Talk:Boss-Cat

I didn't know where to put this, so I figured here was as good a place as any.

I love the new appearances sections, though I tend to agree with the impulse to LIST ALL episodes (preferably w/columns), as opposed to summarizing. But that's easy for me to say, as I sure as hell have no intention of doing it myself. (Waves sheepishly to GXB & especially MATT. VOOTIE, guys!)

Anyway, looking over the new section, something occurred to me that's been nagging at me for awhile...

You'll notice that there isn't an "Appearances" list for Boss-Cat. And why should there be? It's just a nickname for Talon.

But I'm wondering... should there be FULL entries on both Derek and Talon? Or should the Derek entry only be more-or-less as brief as the Boss-Cat entry and otherwise pointing forward to Talon for a FULL BIOGRAPHY, as opposed to splitting the bio between them.

This would also apply to Janine/Fox, Maggie Reed/the Cat, Othello/Coldstone, etc.

I'm just raising this for discussion, mind you. I've been hesitant to weigh in on things like this as ... well, frankly, I really do NOT want my opinion to carry extra weight on how the wiki is managed. (As opposed to the notion that my opinion SHOULD carry extra weight on matters of garg "fact".) -gdw

Interesting idea. I'd be more willing to merge Janine/Fox and Maggie Reed/the Cat. But Derek/Talon really marks two different identities, not just two different names. Probably they aren't as separate as, say, Puck and Owen. If they are merged, what would we call the new page: Derek Maza or Talon? I'm heavily in favour of using the name most used for a character, but in this case... well, it's tricky.

What we could do, as a sort of compromise, is merge the Appearances sections and leave the rest of the article separate. So, for example, Talon would have a full Appearances section, including appearances by Derek before his change. Derek would have a link to Talon#Appearances, with an explanation that the full Appearances section can be found at the target. Then we should probably specify for each appearance whether the character is appearing as Derek or Talon.

This would work just as well for Maggie, but Janine... well, Janine and Fox are two different names for the same identity, so I don't think we need bother. (Actually, Maggie the Cat and Maggie Reed are pretty much the same identity, despite the outward changes. Discussion for another time.) Othello/Coldstone is more complicated (as is Iago/Coldsteel and Desdemona/Coldfire). Not sure how best to deal with them. -- Supermorff 08:51, 1 January 2008 (CST)