Talk:Derek Shepherd
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[edit] Referenced Rampage
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I want to improve these articles so I'm asking for those willing to help to find sources to back up these information. Omghgomg 12:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Should this page be merged with the List of characters from Grey's Anatomy page?
NO New articles made, like the ones for Desperate Housewives characters is a good thing--Brown Shoes22 14:52, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
YES There are perfectly good pages detailing the characters on Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives; I don't see the need for individual pages. I'll propose the same for the Desperate Housewives characters, that they get one page for all of the characters, not individual pages. It's a waste of wiki resources, and time spent by editors cleaning up text and formatting; I've spent too much time trying to clean this page up as it is. If you want such detailed information, make a GA or DH wiki, and populate it to your heart's content. Weirdoactor 21:55, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
NO For fans of these shows, gaining information held on individual character pages can make them enjoy their favourite programme more. More in depth information, the more their hobby is fulfilled. User:Hanah198920:46, 17 November 2006
NO There are many tv shows with individual pages for characters, and I see no problem with making individual character pages - Xtreme680 00:07, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
NO There is a whole Category:Television characters by series. If that is to exist I don't see any reason this series should be treated differently than 30 Rock, Supernatural, or NCIS. Although I'm open to an argument for switching all of these categories into "character lists", I don't think that'll happen.--T. Anthony 08:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I take that the result of this "faux-debate" is no, then. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN 13:29, 26 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by WeBuriedOurSecretsInTheGarden (talk • contribs)
[edit] Relationships is not working
Remove Relationships and add character biography !--Brown Shoes22 15:37, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Is a "Quotes" section necessary?
Personally, I feel that a "Quotes" section clutters the page and takes away from it stylistically. There is an excellent, extensive collection of quotes from Grey's Anatomy, including those from this character, in Wikiquotes, and it seems like overkill here--just like the ridiculously long list of "Mc"-phrases on the main Grey's Anatomy page. I think that adding a "Quotes" section to individual character pages is not necessary, and counteracts the encyclopedic style we're supposed to strive for with these articles. Where do we draw the line with quotes? What constitutes a defining quote from a character? A funny one-liner? A long "aria" explaining personality, past, motives? It's a very sticky area, and I think if we keep this "Quotes" section, it's going to open the door for any Jack or Jill to add every single remotely interesting line (and not always quoted properly or spelled correctly) ever uttered on the show, and this page will lose the clean, relatively organized and concise feel that it is.
I spent a lot of time working on this page and the one for Meredith Grey, so I understand the sentimental value attached to one's work, which is why I'm opening this discussion. When I worked on these two pages, they were very disjointed and offered very little information or stylistic improvement from the shorter biographies on the Grey's Anatomy character page--they've come a long way and I'd hate to see them become cluttered and unorganized again. There is a place for Grey's Anatomy quotes--on Wikiquotes, and I propose that they stay there rather than bog down the character pages. Any opinions on this? DarkandTwisty29 20:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Problem with dividing history by "seasons"
Grey's Anatomy's seasons differ among countries. In the U.S., the first season includes the first nine episodes, ending with "Who's Zoomin' Who", but other countries showed the "complete" first season as it was originally intended to be shown, ending with "Bring the Pain". Dividing character history by "seasons" doesn't take into account the fact that the events in question happened in different seasons dependent on country.DarkandTwisty29 19:18, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removing "Dr." from title sentence:
I have changed the title sentence from "Dr. Derek Shepherd is..." to "Derek Shepherd is..." based on the Wikipedia style manual for biographies, which dictates that academic or professional titles should not precede the individual's name in the article. I also checked with the Wikipedia articles on several real-life physicians to verify that this was the convention in use. The body of the article and the infobox provide sufficient evidence of Derek's possession of a M.D. degree. DarkandTwisty29 18:04, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Dereksh.jpg
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