Talk:Violett Beane

Notability

IJBall, I removed the notability tag, she's had a significant role in the Flash for two seasons now, and combined with the other roles in Tower and The Leftovers, I think that pushes her over the NACTOR 1 threshold. I accepted at AfC after multiple seasons were confirmed for her role in the flash, and it seemed in line with the last AfC decline comment at the time by another reviewer. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:21, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

@TonyBallioni: WP:NACTOR requires multiple "significant" roles. In terms of TV, that is usually defined as a "main cast" role on a TV show – Beane, currently, is still only recurring on The Flash. The Leftover role was an even smaller recurring role. Tower might be the one that counts as "significant". This still puts her short of WP:NACTOR – there's no question in my mind that Beane currently still technically fails NACTOR. This subject is extremely borderline – if taken back to WP:AfD, which I am considering doing (pending whether she's made main cast next season of The Flash or not), it's probably a coinflip as to whether it would survive or not. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:29, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Tower is definitely significant and notable. I tend to view recurring roles that have happened over several seasons or a significant portion of the series to count as significant. IMDB lists nineteen episodes of The Flash, which is roughly a third of the episodes produced. The Leftover was about 25% of the episodes (though it does seem to be much smaller as you have noted). To me, the three of those are enough to scrape by NACTOR. I agree with you that it is borderline, but I still think that she scrapes by our criteria. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:38, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Getting kicked up to main cast on The Flash next season would push it over the top – let's just hope that happens so this doesn't continue to scrape by, and then neither of us have to worry about this one anymore... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:47, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I also don't have particularly strong feelings here. NACTOR just happens to be one of the subject guidelines I am a bit more inclusionist in reading than I am with most things. Anyway, cheers :) TonyBallioni (talk) 20:49, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

"Actress"

There is nothing wrong with the term "actress" (e.g. in the infobox). Does anyone have a serious problem with this?... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 16:30, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

There's nothing wrong with actor either. It's been in the infobox for at least two years. Why change it now? - BilCat (talk) 16:52, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Because we don't revert non-controversial changes that are actually accurate. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 17:03, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Actually it is controversial. Gender-neutral language is preferred per MOS:GNL and WP:GENDER, and there's no need to change it per the principal of WP:RETAIN. - BilCat (talk) 17:26, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Which is why I started this topic – I'm trying to determine whether anybody aside from you considers "actress" "controversial"... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 17:44, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

I don't have a problem with either usage, but I don't change one to the other when the first has been in place for a long time. I do revert unexplained, undiscussed and non-consensual changes, however. If you want to make a case that "actress" is more correct, and should be the only term used here, go ahead. But seeking to revert me on the basis that using "actress" is not controversial and should not have been changed back to the long- standing usage is not the way to do it. - BilCat (talk) 18:09, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

IJBall thinks he owns every page he edits.136.49.32.166 (talk) 01:06, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Names as per WP:COMMONNAME

As per both WP:TVCAST and WP:FILMOGRAPHY: "All names should be referred to as credited, or by common name supported by a reliable source." I've just done a check on this – Beane's The Flash character is actually most commonly referred to as "Jesse Quick" in Reliable sources (esp. ones from 2018), and is then next most commonly referred to as "Jesse Wells". Very few sources call her "Jesse Chambers Wells" (and many that do are simply mirrors of this article). Therefore, the "common name" for the character is "Jesse Wells (Jesse Quick)" and that is how that article should refer to her, as per the guidelines. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:08, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

I understand where you’re coming from, but I don’t understand why the fact that Wikipedia not being a reliable source means it is correct to maintain incorrect information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathstroke64 (talk • contribs) 12:33, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

@Deathstroke64: For actor articles, we use the "common name" of the characters they play. That's just standard practice. And this character is overwhelmingly known as Jesse Wells/Jesse Quick. It is at List of The Flash characters or the actual Jesse Chambers article where the details about "full" character name can be worked out in prose – that is why we link to that article from this one. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 13:55, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

@Deathstroke64: The correct name for an actor article is how they are credited. IMDb usually gets this right, although we can't use them as a reference, and this article does match what is there. Show articles and character articles that go into more details about the characters can expand on the basic credit info but credit lists should stick to the credit the actor gets for their work on the show. Geraldo Perez (talk) 17:36, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

If the source that refers to her as Chambers-Wells is a mirror of this one, then why aren’t we using it? It doesn’t make sense for two Wikipedia sources to offer conflicting information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathstroke64 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

@Deathstroke64: That is the main reason we can't use any sort of anonymous user created site as a reliable source. That means any wiki, wikia and that includes Wikipedia itself can't be used as references in Wikipedia articles. Any good article will be grounded in reliable sources and we can use any of those sources the articles used but not the articles themselves as sources. We particularly don't want to use mirrors of Wikipedia and need to look out for them as there are a lot of them. The character Jesse Chambers shows up in a lot of fiction with different name variations in each of them. This article is focussing on one specific portrayal and how she is named in that portrayal. Geraldo Perez (talk) 19:12, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Yes, and the official page that contains every known detail of that specific portrayal lists her as Chambers-Wells. How is Wikipedia not allowed to use its own information in more than one place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathstroke64 (talk • contribs) 20:31, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

What "official page"?... And the answer is – not necessarily, as the role of secondary sourcing is important here, and as I said above – secondary sourcing do not refer to the character that way... In general, fictional characters do not get referred to by their middle name very often. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:47, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Sentence about her living in NYC

Yes, she moved to NYC for the show God Friended Me, but it's now canceled. It should be re-written or perhaps deleted since where she lives is really not of consequence.136.49.32.166 (talk) 01:05, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Your most recent edit is not objectionable – it's fine. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 02:26, 5 May 2021 (UTC)