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I've linked the character links with their redirect, instead of a direct link to the comic book character for two main reasons. The first, is that it follows MOS:RDR recommendation to correct linking, as it will allow any future article to already have correct incoming links, instead of trying to find them later on (which Barry Allen (Arrowverse) still has a lot missing). The second, is that the redirects lead to the correct character section which talks about the TV character, while the comic articles barely mention them (some even one-line). It should be noted that in the character section, there is a link to the comic book appearance, which is a more logical linking order and which follows WP:ASTONISH, sending the reader to the page they are expecting to read. Another editor disagrees with this. So the question is, which links would be better here? -- Gonnym ( talk) 09:11, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Disagree: If you are saying that these characters are not related to their comic counterparts, then is there really a need to link them at all? There is already a link to the character page at the top of the section. People can scroll from there all the same as they please. Also, your method is then inconsistent with the recurring and guest lists, which link to the individual character pages as they should. Dhalh ( talk) 19:28, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Support:
Gonnym's suggestion. It makes more sense to redirect to Arrowverse characters as the characters in the show are not the same as those in the comics
. —
Lbtocth
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11:54, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
Support: it's far more useful and appropriate to link to specific Arrowverse character articles (if they exist) or redirects for these particular incarnations of the characters given that those redirects, as mentioned by Gonnym and others, can be properly targets to the appropriate sections of the characters' "main incarnations" articles. That's what WP:NOTBROKEN is for: cases just like this where a redirect might plausibly at some point be turned into a full article or to direct people to specific sections of more general articles. As AutumnKing mentions, if readers are interested in the originating characters on whom the TV characters are (sometimes quite loosely) based, they can do their own clicking from the TV character article or the "List of" article. — Joeyconnick ( talk) 20:30, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
I always thought that an actor needs to appear in at least four episodes in a season to be called "recurring". Virgil (Christopher Gerard), Alena Whitlock (Kacey Rohl), Sergeant Bingsley (Danny Wattley) and Kevin Dale (Raj Paul) have all appeared in four episodes, yet they are billed under "guest" while Dante (Adrian Paul) is billed under "recurring" despite only three appearances. What to do? -- Kailash29792 (talk) 08:57, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
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I've linked the character links with their redirect, instead of a direct link to the comic book character for two main reasons. The first, is that it follows MOS:RDR recommendation to correct linking, as it will allow any future article to already have correct incoming links, instead of trying to find them later on (which Barry Allen (Arrowverse) still has a lot missing). The second, is that the redirects lead to the correct character section which talks about the TV character, while the comic articles barely mention them (some even one-line). It should be noted that in the character section, there is a link to the comic book appearance, which is a more logical linking order and which follows WP:ASTONISH, sending the reader to the page they are expecting to read. Another editor disagrees with this. So the question is, which links would be better here? -- Gonnym ( talk) 09:11, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Disagree: If you are saying that these characters are not related to their comic counterparts, then is there really a need to link them at all? There is already a link to the character page at the top of the section. People can scroll from there all the same as they please. Also, your method is then inconsistent with the recurring and guest lists, which link to the individual character pages as they should. Dhalh ( talk) 19:28, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Support:
Gonnym's suggestion. It makes more sense to redirect to Arrowverse characters as the characters in the show are not the same as those in the comics
. —
Lbtocth
talk
11:54, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
Support: it's far more useful and appropriate to link to specific Arrowverse character articles (if they exist) or redirects for these particular incarnations of the characters given that those redirects, as mentioned by Gonnym and others, can be properly targets to the appropriate sections of the characters' "main incarnations" articles. That's what WP:NOTBROKEN is for: cases just like this where a redirect might plausibly at some point be turned into a full article or to direct people to specific sections of more general articles. As AutumnKing mentions, if readers are interested in the originating characters on whom the TV characters are (sometimes quite loosely) based, they can do their own clicking from the TV character article or the "List of" article. — Joeyconnick ( talk) 20:30, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
I always thought that an actor needs to appear in at least four episodes in a season to be called "recurring". Virgil (Christopher Gerard), Alena Whitlock (Kacey Rohl), Sergeant Bingsley (Danny Wattley) and Kevin Dale (Raj Paul) have all appeared in four episodes, yet they are billed under "guest" while Dante (Adrian Paul) is billed under "recurring" despite only three appearances. What to do? -- Kailash29792 (talk) 08:57, 16 May 2019 (UTC)