Talk:William Riker

message: What significance does "(231-427)" have in the infobox?  I can't for the life of me figure out what this has to do with Riker. -Etoile 03:10, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That is his starfleet serial number (given in Gambit, part 1). Cburnett 19:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serial number 

message: Is his name not William Troi following Nemesis? Matthew Platts 21:32, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That depends, if Will decided to honour the Betazed tradition or not. My guess (correct me if I'm wrong, anyone), is on Betazed he's name is William T.Troi, everywhere else he's William T.Riker (after all, Deanna is half-human). Great question by the way Mightberight/wrong 22:26, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

text: I'd always assumed that with as matrilineial a society as the Betazed's seem to be that they would of course hand the surname down through the maternal line, and that men would have to take their wive's names. Terrilyn 23:02, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

text: Agreed ("duh," even). Hence Riker's bemused expression and the wry smiles on the folks standing in the background. --EEMeltonIV 16:21, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: 2 are seen in the Star Trek TNG episode parallels. 1 on a ship where this universe Worf gets transported to, and another is seen briefly from another universe where the Borg is dominant.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.210.174 (talk) 21:21, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: More parallel universe Rikers

message: Now that William T.Riker is a Captain, and in command of the USS Titan. I wonder who his First Officer will be, would he consider Lt.Cmdr Shelby. Mightberight/wrong 22:28, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: According to Star Trek: Titan: Taking Wing, his XO is Christine Vale.  Shelby, at this time, is probably already the Admiral of Sector 221-G. PantherFoxie 00:18, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  XO 

message: I deleted "(Starfleet has a bizarre habit of indulging officers who wish to stay with ships named Enterprise, even when it would be better for their careers to move on to new ships and postings.)"  It isn't clear to me this is Starfleet's "bizarre habit" or limited to Enterprise.  My impression is, XOs generally have the option to refuse command; I would guess there is RN influence at play here, since I'm unaware of USN officers being able to refuse promotion, but Brits seem able to.  --trekphiler, 16/11/05
Riker was always the one to refuse the two other commands. Admiral Hanson (Best of Both Worlds, Part I) even went so far as to talk to Captain Picard about Riker being offered the Melborne. The admiral wanted Picard to basically kick Riker in the butt to get him off the Enterprise and into a command of his own. Good thing Riker didn't take it, too. Mainphramephreak 13:43, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted 

message: Any chance that there's a character name inspiration from William H. Riker? Cburnett 19:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name inspiration 

message: Forgive me if you guys have a different reason for having this picture, but isn't the pic of riker a little unflattering? Isn't that from nemesis, where he's REALLY old? Surely there's a better picture of him with the tng uniform and alot younger. He's certainly better known in that context. I would upload a picture, but I am afraid of violating one of wikipedia's rules or something. They're very complicated, and I'm not sure that I wouldn't be like banned immediately for vandalizing someone's hard work or something.
But that pic of riker has gotta go. He's fat, old, and in that hideous new uniform.
:I don't mind the picture, but I agree that we should probably include one from when he was most memorable: TNG.  I'll find something.  And as long as source information accompanies a picture, you should be able to upload one (anew or as a replacement) without difficulty.  E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 23:54, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think the picture is fine and flattering, but we need a picture of him later in the movie with Captains pips. Nicht Nein! 17:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Marina Sirtis played Troi on three different series, too.  TNG (entire run), ENT (TATV), and VOY (couple episodes including "Pathfinder"
:In the time it took you to post that, you could have fixed it ;-) --EEMeltonIV 19:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia error 

message: Why did Riker grow a beard and mustache just before Season 2?--70.58.240.56 18:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think IMDb(?)'s ever-reliable trivia section says he grew it for a Civil War-era film and kept it for the second season of TNG. --EEMeltonIV 18:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On the History Channel, Frakes said that he (and the producers) decided to make the character appear more "commanding" and "wise", that Frake's face sans beard looked too boyish and lacked a sense of authority, diminishing the character.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.114.55 (talk) 07:46, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: During a convention appearance, Frakes said he was tired of constantly shaving to keep Riker clean-cut, so he simply let his beard grow out during the extended hiatus between seasons due to the 1988 WGA Strike. As a result, when he returned to work he hadn't shaved yet, and the producers liked the way it looked and asked him to keep it.--Michael24 9:51PM, January 5, 2010  —Preceding undated comment added 05:53, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Facial hair 

