On 8/19/06, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think so, both [[Xena]] and [[Gabrielle (Xena)]] have their own articles, both pretty decent (if crufty). I haven't seen more than a couple of episodes of Xena and Hercules, but Herc-man should be able to pull off a couple of paragraphs, right? To take another example (from a show I have watched, religiously, and several times), [[Buffy Summers]], [[Xander Harris]], [[Willow Rosenberg]], and, my personal favourite, [[Tara Maclay]] all have their own articles (throw any accusations at me, I'm proud of my Buffy obsession!). Going by that precedent, surely My Man Hercfrey could have an article?
Yes, for me it's safe to say that once there is a single article about another character in the show, there should be a separate article about the title character. Given that the title character is guaranteed to be in episode, and probably almost every scene, there ought to be plenty to write about. Let's do a random survey:
[[Get Smart]] ([[Maxwell Smart]] is a redirect, although [[Agent 99]] exists) [[Bilbo Baggins]] has his own article separate from [[The Hobbit]] [[Inspector Gadget]] (no separate article, although [[Brain (Inspector Gadget)]] exists Jerry Seinfeld is a very special case: We have [[Seinfeld]], [[Jerry Seinfeld (character)]] and [[Jerry Seinfeld]].
Drawing a bit of a blank for other examples...
Steve