Talk:Uncle Jim and Aunt Rosie

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It has been suggested that the content of the page this talk page accompanies should not be a separate article on the wiki.

  • Please discuss below whether the content of the page should have its own article. Remember to consider ways the content could be brought up to the wiki's standards before making this determination.

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To be deleted

Seeing as we have little to no information on Jim and Rosy Chapman, I propose we delete this article. They do not seem to contribute significantly to the website and frankly, how important is it to give every person related to TBC their own article? – The Chort 16:18, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

While I'm not up for us having articles about every relative, friend or pet of TBC, I do think anyone with an appearance in their work, no matter how small, should have an article. So here's my only concern: How do we know who these people are and that they appeared in this DVD feature? What's the source? Heimstern Läufer 16:39, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
You should ask Mas12806. - Qermaq - (T/C) Image:Qermaqsigpic.png 02:47, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
From the DVD commentary:
MIKE: Oh, there goes our parents and Aunt Jim.
MATT: {cracking up} Aunt— Aunt Jim and Uncle Rosy!
MIKE: {correcting himself, laughing} Uncle Jim! Sorry, Aunt Jim!
MATT: Uncle Jim and Aunt Rosy.
--DorianGray 10:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
How do we know that their last name is Chapman? -- BRANEWASHED 11:27, 14 August 2008
That is an excellent question. OptimisticFool 03:42, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
I think I've got figured out which one is Uncle Jim, but Aunt Rosy (Rosie? Rosey?) I can't be sure.. plus I'm dealing with crummy software. My desktop computer (XP) has beautiful DVD player software, but the computer itself is having issues so I barely ever turn it on.. and my lappy (Vista) has at least three pieces of software that play DVDs and they all suck rocks. I tried to install my beautiful software, but it's not compatible with Vista. Gah. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is it's too much of a pain in the butt for me to go frame-by-frame with the software I have now to really get the best view of these people. OptimisticFool 08:25, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Rename

If we are going to keep this page and start linking to it, let's figure out the best title for this article. We do not know if Jim's last name is Chapman. Here are the possibilities:

  • If Jim is Don's brother, Jim's last name would be Chapman.
  • If Jim is Harriet's brother, Jim's last name would NOT be Chapman.
  • If Rosie is Don's sister, Jim's last name would NOT be Chapman.
  • If Rosie is Harriet's sister, Jim's last name would NOT be Chapman.

Those are the most likely scenarios. Oh, I should also point out that by putting them in the same article, we are making the assumption that Jim and Rosie are married. It's a safe assumption to make, I think, but there are all kinds of combinations of possibilities for aunts and uncles .. I won't list them all, don't worry. =] Anyway, there's also the matter of spelling. As of this edit, Google returns 28,200,000 results for Rosie, 15,400,000 results for Rosy, and 2,980,000 results for Rosey. I should also point out that many of the results for "Rosy" are for the adjective "rosy" (as in "rosy cheeks"). So, this is what I suggest for an article title: Uncle Jim and Aunt Rosie ... it makes the least amount of assumptions, uses the most common spelling, and it's what Matt ultimately calls them in the DVD commentary of Making of Email 100. OptimisticFool 19:29, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

If are to do one thing about this, it's to be consistent: we need to spell "Rosy" or "Rosie" the same way in the commentary, this article, and any new article that this would be moved to. I believe that Rosie is in fact more common, but we should do our best to be certain. Do the commentary tracks contain their own subtitles? Can we glean the information from there (assuming those weren't guessed either). If we stick with "Rosy" then the new article should be called Uncle Jim and Aunt Rosy instead, though redirects with the alternate spelling(s) wouldn't hurt either. I do agree though that removing the last name assumption would be a better idea. --Stux 21:42, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
My opinion: "Chapman" is speculation, remove from title and article. "Rosie", "Rosy", we don't know so pick one and be consistent. As we are now using "Rosy" we should stick to it unless proof of "Rosie" is uncovered. - Qermaq - (T/C) Image:Qermaqsigpic.png 12:12, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
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