Fictional Character Creator

Scott Peterson: Split

2008-07-25T18:57:13.0017Z

I don't think this particular Scott Peterson is a TV Writer.

Michael Mann: Merge to this one please

2008-06-25T20:41:40.0012Z

It has the /view/en/michael_mann URL

William Gibson: MusicBrainz entity is the author

2008-04-24T19:57:58.0012Z

credited with the audiobooks for Neuromancer.

Arthur C. Clarke: Person != award

2008-01-24T20:08:34.0012Z

Arthur C. Clarke does have an award named after him, but he himself is not the award. Will detype and migrate the award to the proper place.

Daniel Lyons: I think this should be merged

2008-01-19T00:30:22.0012Z

If you want to preserve the Wikipedia attribution/key shouldn't this be merged with the other more popular Fake Steve Jobs?

Steven Brust: Merge please

2007-11-13T18:55:45.0012Z

They are one and the same individual.

William Shakespeare: Shakespeare is not a Location, Film Character, or TV Character!

2007-11-12T20:31:05.0012Z

Hi, I've removed the Location type from this topic and I see that Gordon has done the same with various fictional character types that were added to Shakespeare. At the risk of sounding silly, may I just say that people are never Locations. Real people, alive or deceased, should not be typed Film Character, TV Character or any other fictional character types.

The correct way to model a "Shakespeare" character in a film or TV show is to create a Fictional Character with the same name, link it to the fictional work that applies, then indicate the name of the real person based on whom the character was designed in the "Based on" property of Fictional Character. The real Bard himself (along with other people who exist or existed), on the other hand, should be typed Person Or Being in Fiction instead.

Joss Whedon: Yes merge

2007-09-04T17:33:29.0012Z

This is not terribly unusual as Wikipedia and Musicbrainz both generated unique topics for the same dude.

Joss Whedon: Should be merged

2007-09-04T10:43:47.0012Z

The two Joss Whedon entries refer to the same individual.

Fictional Character Creator: Fiction Writer

2007-08-06T19:02:50.0000Z

If you come across topics of people who are both Authors and Fictional Character Creator, feel free to co-type the topics as belonging to both types. Often authors create their own characters, but increasingly common are the opposite, where popular characters sort of take on a life of their own long after their creators are gone. James Bond movies, Doctor Who novels (many of which are not canonized), even Sponge Bob Square Pants children's books are some examples where the Author or Film Writer is not necessarily the Fictional Character Creator for characters in his work.

From the example above, it should also be clear that Fictional Character Creators are not all Authors. If you browse the Fictional Character Creator type, you'll see co-types such as Film Writers, Comic Strip Creators, and TV Writers, many of which are not Authors. It seems prudent, then, to apply co-types on a case-by-case basis.

Fictional Character Creator: Fiction Writer

2007-08-04T11:02:32.0011Z

Is there anyway to link that to Fiction Writer, or Author? Because often times authors create their own characters, it would be redundant to describe a Person as an Author, and as a Character Creator.

Alan Moore: Alan Moore and Graphic Comics

2007-07-07T03:58:07.0005Z

This author has changed the nature and direction of Graphic Comics and needs more serious academic work written about his philosophy and approach to the medium.