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facetofcathy ([personal profile] facetofcathy) wrote in [community profile] fanlore2010-04-01 11:36 am

Quick question for Fanlorians

First though, I'm going to repost the Tropes page categorized and with all original page titles so we can all discuss categories and renaming of a few pages, but I forgot this was a holiday for most people coming up so, next week sometime.


Now I need opinions.  I want to make a page for the very small Lewis fandom.  The show is a spin-off of Inspector Morse, it is called Lewis in the UK, and I believe the rest of Europe, Inspector Lewis in America.  There are two comms: one on DW which uses the Lewis name and one on LJ which uses the Inspector Lewis name. 

Wikipedia uses Lewis (TV Series).  IMDB uses Lewis (2006) (TV).

So what to call the page without creating problems?  (I kind of like the Wikipedia option myself as I tend to default to original text name, but what if some other series called Lewis comes along?)


(Also anyone with fandom information is urged, welcome and will be loved if they offer to add content to this page.)

naraht: Oxford spires (ox-Spires)

[personal profile] naraht 2010-04-01 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I would be inclined to go for Lewis (ITV). As the same broadcaster is unlikely to create another show with the same name, that would be a unique identifier.

AO3 seems to just call it "Lewis." I assume they would add disambigufiers if another series came along.
ratcreature: RL? What RL? RatCreature is a net addict.  (what rl?)

[personal profile] ratcreature 2010-04-01 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Lewis itself should be a disambiguation b/c it's a last name and there is a T.W. Lewis article for example. Otherwise there is no single scheme for sources. Like Merlin has a Merlin (BBC), i.e. the broadcaster, others have the years like with BSG (that usually if there are more than one), other have (TV) in brackets. ETA: but I'd go with the original name, rather than the one with "Inspector" added.
Edited 2010-04-01 16:39 (UTC)
copracat: The Wrangulator (OTW AO3 The Wrangulator)

[personal profile] copracat 2010-04-02 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
I suspect that sooner or later wranglers will change it to Lewis (TV).