Talk:Bill Buchanan (24 character)

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I changed it to say Day 6 instead of post-day 5. Neeknitsuj 10:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

"He is currently boning Karen Hayes" I never cease to be amazed at what some people consider to be appropriate in a Wiki. 22:56, 11 January 2007

[edit] Director

Curtis reinstated Bill as director of CTU. When Karen Hayes came she wasn't director of CTU but when Audrey signed that statement Bill was dismissed. So why does it say Bill and Karen were directors together when they weren't. Bill was even at home for at least 3 hours. Neeknitsuj 05:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please stick to the subject

Editors of this article are writing blow-by-blow descriptions of the show instead of material specifically focusing on the character. Wikipedia articles should stay tightly focused on their subject, and should not be used as an excuse to transcribe everything that has anything at all to do with the subject. Furthermore, organizing by "Day" (season) is abetting this inappropriate verbosity by suggesting that it's appropriate to just record everything that happened in the season. The proper way to write this is to write what the character history is, with only passing references (accompanied by cited references to episodes) to mark when events occurred and how information has been revealed. (See Malcolm Reynolds for an example of how to accomplish this.)

If the Day 5 and Day 6 sections isn't boiled down to essences that specifically inform the subject, I plan to delete both and call for a complete rewrite. I hope the other 24 character articles aren't this verbose, but I'm afraid to look. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 17:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I fixed it up a bit. Any comments on how it can be further improved are appreciated. MoChan 16:31, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

The effort is appreciated, but it still looks like a detailed discussion of everything that Buchanan did or was involved in, rather than a concise discussion of the character. Please look at the Malcolm Reynolds character page mentioned above. Another way to look at this is to consider how one would write a biography of this person if they were a real person. People's lives don't run like serials, so their articles shouldn't read like plot synopses. This is an encyclopedia, not Television Without Pity.

I recommend throwing out the "Day" sections, collecting important facts about and events for Buchanan (so far), collecting specific citations of episodes where the information is first revealed (in order to cite sources), and then assembling them into a proper biography of a fictional character. Other than taking care to ensure the subject is identified clearly as fictional, this article should read like any other biography. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 18:24, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with that. Many tv character biographies are grouped in exactly the same way. And it's not as if this article has everything Bill Buchanan ever did on the show. Leave it the way it is. Neeknitsuj 01:13, 26 January 2007 (UTC)