message: I don't recall Valdez being mentioned in any episode as Riker's birthplace. He was from Alaska, we know this, and he also lived in Canada for a time ("Lower Decks"). But I don't believe Valdez was mentioned except in the novel "Rock and a Hard Place", when he meets up with his childhood friend Carter and they recall growing up in Valdez. Once, a Valdez rep was at a trade show in my town, and I mentioned Valdez being credited as Riker's birthplace, so they could put up a sign, the way Riverside, Iowa has taken credit for James T. Kirk. GBC 20:30, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Valdez is mentioned in the Chronology as Riker's birthplace.  I would guess his biography in "Conundrum" might show this : possibly "The Icarus Factor".  Morwen - Talk 15:33, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Inspired by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill????  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.114.55 (talk) 07:49, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: How about inspired by Antonio Valdés y Basán? Anyway, Riker isn't Canadian, he was born in Alaska and has ancestors who fought in the American Civil War. Regarding the recent edit, how is it implied he's in Canadian? Vinithehat (talk) 15:39, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Riker's home town 

message: In "All Good Things..." Riker is an Admiral.   Yet Riker is not listed as an Admiral in this article.   I realize "All Good Things..." had it's illusions, but I thought I'd mention this.
anyone care to comment if Riker as Admiral should go into the article?
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replies: text:  Yes, I agree. Nicht Nein! 17:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Admiral Riker??? 

message: Most of this article seems to be about Riker's history before his service on the Enterprise which is secondary background info. Most of this article should highlight his career on the Enterprise. DO NOT DO an episode by episode description though. Azn Clayjar 06:38, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Seems Incomplete

message: This article is tagged appropriately because it lacks out-of-universe information, and is strictly in-universe style.  Examples of needed information would be casting info, critcal commentary, reception, etc. Ejfetters 00:06, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *I think you're conflating/combining "in-universe" and "unreferenced." Being in-universe isn't so much about whether it is referenced, but rather the type of information presented in the article. This article is overwhelmingly plot summary from the TV show and movies; it is "in-universe." For the tag to be appropriately removed, the plot summary needs to be substantially cut and the content expanded to include "out-of-universe"/real-world information, e.g. critical reaction to the character, merchandising, how the character was developed and cast, etc. --EEMeltonIV 19:29, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: In-universe

message: I'm not sure why Troi's name is placed at the end of Riker's in the infobox and not anywhere else in the article. This information is not explained, and it doesn't have a reference. I suggest that the title of the infobox be changed to "William T. Riker" or "William Thomas Riker", based on the fact that "Riker Troi" is not listed within the article and that Memory Alpha has him listed as "William T. Riker" instead of "Riker Troi". The other option would be to change all other references to Riker to "Riker Troi" and to explain and cite a reference for this change within the article.
I believe that adding the prefix "then-" to a picture of Commander Riker is redundant, as it is a snapshot in time and cannot update along with the character's rank. The reader simply needs to look at the article to see that his rank changes as his character progresses. If it is unclear that this is a picture of a past Riker, perhaps a date or the name of the episode or movie it came from could be added. — OranL (talk) 05:33, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The website that you describe is a fansite, not an encyclopedia. I think the reference is ST:Nemesis. --< Nicht Nein! (talk) 07:36, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox information 

message: Is it really correct to have things posted as "then-commander william..." or have his rank listed as "captain (current)" this is not current for 2 reasons:
1) the show is over, it is all in the past. 
more paradoxically:
2) this also takes place in a fictional future while wikipedia is written from a present perspective. 
perhaps leave his rank out of the opening of the article, and in the info box where his rank progression is listed we can also list during what seasons/movies his rank changes? A thought: If I am watching an old season 2 episode, he is a commander on the show, he is not a commander in the episode i am watching while being a captain simultaneously in real life... he does not exist in real life!
Vinithehat (talk) 12:44, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Rank as part of the article

message: Am I alone is thinking that this sentence is unclear, I boldified the part I do not quite 'get'. It's also a bit run-on-ish.
Of all these actors mentioned, only William O. Campbell and Erich Anderson have both made it to the bridge of the Enterprise-D acting alongside the character they auditioned for, the latter actually posing as a Starfleet Officer (The First Officer of the Enterprise-D he was posing as to be precise).
Vinithehat (talk) 16:01, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Latest edit to Background Section

message: I have changed the lengthy hatnote to a link to a disambiguation page per WP:D: "If there are three or more topics associated with the same term, then a disambiguation page should normally be created for that term". I see no reason why this is not a "normal" situation. --MegaSloth (talk) 11:03, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, my mistake, though I have to ask why half of the coding exists for Template:Otheruses4 if this is the case. That page even specifically says "When there are up to five other uses — You should generally create a disambiguation page at this point." Not helpful... --ThejadefalconSing your songThe bird's seeds 11:15, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation hatnote 

message: I just happened to notice four pins on his uniform in the image. In the Star Trek universe, this implies the rank of captian, which he only temporarily is in a few episodes. Should this be changed to an image with only three pins? interstatefive  (talk) - just another roadgeek 20:58, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it should be changed because of the rank issue you mention. Although, I see your point. The image doesn't necessarily have to reflect the last rank held. It just needs to be a good representation of the person and fit well within the context of the BLPWritethisway (talk) 16:56, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  It is a good photo and shows where he reached. --Seggallion (talk) 19:31, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC: Changing the image