Talk:Foreigner (character)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:54, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Requested move 3 October 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: procedural close. The nominator has been blocked as a sock, and the only other comment is in opposition. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 16:15, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

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Foreigner (comics) → The Foreigner (comics) – In the article, "The Foreigner" is used 15 times, "the Foreigner" 18 times, and "Foreigner" without "The" or "the" 4 times in the body text – all in the last paragraph of the biography section. I therefore suggest that the name of this character is actually "The Foreigner", and not just "Foreigner".

I'm no expert in Marvel comics, but I looked through a few other well-known characters and noticed by way of comparison that The Hulk is a redirect to Hulk: I presume that consensus is that "Hulk" is the common name for that character, especially as it discusses variants such as The Incredible Hulk. But that article does not exclusively call the character "The" (or "the") Hulk, also just "Hulk", and even on its talk page there are varied uses of "Hulk" with or without "The"/"the".

WP:NCC/THE sensibly says Remember to only include initial "The" when appropriate" and defers to the general naming conventions. But if the character is usually or exclusively named with "the" or "The", it seems appropriate to have it in the title. 85.67.32.244 (talk) 06:06, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

• The paragraph I called out was added on 13 October 2019 by @Rtkat3: page moves for this article started way back in 2005 (see the history at the redirect The Foreigner). 85.67.32.244 (talk) 06:16, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose. Though P&G is not very clear on this, it seems like the precedent is generally not to include the definite article for named characters even when they're usually referred to with "the" in the article body. For example, Flash (DC Comics character), Hobgoblin (comics), Human Torch. Colin M (talk) 20:37, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.