User talk:GimliDotNet/Archives/2013/September

Your involvement with DRN
Hi there, I noticed that you haven't been as active at DRN as you was before. DRN has been a bit backlogged lately and we could use some extra hands. We have updated our volunteer list to a new format, Dispute resolution noticeboard/Volunteers (your name is still there under the old format if you haven't updated it) and are looking into ways to make DRN more effective and more rewarding for volunteers (your input is appreciated!). If you don't have much time to volunteer at the moment, that's fine too, just move your name to the inactive list (you're free to add yourself back to active at any time). Hope to see you again soon :) Steven Zhang (talk) 13:18, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Eponymous vs. Titular
Hello there "GimliDotNet". In the article entitled Sauron I recently made an edit replacing the word 'titular' with the word 'eponymous' to describe the character that the novel was named after (i.e. "The Lord of the Rings"). You reverted this edit, questioning my understanding of the word. I will now refer to the dictionary definition of both words to convince you about why I made the edit. Firstly, 'eponymous'.

1.(of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc., is named e.g. the eponymous heroine in the film of Jane Eyre.

2. (of a literary work, film, etc.) named after its central character or creator.

Now, this is the meaning of the word 'titular'.

1. Holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority: "the queen is titular head of the Church of England".

2.(of a cleric) Nominally appointed to serve a diocese, abbey, or other foundation no longer in existence...

I'll also refer you to the Wikipedia article on Titular, which even specifically says "Titular character, is often incorrectly used in place of title role."; which is exactly what this article has done. I would like to revert it back to "eponymous". I assume you will now be satisfied with this change.60.242.210.126 (talk) 13:58, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Eponymous requires that the item in question is actually named after the person, not an attribute of the person. For example Harry Potter, Homer's Odyssey,Parkinson's Disease. A Titular Character is the person whom a work of fiction refers to, therefore Bilbo Baggins is the Titular Character in The Hobbit and Sauron is the Titular Character in The Lord of the Rings GimliDotNet ( Speak to me,  Stuff I've done )  15:14, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * See the Oxford dictionary definition of titular.  GimliDotNet ( Speak to me,  Stuff I've done )  15:19, 27 September 2013 (UTC)