Talk:List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine cast members

"Recurring" vs. "Guest"
The fine-grained classification of actors as "recurring" or "guest" on a season-by-season basis based on how many episodes they appear in in that season is nonsense. It is ridiculous to describe, for example, Rosalind Chao as a "guest" actor in season 3. She's a recurring cast member who just happens not to be in very many episodes that season. AJD (talk) 07:46, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Agreed. However, what is the Wiki definition/difference between Recurring and Guest? There has to be one somewhere with the amount of TV shows - or - is it simply a page by page determination. Ckruschke (talk) 14:52, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Beats me. AJD (talk) 15:41, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Honestly, if you can't define what the difference SHOULD be, then its just your opinion over someone else's which is not a winning argument. Ckruschke (talk) 13:15, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * MOS:TV says that whether an actor/character is "recurring" or "guest" should be determined on the basis of reliable sources, and in the absence of reliable sources on "local consensus". So, in the interest of achieving local consensus, I'm happy to state my opinion that (for example) Rosalind Chao is never a "guest" and see who agrees. That said, it would be better to decide on a standard based on reliable sources, for example, how Keith R.A. DeCandido refers to cast members as "recurring regulars" or "guest stars" in his episode writeups at Tor.com. Perhaps most preferably, we could just delete the table, which doesn't actually add all that much useful information to the article. AJD (talk) 14:38, 17 September 2021 (UTC)