User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20130129081336/@comment-4189499-20130401082346

OK, just reading the posts from over the past few hours, we seem to have drifted off topic (to whether all Claras are the same person or not, something which won't be revealed probably until the series finale, rather than just how we should organise her page(s) for the sake of this wiki), and even when we were on topic it was often hard to tell exactly what point each person was arguing for. Basically, the three main outcomes are:
 * 1 page- All versions of Miss Oswald are included on one page, under different sections
 * 3 pages- The pages are divided so we have one for Victorian Clara, one for Dalek Oswin, and one for all modern day versions of the character (and assuming the modern versions are all the same person)
 * 5 pages- An individual page for each version of Miss Oswald, so Oswin Oswald, Clara Oswin Oswald, Clara (The Snowmen), Clara Oswald (The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel), and Clara Oswald (The Bells of Saint John).

Can people please state which position they are arguing for?! And then can we actually get back to talking about how we will divide this character's pages?

Personally, I'm for 3 pages. The Doctor has thought of half-baked theories before and been wrong in a big way (just look at Curse of the Black Spot for an obvious example). The solution which seems to sit best with all of the facts is that each of the Miss Oswalds from each timezone are separate enough individuals to gain their own pages (different biography, slightly different personality, 2 of them died), however it is reasonable enough to assume all the modern Claras are the same person (very little evidence to the contrary). Also, having 3 separate pages which are linked together in the lead (in case a reader lands in the wrong spot) would make the page more readable, as there is all the info for each incarnation together (rather than having to scroll down past several different versions to get to the next part on that particular incarnation [or whatever they are]) and it means it would be easier for editors to link to the exact incarnation they are talking about in articles, and it just means there is a smaller body of text for people to read at once. Anyway, if it is proved that they are the same and need to be on one page, would it really be that hard to merge the pages? Both SOTO and Bold Clone did a draft of a potential merge earlier, and that seemed to be fine.