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User talk:Baldbobbo
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Enhanced memory
I think we always use the present tense, even for dead characters -- see cloning, phasing or electronic communication; some of the users of these abilities are dead yet the present tense is used.--Referos 17:35, 22 September 2008 (EDT)
- These need to be changed then, because every other power page with a deceased character is in past tense. The proper tense follows their existence in the show. Thanks for letting me know those are in present tense, I'll fix them. In the future, a deceased character should be mentioned in the past tense. --Bob (new comment) 18:08, 22 September 2008 (EDT)
- The exact policy is a little unclear, but it can be found here. (Admin 18:10, 22 September 2008 (EDT))
- It looks like we've been using both. I don't care much for which one (though I personally prefer present tense for all so that we don't have to update every time somebody dies or is then revealed to not really have died), but we should probably be consistent across the board. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 18:12, 22 September 2008 (EDT)
- I like the "is the (first/only) character (shown/known) to have this ability" since it's proper tense and works. --Bob (new comment) 18:13, 22 September 2008 (EDT)
- I don't know about that "first person..." wording. That has chronological connotations and I assume what you mean is "first that we learned about." (Admin 18:25, 22 September 2008 (EDT))
- The parenthesis were meant to be correlated. So "the first character shown to have this ability" or "only character known". "Shown" implies the actual show, in which case it applies to real-world chronology, right?--Bob (new comment) 18:27, 22 September 2008 (EDT)
- I don't know about that "first person..." wording. That has chronological connotations and I assume what you mean is "first that we learned about." (Admin 18:25, 22 September 2008 (EDT))
- Yeah, there are advantages and disadvantages to each approach. I think leaving them in the present tense is a little counter-intuitive to many people at first... I think we'd end up with a lot of people trying to put them in past tense without knowing the policy here first whereas the past tense is what people would expect by default. On the other hand leaving them in present tense is more timeline agnostic (which can be useful in a show with time travel) and it has the benefit of not needing rewrites when characters die (which again can be tricky with the time travel element). (Admin 18:18, 22 September 2008 (EDT))
- I like the "is the (first/only) character (shown/known) to have this ability" since it's proper tense and works. --Bob (new comment) 18:13, 22 September 2008 (EDT)
- It looks like we've been using both. I don't care much for which one (though I personally prefer present tense for all so that we don't have to update every time somebody dies or is then revealed to not really have died), but we should probably be consistent across the board. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 18:12, 22 September 2008 (EDT)
- The exact policy is a little unclear, but it can be found here. (Admin 18:10, 22 September 2008 (EDT))
Jesse Murphy
Hi. Why are you undoing my work exactly? I have alot of information about Jesse Murphy, Eric Doyle, Samedi and Stephen Canfield. Why are you doing it?
- I'm undoing edits that are speculative. Your entries about their abilities have not been shown in any canon source, so they are speculative, and do not belong on main namespace articles. I hope that helps, but when you state something as fact when it hasn't appeared on screen or in a GN/Webisode/Evolutions content, it's speculative, not fact.--Bob (new comment) 17:12, 27 September 2008 (EDT)