Talk:Darth Sidious

*sigh* Name.........
OK, so, I have to say this. The most common name for Palpatine in the Disney continuity ("Canon") is "Palpatine". "Sheev" occurs once, and "Sheev Palpatine" occurs nowhere. Per Wookieepedia's naming policy, the most often used name is preferred. "There's been a lengthy debate going on at Qymaen jai Sheelal over whether the article should really be there instead of at "Grievous". Some say it's more professional and encyclopedic to use birth names (and that redirects prevent any subsequent confusion), while others say the same about whatever name the individual used last, and/or was more widely known as, citing Mark Twain on Wikipedia as one such example. As the result of this debate could set precedent for the moving of many other articles, such as Padme Amidala, Mara Jade Skywalker, Leia Organa Solo, and so on, I felt it was worth discussion amongst a larger audience. CooperTFN 18:22, 26 February 2006 (UTC)" A more pertinent example from Wikipedia would be every single Roman Emperor from Augustus to Constantine Palaeologus. The Augustus article is not titled "Gaius Octavius", it is titled "Augustus" (like Augustus, Palpatine is never known to have used his given name as Emperor, and we have no evidence that anyone except Tarkin, once, ever did). The article on Philip the Arab is titled "Philip the Arab", not "Marcus Julius Philippus", the article on Julian is titled "Julian", not "Flavius Claudius Iulianus", the article on Diocletian is "Diocletian", not "Diocles" or "Gaius Valerius Diocletianus", etc. OK, so who cares about Wikipedia, this is Wookieepedia, right? Well, I'd argue that we should have waited to see "Sheev Palpatine" used a few times (or, you know, at least once, maybe) before we renamed the article, because according to Wookieepedia rules, "the most commonly known [...] name" is to be used when the character has many names, and "Palpatine" is the most commonly known name. I am talking about the article title, here, not the introductory paragraph, which should begin with "Sheev Palpatine" in bold letters. And also all the canon articles that mention Palpatine. --R5-X41238-G8-R3-3124-D2 (talk) 22:06, October 25, 2014 (UTC)