Talk:Pting (The Tsuranga Conundrum)

Two seperate pages
Do we really need two seperate pages for this creature? We already have it covered on Pting and there has only been one present as of yet, and we know nothing specifically about this Pting that seperates it from other Pting. --DCLM ☎  20:35, November 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * This is a page on the individual, the other is a page on the species. I see no problem. --Borisashton ☎  20:36, November 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * Because, as I said, there is literally nothing to seperate it from the rest, not even a name. And only one so far has been encountered. We do briefly hear about the captain encountering one before, but no information to seperate it from the next one. --DCLM ☎  20:44, November 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * As you say, there is some information to seperate them. Anyway, when this page is "complete" it will contain detailed information that would only deserve a brief summary on the species page. This has a precedent with Metalkind and Metalkind (Sky). --Borisashton ☎  20:48, November 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * A species page should focus on biology, species history, abilities. A character page focuses on the biography (and personality, etc) of the individual. They inherently cover different information, even if there's only one known individual. (I haven't seen the episode yet, so I don't know about the case here.) 20:53, November 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * Exactly. As you say a character page cover individual personality and biography. As this is not an individual thing of this Pting, as we are given information on Pting in general, I do not see a need. It would cover exactly the same. --DCLM ☎  21:00, November 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * But it wouldn't cover exactly the same thing! There is a species overview given in the episode: "Pting. Threat level - Chalice. ...the species, if it is a species, birth or creation, many studies having failed due to the fatally violent nature of the Pting. No Pting has ever been kept in captivity due to their ability to eat through any material that would incarcerate them. While strictly non-carnivorous, they devour all non-organic material." --Borisashton ☎  21:09, November 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * Which is exactly what this Pting would also be described as. --DCLM ☎  21:25, November 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * No. The species page would cover:
 * * The species' threat level
 * * The uncertainty as to what exactly it is
 * * The history of the studies performed on them
 * * Previous attacks of the Pting (the captain's example cited above)
 * * Their material eating capabilities
 * * A sentence or two about the individual Pting in the episode


 * The individual page would cover a much more detailed analysis of this Pting's objectives and history as portrayed in the episode. As such, they would overlap when mentioning their thirst for energy. The page would certainly not talk about the activities about other Pting or a mention about they status biologically as a species. --Borisashton ☎  22:14, November 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * You have nothing to cover that seperates this particular Pting from the rest. We have only encountered this one single Pting. At best you could only leave out the general's previous encounter. You have nothing to seperate them Besides that little piece of info that is hardly grounds for a whole seperate page. As the computer told there is not sufficient study of the creature to pin down differences from individual Pting. They don't have different values, they all have same measure of hostility, and anger, same appetite, same appearance (as far as we can tell from the still holographic image). What could you possibly add to this page that would differ this Pting from other Pting. They all act the same, according to what little the computer had gathered. --DCLM ☎  22:25, November 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * Having seen the episode now, I can agree that the wiki benefits from separate pages. It's not necessarily essential, but we can absolutely pin down a biography for this character which is distinct from an overall history of the species. And we do have a sense of the species existing beyond this one individual. They have been a major menace in the recent past, and information has been gathered about them. We also learn about their abilities and biological needs as a species. 01:37, November 5, 2018 (UTC)