Talk:Vanille

Article title + focus
I realize that this article was formerly at "Oerba Dia Vanille", but that was a mistake IMO. See the RM at Talk:Garnet_(Final_Fantasy) for an example - she's called Vanille 99% of the time both in-game, and in journalism. For fictional characters, Wikipedia doesn't treat them as if they were real people and use full names, it just uses the most prominent name in fiction - which would be Vanille (Final Fantasy) in this case. Any objection to such a move?

I also think you're playing it a bit fast & loose with that Mattie Brice blog post. First, it's a single blog post that got all of one comment - I think extracting three whole sentences worth of criticism from it is undue weight. Second, I really don't see a strong connection on the gender transition bit - she talks about that in one paragraph, sure, but as part of a general stance thing. Relevant to an article on Brice, but probably not on Vanille. I think that if the reference is kept at all, it can be reduced to something like a single sentence of "Brice praises Vanille as an example of heroism whose impact on the party come from traditionally feminine traits" or the like. SnowFire (talk) 21:54, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Both are fine, go off [gendered royal title because I don't know your gender]. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 21:56, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I do feel it should stay on the full name per other articles, namely because it does turn it up but google also has a nasty habit of trying to include "vanilla" in searches for just Vanille. It might overall make the article harder to find with just the shortened name.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 14:18, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think "per other articles" works? I feel like when it's been discussed in similar cases, the community has usually come down on the side of using the names that are actually used, not "full" names if the full names are hidden in background material somewhere, i.e. Princess Leia not Leia Organa.  Vanille is referred to as just Vanille 99% of the time in the FF13 series, and similarly in the secondary sources.  That overwhelms other concerns, IMO.  SnowFire (talk) 23:37, 4 July 2023 (UTC)