Talk:Major Crimes (TV series)/Archive 1

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A character list?

This show has been renewed for a third season. When would it be proper to start an article on all of the characters in this article? -- llywrch (talk) 21:36, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

There is an article on the characters from The Closer. Perhaps the best option would be to rename it and add the Major Crimes characters as well? --Drmargi (talk) 21:56, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
That might work if there was interest in updating the entries there with information from this series. -- llywrch (talk) 00:42, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
I'd work on it with you. Check out the Closer characters article, and see what you think -- do we start a new one or develop that one after renaming it? --Drmargi (talk) 01:07, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Rusty's boyfriend

If we're putting Sharon Beck on that list of characters we should add Gus since he's definitely reached recurring status and doesn't seem to be going anywhere. I don't know the actor or I'd do it myself.--32.214.195.155 (talk) 03:23, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Buzz's rank

Buzz is not just the Civilian Surveillance Coordinator anymore he is a Reserve Officer as well and is referred to by that title at times during the show. That needs to be addressed in the character section on the main page since he now has that as his rank as well and is addressed by it within the context of the show. For example, Provenza called him Reserve Officer Watson as recently as "Family Law."--32.214.195.155 (talk) 20:13, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Recurring/Regular

I realize they are marked the way they are, because of the text in the cited articles, but does anyone know what makes someone a "regular" vs. "recurring" on the show? Because neither Morales nor Taylor are in every single episode, so to my mind they are always recurring, even if they are in more episodes each season than they are left out of. But their being considered integral characters and their amount of screen time in Season 1 isn't that different from their roles or screen time in the following seasons - and really the same can be said of Fritz. I can't figure out what justifies calling them now "regulars", other than contract issues, which aren't really character relevant. To my mind the only people who shouldn't be listed as a recurring are the members of MCD and Rusty, because no one else is in every episode of the series. CleverTitania (talk) 03:39, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

And now an unnamed user has just taken out the table entirely and replaced it with a bullet list. Is there some reason that is preferable to a table? CleverTitania (talk) 22:40, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
Billing determines whether they're main or recurring. Both actors are billed as main cast, as is Jon Tenney when he appears. The episode count is irrelevant. It's all contractual. As for the table v. the bulleted list, the MOS actually calls for the lists. I just went through and did a lot of clean-up. I'm not sure who got the pay grades for the various officers, but they are never mentioned by the show. --Drmargi (talk) 00:12, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
I see now. I just review the opening credits of an episode with Morales and Taylor in it, and both have cut-away credits on black background, the same as the other main cast members. But guest and recurring actors show up superimposed over later video in the first act, before the director, producers, etc. Thanks for the clarification.
I also wondered about the detective classes, but I wasn't sure where they came from either so hadn't messed with them. But I agree I've never seen them mentioned on the show and I don't think having them adds any useful information to the page. Thanks again for the follow-up. CleverTitania (talk) 03:26, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

"G.W." vs. "G. W."

This is a U.S. article; U.S. style is for intialisms as names to be separated by spaces. (Check out the title of the actors main article.) 2600:1004:B128:7CAD:4DD8:FC88:F8F0:447B (talk) 00:22, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

MOS:INITIALS suggests "G. W." — Wyliepedia 00:34, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
Funny, from every article I could find the U.S. style is absolutely never to use a full space in a two-initial name, only ever a half-space if the font/program allows for it. Hence why I reverted that change initially. But I concede that I didn't find the article you posted above and based on that I shouldn't have done the revert. I'll keep that in mind for the future and thanks for providing the direct link to the guide page that was more appropriate to this specific issue. CleverTitania (talk) 04:32, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

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Adopted vs. Adoptive

Adopted (as an adjective) is the passive term, for the person who was adopted, and adoptive is active term, for the person who did the adopting - i.e. it would be "adopted son" and "adoptive mother."

Thus I have reinstated the edit from the drive-by contributor, who correctly fixed the wording in Rusty's character description. CleverTitania (talk) 16:52, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 2 April 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) SITH (talk) 18:46, 9 April 2019 (UTC)


Major Crimes → Major Crimes (TV series) – the capitalised form is arguably best most likely to refer to the concept of a major crime, which has several uses as set out at Major crimes (disambiguation). If there is primary topic for the capitalised form of this title, is probably either the crimes defined as Major Crimes by the Major Crimes Act (an 1885 Act of the US Congress still in force today) or the Major Case Squads of police forces, which are often known as Major Crimes units.
A long-term broad concept title such as this should not be usurped by a minor contemporary TV show. That is both WP:RECENTISM and a systemic bias towards popular culture. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:37, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

  • Support per nom - "Major Crimes" should probably redirect to the disambiguation page. Paintspot Infez (talk) 15:17, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
  • Support per nom and Paintspot. Fix incoming links, and redirect to disambiguation. -- Netoholic @ 19:35, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
  • Support per nom and others. --Gonnym (talk) 10:04, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
  • Support this move 2601:541:4500:1760:3C66:5073:9149:FF0E (talk) 18:36, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
  • Oppose per WP:PRECISE. No other article uses this title. This article averages over 1,000 hits per day, compared to only 14 for major crimes, 44 for Major Crimes Act and 79 for Major Case Squad.[1] Contrary to speculation, it's very clear that the vast majority of readers typing a capital C want the article about this not very recent TV show. Forcing them to a dab page evinces a systemic bias against popular culture. Station1 (talk) 17:41, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
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