Talk:John Sheridan (Babylon 5)

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Wouldn't John J. Sheridan be a better place for the article, without the need of the (Babylon 5) disambiguation? Parenthesis disambiguation should IMHO be used only when no other means of disambiguation is available. Unless, of course, the other John Sheridan is also John J. Ausir 22:20, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * On the other hand, I've just googled up that it was initially said that his middle name was David, but he was referred to as John J. Sheridan in some following episodes. However, JMS himself said that his middle name is David, and the J initial was a slipup if there's a confusion about his name, then it's better to keep the article here. Ausir 22:32, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

John Sheridans birthday was in 2215.

The Middle Initial
In the movie "In the Beginning", Sheridan refers to himself as John J Sheridan.

spoilers?
So much text about life and career and all that, but no spoiler warning? geez.

Oh it was there, but very hidden above contents, so its not visible enough *change*.

Sheridan as backup commander for B5?
The article claims that it was Santiago who chose Sheridan as backup commander of B5. Could someone cite a source for this?

My understanding was that President Clark removed Sinclair from office to get him out of the way, then placed Sheridan in control of B5. As a war hero hated by the Minbari, Clark assumed that Sheridan would be loyal to him and his agenda. He also felt that putting the "Starkiller" in command of B5 would be a useful provocation. Instead, of course, Sheridan was eager to build friendly ties with the Minbari and others, and was secretly part of General Hague's network.

Wellspring (talk) 14:32, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Clark personally tells Sheridan that he was Santiago's first choice... however, we only have Clark's word for that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.211.73.189 (talk) 02:25, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Three wives?
As far as I know, Elizabeth is his sister, unless I got something terribly wrong.--91.13.25.114 (talk) 22:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC) edit: Nevermind, I forgot Lochley --91.13.25.114 (talk) 22:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * the commander from season 5, Elizabeth Lockley, was married to him for a time. i assume that this what that trivia statement is talking about.  can't remember his sister's name ... What makes a man turn neutral? (talk) 20:19, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

The trivia section
despite the fact that the above statement seems to be correct, the majority of the trivia section is, to be nice about it, utter crap. you can see above that i am a big fan of b5 (i'm a member of the wikiproject), and it is because of this that i know the crap in that section and that i wish it to be corrected. for instance, this

Coincidentally, Boxleitner was once considered as a hopeful for Star Wars: A New Hope, to play the film's main character…who, at the time, was known as "General Luke Starkiller."

is unsourced and, in all likelihood, completely untrue. whoever wrote it, find a source or i will be deleting it soon. almost every bullet in the trivia section, not just this one, is pointless info that has no place in the article except perhaps as an aside within relevant passages of text (as is the case with most trivia sections on wikipedia). more to come. What makes a man turn neutral? (talk) 20:27, 14 December 2008 (UTC)