User talk:SketchEtch

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I notice you've removed all uses of the hosts' surnames from Nobody Likes Onions. Generally full names should be used in an individual's first mention in the article, and just their surnames in subsequent mentions. Overusing personal names gives the article an informal, unencyclopedic tone.

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If the hosts are fictional characters, that needs to be made clear. It is still appropriate to include the full names of the people who portray these characters. If Weeks and Melton are portraying characters, then the line between the character and the person playing the character is blurred in the article, and it currently reads as if it refers to real people not characters. As long as the article treats Patrick and Adam as real individuals, it should use their real names, and anything referring to the real world need to refer to Patrick Melton the real person, not Patrick the fictional character. (Ie, the podcast is presumably produced from Patrick Melton's residence, as fictional characters don't own real audio editing equipment.)
You said that I undid 'tons' of other changes you made, but other than replacing the names, what changes of yours do you think I reverted? Looking at your diffs and yours and mine combined side by side, the only change of yours other than the name changes that I did not include was the one to the PLA radio segment, and that was not a revert, but a reword. I worked from the most recent version, rather than starting with the one prior to your first edit.
On the other hand, you've completely reverted all of my changes, and not just the name changes. If your only issue is with the use of surnames, that should have been all that you reverted, rather than replacing misspelled words, tense changes, and other wording and tone problems. I'm going to revert, to replace the many useful, non-identity-related changes I made. If the hosts of the show are really fictional characters, and if you want to edit the article so that it refers to them as such, (as opposed to simply changing the surnames to personal names and allowing it to continue to read as if it is discussing real-life people) then feel free, but the intro does need to include the names of the actors who play the parts as well. -- Vary | Talk 20:35, 14 June 2006 (UTC)