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Breakdown of each episode's main on-end billing, plus cast list. Actors in bold indicate the first appearance of the character, with the episodes they appear in after.
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- Favre1fan93 ( talk) 18:57, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that a post-credit scene has been included for episode 1. However, the problem is that it is not important. We know Sylvie will work at McDonald's in the year 1983, but that itself isn't that important. JEDIMASTER2008 ( talk) 07:34, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
Good afternoon. We offer you the option of creating separate articles on the episodes of the series. I and some other participants in the Russian-language Wikipedia segment have created articles on the episodes of the season. If you have a desire, you can use these versions as a basis )). Have a great day)
Dan watcher 32 ( talk) 16:36, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
There's been a dispute on whether to call Ouroboros "O.B." or "O. B."
Favre1fan93 and
Gonnym prefer "O. B.", citing
MOS:INITIALS. However, I feel that
MOS:INITIALS actually allows for "O.B.", as it says An initial is capitalized and is followed by a full point (period) and a space (e.g. J. R. R. Tolkien), unless the person demonstrably has a different, consistently preferred style for their own name; and an overwhelming majority of reliable sources use that variant style for that person.
The evidence below supports this.
Person demonstrably has a different, consistently preferred style for their own name:
POP! O.B.
Ouroboros. Or O.B. for short!
Overwhelming majority of reliable sources use that variant style for that person:
Multiple exceptions to "full point and a space" for initials for a wide variety of fictional characters/groups already exist on Wikipedia.
In light of the above, and the lack of evidence that either "O. B." or "O B" are favoured in either primary sources or secondary sources, why are we insisting on deviations from primary sources and secondary sources? starship .paint ( RUN) 06:37, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
unless the person demonstrably has a different, consistently preferred style for their own nameand then linked to places where (obviously) the person has not commented on their preferred style, since they are a fictional character which can't comment on anything. That brings up the question, do creators of fictional characters count here or not. This isn't something that should be asked or answered in a WP:LOCALCONSENSUS but in the guideline's talk page. Now since this part of the guideline can't be answered here and the guideline requires that both criteria a and b (this is a) are met, then the discussion's result can't be anything other than stalled until this issue is resolved.
Initials are not nicknames; do not put them in quotation marks or insert them in mid-name, as in John Thomas Smith better known as "J. T." Smith or John Thomas (J. T.) Smith.which we are also doing incorrectly. MOS:NICKNAME does not have an example of a nickname which uses initials. This again leads me to believe that the correct venue here is the project guideline talk page. Gonnym ( talk) 09:31, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply. Our policies come first. starship .paint ( RUN) 01:40, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
WP:Requested moves has consistently interpreted the "Initials" section as also applying to names of fictional characters.InfiniteNexus ( talk) 05:20, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
Sources do not supersede Wikipedia stylization guidelines and policiesis completely correct. It's how we had the extreme situation of Talk:Cost of Living (Star Trek: The Next Generation)#Episode is now at the wrong title (and at Cause and Effect (Star Trek: The Next Generation)), as an editor determined that "Of" and "And" (per sources) was completely different words to "of" and "and" (per Wikipedia styling guidelines). -- Alex_21 TALK 08:01, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
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Breakdown of each episode's main on-end billing, plus cast list. Actors in bold indicate the first appearance of the character, with the episodes they appear in after.
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- Favre1fan93 ( talk) 18:57, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that a post-credit scene has been included for episode 1. However, the problem is that it is not important. We know Sylvie will work at McDonald's in the year 1983, but that itself isn't that important. JEDIMASTER2008 ( talk) 07:34, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
Good afternoon. We offer you the option of creating separate articles on the episodes of the series. I and some other participants in the Russian-language Wikipedia segment have created articles on the episodes of the season. If you have a desire, you can use these versions as a basis )). Have a great day)
Dan watcher 32 ( talk) 16:36, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
There's been a dispute on whether to call Ouroboros "O.B." or "O. B."
Favre1fan93 and
Gonnym prefer "O. B.", citing
MOS:INITIALS. However, I feel that
MOS:INITIALS actually allows for "O.B.", as it says An initial is capitalized and is followed by a full point (period) and a space (e.g. J. R. R. Tolkien), unless the person demonstrably has a different, consistently preferred style for their own name; and an overwhelming majority of reliable sources use that variant style for that person.
The evidence below supports this.
Person demonstrably has a different, consistently preferred style for their own name:
POP! O.B.
Ouroboros. Or O.B. for short!
Overwhelming majority of reliable sources use that variant style for that person:
Multiple exceptions to "full point and a space" for initials for a wide variety of fictional characters/groups already exist on Wikipedia.
In light of the above, and the lack of evidence that either "O. B." or "O B" are favoured in either primary sources or secondary sources, why are we insisting on deviations from primary sources and secondary sources? starship .paint ( RUN) 06:37, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
unless the person demonstrably has a different, consistently preferred style for their own nameand then linked to places where (obviously) the person has not commented on their preferred style, since they are a fictional character which can't comment on anything. That brings up the question, do creators of fictional characters count here or not. This isn't something that should be asked or answered in a WP:LOCALCONSENSUS but in the guideline's talk page. Now since this part of the guideline can't be answered here and the guideline requires that both criteria a and b (this is a) are met, then the discussion's result can't be anything other than stalled until this issue is resolved.
Initials are not nicknames; do not put them in quotation marks or insert them in mid-name, as in John Thomas Smith better known as "J. T." Smith or John Thomas (J. T.) Smith.which we are also doing incorrectly. MOS:NICKNAME does not have an example of a nickname which uses initials. This again leads me to believe that the correct venue here is the project guideline talk page. Gonnym ( talk) 09:31, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply. Our policies come first. starship .paint ( RUN) 01:40, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
WP:Requested moves has consistently interpreted the "Initials" section as also applying to names of fictional characters.InfiniteNexus ( talk) 05:20, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
Sources do not supersede Wikipedia stylization guidelines and policiesis completely correct. It's how we had the extreme situation of Talk:Cost of Living (Star Trek: The Next Generation)#Episode is now at the wrong title (and at Cause and Effect (Star Trek: The Next Generation)), as an editor determined that "Of" and "And" (per sources) was completely different words to "of" and "and" (per Wikipedia styling guidelines). -- Alex_21 TALK 08:01, 30 October 2023 (UTC)