User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-1296654-20200616211544/@comment-44988386-20200616213501

I'd like to reopen this, actually, because a lot of the reason was, at least in my opinion, rooted in the older days of the wiki, and not so much suited to the current days. A lot of the original reasoning was because it was "simpler to type John and Gillan", as opposed to typing each individually, as well as "they're too similar to each other". A lot was made of how simple the stories were and how the two had much of the same experience.

While yes, I do agree that the strips were childish and John and Gillian were pretty close in experience, I don't see why that reasoning can be used for this. I mean, what's next? Merging Susan and Dodo because they fill the "granddaughter like" role? Or merging Owen and Tosh cause they shared every TV Torchwood story? And furthermore, just because something is easier, doesn't at all make it good for the wiki.

And they are somewhat different. John is more brave than Gillan, and Gillan is more emotional (Very unfortunate 60's stereotypes, but they are different characters)

I'd like to cast my opinion in that we need to seperate the two.