Forum:CT Archive/Call signs

I've never been a fan of our call sign articles, which are essentially alias articles with a bit of fluff. By all rights, they should be redirected or converted to disambiguations, while we've even got a few instances where a call sign article is pushing the character article to an unidentiifed X title. So, I propose the following rules about call signs for the naming policy:


 * Call signs that have been used by more than one individual should be converted into disambiguation pages.
 * Call signs that have only been used by one individual should be redirected to that individual.
 * In the case of individuals known only by their call sign:
 * If they are the only such individual known only by the call sign, that individual's article takes precedence over any disambiguation page.
 * If multiple articles are known only by the same call sign, a disambiguation page takes precedence.

For the disambiguation pages, they would not include Appearances and Sources lists as many of them currently do. Conversely, call signs should not be listed in App.

I've sorted the existing call sign articles into several groups depending on their status here. Individual cases can be debated on their talk pages if this passes; this isn't a firm list but we can discuss specific items elsewhere.

Support

 * 1) Cade  StupidRepublicEmblem-Traced-TORkit.svg  Calrayn  20:47, October 14, 2015 (UTC)