Talk:Aidan

It would probably be interesting to add that, apparently, players who are choosing a class in the online mode are seen as the Dark Wanderer. That, or I don't know who those guys are, but they still have that sprite. 87.17.21.175 17:14, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

Name Discrepency
Well...that large edit only took 2 hours...

There's work to be done, namely some Metzen comments on the retcon I need to find (BlizzCon 2011 at some point) an an image for the last biography section, but I'm just too tired to do any more right now. However, there is something I'd like to address, and that's the name thing.

Firstly, concerning Qarak&mdash;while he's a reference to the D1 warrior, he isn't necessarily the same, and given how Aidan is the canonical backstory character now, I think Qarak can have his own page, given how different their backstories are. Secondly, and more importantly, my inclination is that this article's name should actually be "Aidan" rather than "Dark Wanderer."

To give an example that's hopefully quite familiar, take the Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader divide, how the former is title used on Wookiepedia. This makes sense-starts off as Anakin, becomes Vader, reverts back to light side of force just before death, becoming Anakin again, so to speak. With Aidan, I would argue it's similar. Aidan first, becomes the Dark Wanderer, then, IMO, effectively becomes Aidan again through the lore in Book of Cain. At the least, he stops being the Dark Wanderer and while Dark Wanderer is a title, Aidan is his actual name.

Of course, I understand that there's probably some sore spots over the whole retcon thing, but either way, just food for thought. I'll accept whatever decision the higher admins make.--Hawki (talk) 05:33, July 28, 2012 (UTC)

◄► Tephra ◄► 08:47, July 28, 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree that Aidan should be the article and Dark Wanderer the redirect. However, it is not an admin's (or "higher admin's") duty to decide things like this. It should be a editor consensus where all editors are equal. Now unless someone else chimes in to reject the move proposal, you've just got a consensus from another editor.