Talk:Tears of the Prophets

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I've cleaned up the article. A lot more can be said though, like what part the orbs played in the storyline. Hence the expand tag. --Fang Aili ^說嗎? 14:48, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alternate Name?

Just curious - if the heading of this article indicates that Tears is the alternate name for Bajoran Orbs, shouldn't Bajoran Orbs or Orbs (Bajoran) or Orbs (Star Trek) be the primary page for this article? TheHYPO 18:05, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

It's debatable, I think. It's more accurate to say that "Tears of the Prophets" are another name for the orbs, since they are refered to in so many different ways ("orbs of the prophets", "bajoran orbs", "orbs of Bajor", "tears of the prophets", etc). Or is there an official name for these things? --Fang Aili ^talk 19:09, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Since they are always referred to as 'the orb of something', I have to say that the official title should have 'orb' in it... tears of the prophets sounds clearly like a spiritual euphamism than an official name.... Were I looking them up, I'd look up Bajoran Orbs TheHYPO 18:48, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I brought it up at Wikiproject Star Trek. --Fang Aili ^talk 19:00, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I would go with Orb (Star Trek) but definitely not the present title.--Kalsermar 19:25, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I would go with "Orbs of the Prophets". That's what they've been called several times in the show, but have "Tears of the Prophets" re-direct since on the show that is what the Bajorans call them. TJ Spyke 06:00, 16 July 2006 (UTC)