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I'm not going to revert this change, but I would like to state that I think it's not the best decision. Fictional characters are not like real humans, whose most recent title is the best one to use. For now (and my guess, even in the future), Lewis will be better known as "Sergeant Lewis" by most people, because of the popularity of the Morse series and novels, and so, I believe it is better to put his entry under that name, of course noting that he has been promoted. It is possible that in the future, he will be become better known as "Inspector Lewis," but that remains to be seen. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Acsenray ( talk • contribs) .
The result of the proposal was no consensus. JPG-GR ( talk) 00:19, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Inspector Lewis → Robbie Lewis — The show is better known as Inspector Lewis, while the character is better known as Sergeant Lewis. Move it to a title without a rank, with his common name "Robbie". — 70.51.9.131 ( talk) 07:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
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The text of the article states that Lewis serves with the Thames Valley Police, while the infobox says he serves with Oxfordshire Police. In fact both are true. In the Morse episodes the responsible police force was TVP, but when the Lewis pilot was being planned in 2005 TVP abruptly refused permission for the use of their logos and branding, stating huffily that 'Thames Valley Police is not a fictional police force'. The producers decided to use the historic but now fictional Oxfordshire Police as this would make set dressing and vehicle provision easier given the unhelpful TVP attitude.
If TVP hadn't been formed in 1968, Lewis would probably be serving with Oxford City Police rather than the county force. It isn't clear why the producers didn't use this name.
Unfortunately I don't have references for any of the above so won't add it to the article. If anybody has suitable references feel free to add the information. -- Ef80 ( talk) 15:39, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
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I'm not going to revert this change, but I would like to state that I think it's not the best decision. Fictional characters are not like real humans, whose most recent title is the best one to use. For now (and my guess, even in the future), Lewis will be better known as "Sergeant Lewis" by most people, because of the popularity of the Morse series and novels, and so, I believe it is better to put his entry under that name, of course noting that he has been promoted. It is possible that in the future, he will be become better known as "Inspector Lewis," but that remains to be seen. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Acsenray ( talk • contribs) .
The result of the proposal was no consensus. JPG-GR ( talk) 00:19, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Inspector Lewis → Robbie Lewis — The show is better known as Inspector Lewis, while the character is better known as Sergeant Lewis. Move it to a title without a rank, with his common name "Robbie". — 70.51.9.131 ( talk) 07:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
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The text of the article states that Lewis serves with the Thames Valley Police, while the infobox says he serves with Oxfordshire Police. In fact both are true. In the Morse episodes the responsible police force was TVP, but when the Lewis pilot was being planned in 2005 TVP abruptly refused permission for the use of their logos and branding, stating huffily that 'Thames Valley Police is not a fictional police force'. The producers decided to use the historic but now fictional Oxfordshire Police as this would make set dressing and vehicle provision easier given the unhelpful TVP attitude.
If TVP hadn't been formed in 1968, Lewis would probably be serving with Oxford City Police rather than the county force. It isn't clear why the producers didn't use this name.
Unfortunately I don't have references for any of the above so won't add it to the article. If anybody has suitable references feel free to add the information. -- Ef80 ( talk) 15:39, 11 January 2012 (UTC)