Talk:Abi Branning

message: Why has the inferior 2007 image been put on here. The other one was from not much later than that anyway.GunGagdinMoan 22:30, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Because GSorby wanted it. You can revert it though. But I don't see the need for an early image. It doesn't pass NFCC#8. –anemoneprojectors– 22:41, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: None of our images do, according to policy lurkers on here!GunGagdinMoan 22:50, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: shhh lol –anemoneprojectors– 23:13, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Please stop it. I have locked the article for 24 hours. Please discuss any proposed edits here for the time being. Thank you. [If there is a further need for my attention please ping me as I am not adding this page to my already insane watch list.] -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:57, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Warring 

message: Seeing as the IPs cannot be arsed to come here I'll start this instead.
Her full name should be in the article because "Abi" can be short for anything ..... And just to note her full name's been in the article for 7 years!. –Davey2010Talk 00:24, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: There is consensus to only list the names by which a character is credited (unless there is a compelling reason to list other names, which are discussed on an individual basis). Abi cannot be short for anything, but it doesn't matter what it's short for because in the real world, the character is known as Abi Branning and nothing else. — ᴀnemoneᴘroᴊecтors 12:33, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not correct, she was known as Abigail as well Cexycy (talk) 21:25, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I've struck as per below, (I'd complete forgot about this rant otherwise I would've binned it hours ago!). –Davey2010Talk 21:51, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
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message: I know there's a thing going on with is and was, but we use "is a fictional character" across all soap pages, right, even when a character has left? Tell me if I'm wrong, but it's because Abi will always be an EE character and we can easily watch episodes from years back where she was alive and because EE is watched in other countries, where they're behind at times. But it's always is, right? Grangehilllover (talk) 19:31, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I see it in the sense of "She's dead and no longer with is" and so 'is' gives the impressions she's still alive if that makes sense, Whereas 'was' gives the impression she was alive and no longer is ....., Take Stephen Hawkins for a complete random example "He was an English theoretical physicist" .... It would be wrong to put "He is an English theoretical physicist" because he's no longer with us, But that's just my 2c and if consensus is to use 'is' then that's cool. –Davey2010Talk 19:46, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: He was a real person whilst Abi is a character played by someone who is a television show creation. She's never going to stop being a character. Take a character like Mel Owen who left 16 years ago, a character that left of her own accord, and until before we knew she was back, was Mel still a character from EE? Yes. Abi having an exit where she dies is no different to those characters hopping into a black cab, except those who do the latter can return if they can. Grangehilllover (talk) 05:52, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  You're right. It should read "Abi Branning is a fictional character" etc etc. The reason being, she is always going to be a fictional character regardless of whether or not she is currently appearing. Hope that makes sense. 5 albert square (talk) 12:59, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Abi Branning is not dead because she is a fictional character - she has a death in one of the episodes but she is not dead because she lives on through the fiction. Look at old episodes on YouTube from when she arrives in the show. Does she look dead to you? She didn't cease to be a fiction character from EastEnders earlier this year because she will always be a fictional character from EastEnders. Professor Hawking cannot always be a theoretical physicist, just like I cannot always be a Wikipedia editor, because real people die and stop doing what they did when they were alive. But Abi isn't a real person, never was and never will be. Fictional characters don't die, because fiction doesn't just disappear because you finished watching it or reading it. Even in 1000 years' time, Abi Branning will be a fictional character from EastEnders. — ᴀnemoneᴘroᴊecтors 17:40, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abi Branning IS a fictional....