User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-4028641-20151101035254/@comment-24894325-20151229182458

User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-4028641-20151101035254/@comment-24894325-20151229182458 I'm not gonna miss this chance of promoting women in science, even fictional women in fictional science. So here go the reasons why users are, indeed, far more likely to be searching for her, listed from downright silly to serious:
 * 1) There are only two other Osgoods: Tom and Harry. There are three of this Osgood. Thus, people are 50% more likely to search for her. (Just in case, this was the downright silly one.)
 * 2) Harry and Tom Osgood appeared in 1 and 5 stories respectively (I do not count a novelisation to be an independent story). That's 6 stories between the two of them. Our Osgood has already appeared in 8 stories, will definitely appear in 4 more stories by May 2016 and most probably in 8 further stories by May 2017. So it's gonna be twice the competition in half a year, and in 1,5 years it will be 20 : 6, more than triple the competition. (And while recent stories are not an indication, the continued recurrence is, I think: with every new story people are going to search for her again, some hopefully with the intent to edit.)
 * 3) Our Osgood has her own fan base. I don't want to list here links upon links about fans identifying with her, fans mad at Moffat for killing her and, hence, disrespecting them, Moffat defending himself. I'll only cite one comment from Kasterborous about the release of the UNIT audios: "Fans of Osgood will be delighted to hear that bowtie-clad scientist portrayed by the fabulous Ingrid Oliver will be teaming up with Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart) for the Big Finish UNIT spin-off." I have no evidence that either Tom or Harry Osgood have their own fans. I'll be happy to be corrected.
 * 4) Finally, and most importantly, I think any character who gets his/her own spin-off should be considered a primary topic: The Doctor, Jack Harkness, Henry Gordon Jago, George Litefoot, etc. So, since Kate Stewart and Osgood (The Day of the Doctor) have their audio spin-off, an ongoing spin-off extending at least to May 2017, this, in my mind, is a formal reason to consider both of them primary topics.