choices are pretty much what they are. Either it is the original and so Evil Queen, or the most recent one, Roni. So, it's going to be like "Roni, formerly known as Regina Mills or the Evil Queen..."?