Tardis:Names of actors

Sometimes, the department that makes end credits simply makes mistakes. There are a few cases where they plainly misspell an actor's name. As is the case at pages about behind-the-scenes crew, the solution is relatively straightforward.


 * On the story page, use whatever spelling is actually given in the credits
 * On their actor page, use the spelling present in the majority of their credits throughout their career -- and leave behind a note explaining the mis-crediting.
 * Create a redirect from the misspelling in the credits to the correct name on the actor's page -- but only use that redirect on the story page.
 * On the character page use the correct spelling in the  variable(s) of the infobox and behind the scenes sections.

Legal name changes
If it's not a case of misspelling -- but a legal name change -- you should still create redirects from every legal name to the most recent one, which will be the   of the actor page. However, character pages should then bear the name that was legal at the time of the story's release.

A known example of this kind of thing comes from behind-the-camera, but it's relevant here. See Heddi-Joy Taylor-Welch, and particularly the way her name was linked through the years -- only some of which was misspelt.

Season pages
Generally, season or series pages contain the names of only the most senior actors, and misspellings of people at this level is virtually unheard of. Any misspellings that might have happened on individual episode pages should be ignored, with preference given to their usual, correct credit.

However, the season page should reflect any legal changes to the actor's name only when it happens. And if it happens midway through a season, then the season page should use both names, as in.

For instance, imagine that David Tennant adopted the name David Harumba, starting with The Runaway Bride. In such a case, the page Series 2 (Doctor Who) would use "David Tennant", but Series 3 (Doctor Who) would use the name "David Harumba".

If that change instead happened following 42, then the series page should say: The Doctor - David Tennant, later credited as David Harumba.