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Was wondering whether the page should be moved to either Melvin Harris or Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris. The same would go for [[Ryder]] (to Lance Wilson|Lance "Ryder" Wilson), [[OG Loc]] (Jeffrey Cross|Jeffrey "OG Loc" Cross), [[Sweet]] (to Sean Johnson|Sean "Sweet" Johnson) and | Was wondering whether the page should be moved to either Melvin Harris or Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris. The same would go for [[Ryder]] (to Lance Wilson|Lance "Ryder" Wilson), [[OG Loc]] (Jeffrey Cross|Jeffrey "OG Loc" Cross), [[Sweet]] (to Sean Johnson|Sean "Sweet" Johnson) and [[Juan Cortez]] (to Juan Garcia Cortez). Just a suggestion. [[User:A-Dust|A-Dust]] 21:35, 15 May 2007 (BST) | ||
:This is a wiki by the way, and I think that the pages should be renamed like that to reflect the real characters, but also have redirects of their "nicknames" so new users can easily find pages. [[User:47|47]] | :This is a wiki by the way, and I think that the pages should be renamed like that to reflect the real characters, but also have redirects of their "nicknames" so new users can easily find pages. [[User:47|47]] | ||
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::This debate could go on. And it should. The GTASA PC manual says: Sean "Sweet" Johnson as well as Jizzy B and Maccer and Kent Paul (also note it says [[Officer Tenpenny]] instead of Frank). Those are probably the names we should use. However, I don't think [[Sean "Sweet" Johnson]] is a good article name - it should be one or the other, not both. So we need to make a decision, and write some specific [[Policy]] so that we achieve consistency. | ::This debate could go on. And it should. The GTASA PC manual says: Sean "Sweet" Johnson as well as Jizzy B and Maccer and Kent Paul (also note it says [[Officer Tenpenny]] instead of Frank). Those are probably the names we should use. However, I don't think [[Sean "Sweet" Johnson]] is a good article name - it should be one or the other, not both. So we need to make a decision, and write some specific [[Policy]] so that we achieve consistency. | ||
::Either '''All characters should be titled by their full name wherever possible'''; or | ::Either '''All characters should be titled by their full name wherever possible'''; or | ||
::'''Characters should be titled by what they are best known as, even when a relatively-unknown full-name alternative is available'''. | ::'''Characters should be titled by what they are best known as, even when a relatively-unknown full-name alternative is available'''. | ||
::I mean, I bet not many people would know who Melvin Harris is if I asked them. If I said Big Smoke, they would. Same with Sean Johnson or Lance Wilson or Jeffrey Cross or Thomas Vercetti or Juan García Cortez or Mitch Baker (without the "Big"). | ::I mean, I bet not many people would know who Melvin Harris is if I asked them. If I said Big Smoke, they would. Same with Sean Johnson or Lance Wilson or Jeffrey Cross or Thomas Vercetti or Juan García Cortez or Mitch Baker (without the "Big"). | ||
::I vote for [[Sweet]], [[Big Smoke]], [[OG Loc]], [[Ryder]], [[Colonel Cortez]], [[Officer Tenpenny]], [[Officer Pulaski]], [[Kent Paul]], [[Big Mitch Baker]] etc - because then everyone knows instantly who we are talking about, and the full name (if known) is always in bold at the start of the article. | ::I vote for [[Sweet]], [[Big Smoke]], [[OG Loc]], [[Ryder]], [[Colonel Cortez]], [[Officer Tenpenny]], [[Officer Pulaski]], [[Kent Paul]], [[Big Mitch Baker]] etc - because then everyone knows instantly who we are talking about, and the full name (if known) is always in bold at the start of the article. | ||
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Is there a reason that this page has been moved from Melvin Harris to Big Smoke? [[User:A-Dust|A-Dust]] 20:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC) | Is there a reason that this page has been moved from Melvin Harris to Big Smoke? [[User:A-Dust|A-Dust]] 20:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC) | ||
:This is a general response to all of the above discussion: I am in favor of using the most prominent ''in-game'' designation for characters, and in this case, it seems to me that ''Big Smoke'' is the most prominent name used for this character. | :This is a general response to all of the above discussion: I am in favor of using the most prominent ''in-game'' designation for characters, and in this case, it seems to me that ''Big Smoke'' is the most prominent name used for this character. In fact, the name ''Melvin Harris'' '''never''' arises in game dialogue, stats, etc., suggesting a naive player would necessarily first look for ''Big Smoke'', and would subsequently be informed by the Wiki article as to his proper name. Isn't that the idea here? '''[[User:Eganio|Eganio]]<sup>''[[User talk:Eganio|Talk]]''</sup>''' 22:24, 10 June 2008 (UTC) | ||
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:I think that Big Smoke born in 1957-1960 years, and he is 32-35 years old | |||