Talk:Nova Osgood

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The precedent on this is pretty wonky. Thread:232143 suggests there should be no change, but as is pointed out on User:NateBumber's user page, there's actually a fair bit of conflicting accounts of how we handle situations like this. Najawin ☎  23:09, October 15, 2020 (UTC)


 * I find User:CzechOut's verdict in that thread to be extremely problematic. One of their main examples is "Mickey Smith's mother" but that point is rendered null and void as that page is now titled with the name given in other media. All the other examples; Bill Potts' mother, Susan Foreman's father and Martha Jones' grandfather, have no real relevance because none of those characters are named in other media (to my knowledge at least).


 * This page should be Nova Osgood and I cannot figure out why that would be seen as problematic. Xx-connor-xX ☎  14:11, November 10, 2020 (UTC)


 * I find this all incredibly bizarre as there was no character prior to her appearance in For The Girl Who Has Everything. All we knew was that Osgood had a sister. I understand in the case of Bill’s mum, where she has something of a physical presence as a character in Series 10, but this is just a throwaway line about a family member. No one is going to be looking for Osgood’s Sister on the wiki except to find out whether we’ve learned anything more about her in other media, at which point they’d be directed to the Nova Osgood page. I guess Polly Wright should be named Polly (The War Machines) or Mel as Melanie (Terror of the Vervoids) because this idea that names that come from outside of TV shouldn’t be used as page titles hasn’t only been handled inconsistently but it’s also not exactly a neutral point of view. SarahJaneFan ☎  16:39, November 10, 2020 (UTC)


 * I'll just note that I agree with you Connor, but that this was the ruling made. Najawin ☎  16:44, November 10, 2020 (UTC)


 * Completely agree with SarahJaneFan. Regardless of the ruling, this page should not be affected. Nova did not appear in The Day of the Doctor so this isn't a case of an unnamed character being named in a novelisation. This was character that was alluded to in that episode, but first appeared in For the Girl Who Has Everything. RadMatter ☎  19:52, 12 January 2021 (UTC)