Talk:A Wolf in the Fold

"Bigby" vs "the wolf"
I think the article should identify the character as Bigby Wolf throughout the article. He is clearly the same character. It's needlessly confusing to call him something different in this article.
 * MK99

I see why you'd say that, but I don't think it's any more confusing than the way it is presented in the story itself. We've identified the wolf as Bigby in the opening paragraph (although perhaps we could be clearer about that). I prefer preserving consistency with the direct source material rather than the wider continuity. -- Supermorff (talk) 12:51, May 12, 2013 (UTC)

It just seems to me that in a reference work like this, we'd be better off striving for consistency. We should attempt to refer to characters by a name that's most applicable based on all their appearances through the books rather than whichever name they happened to be using in a particular story.

On a related issue, there should probably be a discussion on characters with more than one name so we can settle on what's the best way to identify them in these articles. We've got Ambrose/Flycatcher, Geppetto/the Adversary, Stinky/Brock Blueheart, Gary/the Pathetic Fallacy, Lumi/the Snow Queen, and all of Jack's various names to deal with. We'd be better off establishing guidelines now rather than have to go back and edit articles after they're written. --MK99 (talk) 00:16, May 13, 2013 (UTC)MK99


 * I agree, that's a really important thing to sort out, but I don't think this is the place for that discussion. How about setting up a forum at Forum:Watercooler or Forum:Help desk?
 * Regarding this page specifically, I also agree about striving for consistency, but as I said, I prioritise consistency with the source material over consistency across the wiki. In this particular story--and, perhaps more importantly, at this point in Bigby's life--he was never known as Bigby. Calling him Bigby throughout--treating it as if it's his name in this period--might be more consistent, but it's not technically correct. -- Supermorff (talk) 18:07, May 13, 2013 (UTC)