Talk:Erin Esurance

Voice?
Almost all searches point to Mo Mellady as the current voice of the character (A link to Outpost studios seems to be the most reliable confirmation). Debi Mae West's site, as far as I can tell, mentions that she has done work for Esurance, but not which commercials or characters. Is it possible that she did Erin's voice early on (being at work with no speakers, I can't check my self)? 140.140.58.8 20:11, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It might be possible that Erin was voiced by both Mellady and West, although I'm merely speculating. The earlier commercials sound like they could be West's voice based on what I heard on her website, but Erin seemed to have a different voice in the football commercial. So could it be that Erin has had two voices? --Dynamite Eleven 04:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Kristin again. Mo Mellady has been the voice of Erin since the series began in July 2004. Always the same person. The football spot probably sounds different because of all the sound effects and action going on. Erin was playing a football game against a giant weather-changing robot, so her voice was a little more intense in that one too.

Notability
I didn't post the notibility concern, but after thinking about it and comparing it to the Esurance entry, there really isn't much more that needs to be said about the character than has already been said on the company page. Most of the additional info that appears on this page are commercial summaries. 140.140.58.8 21:15, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

How is this worth a page? I mean, besides the fact that someone had to take the time to learn about the background of a character who has less than 5 minutes of screen time ever, this is just a useless page. Should be deleted

Hi, Kristin again. Just for the record, Esurance didn't start the content on either the Esurance company page or the Erin Esurance page, but now we're stuck with the job of making sure it's accurate. Oh well. :) I noted this on the Esurance page discussion, but actually, there's a bit of a difference between someone who wants to know about our company and Erin Esurance. Sometimes, the people looking for Erin Esurance are animation people who want to know influences, and those who blog about the character and speculate about the her story's plot. (Each ad tells part of a larger story that some folks are in to.) So, she's already had a few more minutes than 5 of screen time, and she's going to have a whole lot more. :) Anyway, that's my two cents on keeping the articles separate, keeping in mind that we had nothing to do with the creation of them or what people have stuck on these pages (including the ads and their summaries.) Now, we just to have to do the editing work to keep them accurate.
 * Agreed. If the Energizer Bunny and Spuds McKenzie get their own articles, Erin Esurance should as well.  On a related note, by participating in this discusion, my nerdiness has been propelled to a whole new level.  heh.  --Ntmg05 03:32, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The difference though is that Spuds Mackenzie and the Energizer Bunny are both one of many mascots of well established, large companies. Erin is the single mascot of a relatively new company.  Also, at this point in time, the Erin Esurance page is "meatier" than the actual Esurance page.  I'd see them merged only because both entries would benefit from it.Disposable Rob 07:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Popularity is irrelevant to notability. --Ntmg05 15:16, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Trust me on this: You'll be seeing a lot more of Erin Esurance in the coming months. And...if you check out some other parts of the world o' Web, you'll find she's already got quite a following. Not to mention, her fans created this entry, which shows there's some need for info on her. I'd like to get suggestions about what to add to the main Esurance page, but no one's forthcoming there. After I cleaned up the errors, there were complaints it was like a commercial. (Which it's not, I think it's just that auto insurance company info is really boring to most people.) We have tons of info to make it meatier, just want to provide what's relevent. I'm all ears. The company is not the spokesperson, however, hence the need to keep the listings separate. Please let me know on the info you'd like to see in the main entry! --Kristin from Esurance, October 23, 7:19 PST
 * I don't think the main article needs all that much more. The articles for other insurance companies aren't particularly meaty; as you said, some topics just don't elicit volumes of encyclopedic writing (and frankly, an argument could possibly be made that they're not encyclopedic at all, but instead an in-depth directory listing).  Nevertheless, I do think the article should at least steer away from policy fees and legal issues and focus more on the company's history, key personnel, and especially any unique traits or accomplishments of the company...  i.e., focus on objective facts, and thus reduce boosterism.  That would also help fill it out more, I think.  To maintain objectivity, the article should also include any major criticisms, failures, or "bad press," and all information should be properly cited.  Read Verifiability, especially the section "Self-published and dubious sources in articles about themselves." --Ntmg05 04:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for the feedback. The policy fees and legal section were put there by someone else, but were, inaccurate/misleading, so I made them more general. I guess I can take those out entirely. I didn't want to do that at first, figuring that someone stuck the topics there because they found it important about the company... but perhaps it's not, as you mention. Thanks again for the feedback. Appreciate it. --Kristin Brewe, 12:00 p.m. 10/25/06