Forum:Rename guardian articles

The current names of the guardian articles are really more of a legacy from the pre-Act 6 era of Homestuck, and really for the Strider-Lalondes the guardian article titles don't even really portray them as much more than their relationship to their respective kid. Likewise we have far more sources regarding guardian names now days, so the current article names really go against our own MoS.

I think the old guardian titles should be preserved as redirects, and their more common names included at the beginning of their articles.

For example: "Jane Egbert, more commonly known as Nanna, ...".

This might cause some trouble when discussing the characters in articles, so discussing how their names should be used in articles should be worked out before committing to any change.

There would also be some disambiguation issues, but they are fairly easily resolved. And so here is the full list of proposed renames as well as some citations:


 * Nanna to Jane Egbert – Confirmed as HS 9705 (Jane), the surname is mostly presumed.
 * Grandpa to Jake Harley – Directly called Jake in Hiveswap.
 * Poppop to John Crocker – He is identified as still being called John HS 6107 (almost as early as he is called Poppop). Surname is not in dispute.
 * Grandma to Jade English – Jake confirms her name fairly early on when discussing the transmaterializer conversations with B1 Jade. HS 6759 (Surname is also confirmed.)
 * Dave's Bro to Dirk Strider (pre-scratch) – B2 Dirk retains undisambiguated page. Called Dirk in book commentary I believe.
 * Rose's Mom to Roxy Lalonde (pre-scratch) – B2 Roxy retains undisambiguated page. Called Roxy in book commentary I believe.
 * Dirk's Bro to Dave Strider (post-scratch) – B1 Dave retains undisambiguated page.
 * Roxy's Mom to Rose Lalonde (post-scratch) – B1 Rose retains undisambiguated page.

- The Light6 (talk) 12:01, October 8, 2016 (UTC)