# Talk:Marita Covarrubias

This article needs to be expanded by an expert.
I changed it a bit and stuff - just llike some headings and stuff, bye x  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.236.129.65 (talk) 23:57, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 

Firstly, a statement that fans call her this needs a citation; it seems far too cumbersome to have been created by a professional writer, so I do not question the fact it is a fan invention (if it is just an internet thing, the reference should probably be lower in the article). I know nothing about this nickname, or indeed the character, but shouldn't it be "Unablonder" anyway? It would appear to be a reference to Theodore Kaczynski, so I would assume the spelling of the nickname would be the same. Rje 02:03, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

You would expect so, but no. It was just a fan nickname, used on the alt.tv.x-files Usenet group, and probably in other fan discussion ...uh... venues. "Un-" of course in part because she worked for a department in the UN, and yes, in part from "unabomber" which also provided the "-er" suffix. Even so, it was usually written as "The Uniblonder", with an "i", about 90% of the time. Sometimes just "Uniblonder". Search Google Groups for both "Uniblonder" and "Unablonder". There are also hits for "Uniblonde" and "Unablonde". Planish 02:43, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
A Cinefantastique interview with Holden made mention of "UNblonde" (with that capitalisation) as an online nickname, so it's been included and sourced to that journal. GRAPPLE X 12:37, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

CSM comes back in the ninth season and is murdered by a missile attack, no?    So, she did not murder him by throwing him down a flight of stairs, she only attempted it.

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Reviewer: Crisco 1492 (talk · contribs) 01:55, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


### Checklist
### Comments
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##### 1a
"She was initially introduced as an informant of sorts, leaking diplomatic information to FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder to aid his investigation of paranormal cases, dubbed X-Files." - What exactly is an "informant of sorts?"
I've ditched "of sorts", had sorta intended to imply she never really had anything tremendously useful to offer but I guess it's too vague a way to get that across. GRAPPLE X 02:13, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
"... commented that roughly fifteen seconds of screen-time took painstaking hours to rehearse." - Is "painstaking" really necessary?
Nah, it's not. Gone. GRAPPLE X 02:13, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Jeffrey Spender, Alex Krycek, Walter Skinner... who are these people?
Clarified. GRAPPLE X 02:13, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
"Debra Warlick, writing for Cinefantastique, felt that Holden's acting in "One Son" was "heart breaking", but found that she had "unfortunately" been used simply to convey a plot point to other characters." - Misspelling (heart breaking instead of heartbreaking) in the original? If so, {{sic}} should be used.
Ah, hadn't realised that would normally be one word. Sic template added. GRAPPLE X 02:13, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


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Why do you include the time for some references and not others? Compare FN 2 and 4.
Added the time to ref 4. GRAPPLE X 02:20, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


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Was she only in those four episodes?
There's six episodes used in the plot (some were two-parters though so their story summaries run together, it is four "chapters" I suppose). She appeared in a few other episodes (ten in total) in a more stand-alone role, just generally helping the plot of a particular episode advance without doing anything that affected a wider plot (for example, she simply gives some basic immigration and passport information on murder victims in the episode "Teliko"). I could fluff that out a little more with incidental details if you think it's too short. GRAPPLE X 02:25, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Nah, but perhaps a note on how many episodes she was in (if you have a source for it).  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:26, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Added another sentence just to help things. I don't have a source that singularly cites all her appearances but I could probably bundle together page refs for a few books crediting her appearances season to season. Would you want that in the infobox or elsewhere? GRAPPLE X 02:37, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
That sounds like a good idea, assuming the infobox can support it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:43, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Added. If you think it needs tweaking, let me know. I could probably add a list of a episodes instead of just a number; though I'd be tempted to use a small text size for it (just this size though). GRAPPLE X 03:16, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
I think, if we're going to just have a number, we should bundle FNs 1-3. An episode list would be fine though.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:23, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
How does the list look? I could probably bundle those refs and hand the inline cite on the "appearances" bit instead of any particular episode title. GRAPPLE X 03:34, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


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Why no image of the character herself? Isn't she somewhat or significantly different than the actress?
I felt a non-free file of the character might not seem important or "irreplaceable" if there was a free image of the actress (similar articles like X (The X-Files) or Deep Throat (The X-Files) use a non-free image since there's no free image of their actors, so a non-free image of character fits NFCC better than one of a living actor). If you feel a screenshot would be a better image to include then I'm happy to upload one and switch it in instead of the one of Holden, wouldn't take me more than a minute or two. GRAPPLE X 02:29, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
See Thirteen (House) for an example of an article with a non-free image. I'd support keeping a non-free image in X (The X-Files) as well as the character and actor are quite different. I think it passes FUC1 as there is no way to get a free image of the character herself, and FUC8 as the article is about the character/role and not the actress. Of course, I'd defer to you on this one.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:37, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
I brought up X as there's no free image of Steven Williams, you see; so either way an image would be non-free. I'll go find a good image of the character now and add it; I'll leave it to you to decide whether to go solely with that or keep the Holden image in there too. GRAPPLE X 02:40, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
I meant that, for X, even with a free image I'd keep it as Steven Williams the person and X the character have different appearances... although it would be interesting if he did wear that outfit everywhere. I'd say keep both. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:43, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Steven Williams is fabulous. Feather earrings and the lot. Would have made X a whole different ballgame if he'd been in charge of wardrobe, I'm guessing. GRAPPLE X 02:49, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Hehehe... Can't stay low key feather earrings.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:53, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Stuck a picture in there, let me know what you think. GRAPPLE X 03:16, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Looks good, quite different than her actress methinks.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:23, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Spotchecks (based on this revision)

FN3:
FN3a: Checks out, no close paraphrasing
FN3b: Checks out, no close paraphrasing
FN20:  Checks out, no close paraphrasing
FN21: Hmm... He notes that Krycek is also like that, so perhaps a qualifier?
Done. GRAPPLE X 02:29, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Looks good  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:23, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


### Further discussion
On hold for seven days to deal with above issues. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:55, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Okay, looks good. Passing  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:00, 11 May 2012 (UTC)