Talk:List of characters in Holby City

message: What's with the colours? Dan100 (Talk) 13:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They signify series DBD 18:12, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Would be useful to add some notes to the article indicating meaning. Keith D 10:50, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I see no reason why pertinent information is being constantly removed from this article.  The characters' full names, job histories, and the wards they work on are all valid inclusions, and rather than simply deleting them at will, it would be useful to have an explanation and justification for doing so. Frickative 23:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The charactersn full names and the wards they work would be better if they were on the characters own page, and the wards that characters work on is constantly changing anyway now. Calcon18 13:55, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, Frick, it's extremely annoying. Calcon – by that reasoning, episode writers, directors, airdates, etc. should not appear on episode lists? And actually, I reckon we do a good enough job keeping it up to date. Or at least Frick and I do, when we're not being obstructed! DBD 14:14, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of information 

message: I've replaced the "spoiler" tags for departing and returning characters with , which I believe to be more suitable for this purpose.
I notice that there are a lot of transclusions of pages from user space.  I'd like to move those to template space where they belong, but first I'd like to discuss this.  Why is userspace being used in this way? --Tony Sidaway 18:18, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Changes, and about the use of templates transcluded from user space

message: Generally: Would it be possible for people who add to this list please cite their references.
Riatsila 07:03, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't have listed him as 'Returning' myself seeing as it's only a one off appearance, but he certainly will be in the episode. See the BBC Holby homepage for confirmation. Frickative (talk) 18:53, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters departing and returning 

message: I think that the cast list should be changed to look less cluttered. The area given for each cast member is huge and looks too big on the page. I propose that the cast list be changed to a small and much tidy arrangement, such as that seen in the Coronation Street cast list here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_from_Coronation_Street
What do others think?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.3.248 (talk) 14:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is this  what you have in mind? Agreed it does reduce the size of the article by almost half, but equally I think I'm still inclined to prefer the layout of the page as it stands currently. Frickative (talk) 03:21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Well, I'm perfectly happy to accept that my attachment to the page as stands is largely on an aesthetic level, and that WP:ILIKEIT is far from a valid reason to want to keep it as is :) So I'm happy to go with consensus on this one, and if change is what's wanted, then that's fine by me. Frickative (talk) 12:09, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, we can change the layout. I'd rather it stay as-is – again, for æsthetic reasons. However, if consensus supports a change, then it can be done very easily indeed – because the page uses templates, we need only change the templates once each! But then that would also affect other pages (one moment whilst I look it up). DBD 12:42, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Ok, just realised the templates aren't used on the page any more. DBD 12:57, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed layout change

message: Just a heads up that the BBC have rejigged the Holby City homepage, meaning a lot of external and reference links in character articles now need updating to point to the correct page. Although there's a lot of new trivial content, the character biographies have been stripped down to bare bones, so some quotes are no longer supported by the content of the new pages. I think there should be a fairly easy way to update the links using AWB, which I'll have a play with later, but I just wanted to mention it here in case anyone came across any problems. Frickative (talk) 12:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New Holby City website

message: What does this mean? Is it that they're leaving for a while and coming back, or only taking a minor role in the programme for a while? steveking89 23:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The first one. The last time we used it on this page it was when Amanda Mealing had the summer off and Connie went to Hamburg, and with Chrissie at the moment, it's because Tina Hobley's off on maternity leave, so Chrissie will be off screen for a few months. Frickative (talk) 23:50, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Characters on Hiatus

message: Do the references really count if they link up to another page within Wikipedia? Should they not be to external sites? steveking89 12:42, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Which ones do you mean? The episode ones? The cite episode template page says the episode link should link to the Wiki page for the individual episodes, or the relevant episode list if individual articles don't exist. It says they should only link to an external URL if no Wiki page at all is in existance. But in this case, what we're really citing is the episode itself as a primary source, so it's the episode that would be used for verifiability, rather than an external source, if that makes sense? Of course, if that's not when you meant, then disregard all of the above :p Frickative (talk) 12:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ooooooh, I didn't know that, thanks :D steveking89 13:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Intra-Wikipedia references

message: Character        	Actor              	Role                              	Status                   	Duration                                                                                            		
Chrissie Williams	Tina Hobley        	Ward Sister, Darwin               	Returning spring 2009    	3x30-9x17; 9x29-10x26; 11x01-11x02; 11x??- (2001-2007; 2007-2008; 2008-)                            		
Annalese Carson  	Anna-Louise Plowman	Consultant Anaesthetist           	Arriving 4 November 2008 	11x03- (2008-)                                                                                      		
Rachel Baptiste  	Ayesha Antoine     	                                  	Arriving November 2008   	11x??- (2008-)                                                                                      		
Abra Durant      	Adrian Edmondson   	Consultant Surgeon                	Departing 9 December 2008	7x38; 7x48; 8x09; 8x33-8x34; 8x46-9x14; 9x32-9x52; 10x30-10x44; 10x53; 11x08 (2005; 2006-2007; 2008)		
Kyla Tyson       	Rakie Ayola        	Staff Nurse, AAU                  	Departing 9 December 2008	8x17-11x08 (2006-2008)                                                                              		
Sam Strachan     	Tom Chambers       	General Surgical Registrar, Keller	Departing December 2008  	8x12-11x?? (2006-2008)                                                                              		
:Good point about the size. The middle ground is fine. Adamiow (talk) 21:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And done :) Frickative 21:28, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Great. Cheers. Adamiow (talk) 11:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Impending cast changes

message: Is it worth adding the new character? He's not included in the opening credits (yet) and he wasn't in the series promo-photo, if yes then what type of character is he: main or recurring? steveking89 22:31, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The actor's website's changed now, but I Googled him when it came out that he was coming back to the series, and it said then that he was only going to be in it for three months-ish. I'm not sure, it seems like he's going to be a main character, but only for a really short period? So not really recurring, but just a flash in the pan as main characters go... Hm, it's hard to know, really. Frickative 22:40, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: With regards to appearing in the titles, I don't Rachel has been added to the titles yet, so I assume that they will add Rachel and Tom at the same time, or maybe they will wait until Chrissie returns and add all three! With regards to his status as main or recurring, if he is only around for three months but is in the main cast, it is the same as Abra, who was always considered main cast on his "more than a few episodes" stints. Adamiow (talk) 23:30, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tom O'Dowd