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Names and alphabetisation...

Great start! Now, it is a problem for the alphabetisation that we won't know the last name of some of the characters. Or would it be possible to find out somehow? I would be willing to bet most characters mentioned in the series have a last name, but how to get that information? The way I see it our other option would be to alphabetise by first name only... --SLB 04:56, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think our only option is to list characters by their lastname when possible, and by their first name when no other information is provided. TLW 19:38, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I Think this is really confusing can't they all just be listed by first name?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.53.69 (talk) 02:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, this is awful. The bullet points especially. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.80.114.80 (talk) 17:05, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Identity Discrepancy...

We find in the last episode of season 4 that Papi's real name is Eva Torres; this appears at first glance to be a reference to the girl Carmen had sex with on her prom night, but that's currently listed as Lucia Flores. I'm researching Season 3 DVD for clarification; many of us may have heard it wrong on second reading, but quite a few L word fan blogs are drawing conclusions on their own that Papi was the one who took Carmen's virginity, which wouldn't actually be that much of a surprise, given Papi's general character. EJP--72.177.51.236 09:14, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to be mixed up a bit. Eva Flores and Lucia Flores, are not the same character. Eva was mentioned in Season 3, before the "80's prom Fundraiser" for max (and Carmen specifies she taught her how to 69). "Lucia Flores", was Carmen's first, as mentioned to Mark for his documentary during Season 2. -- TLW 22:32, 11 June 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Marina Ferrer

How can she be listed as homosexual when it turns out she is married to Manfredi Ferrer? --84.131.215.73 00:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Answer: Because being a homosexual doesn't mean you cannot marry a straight man. Given that Marina is a daughter of a contessa, maybe she was forced into a pre-arranged marriage. She got involved with Francesca, Jenny and Robin anyway and that proves that she is a homosexual. Dan-gee-rous (talk) 11:54, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cindi Tucker merge

Tucker doesn't seem to meet Notability or Notability of fictional characters. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 22:11, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I'll merge them in the following days. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:46, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Since I am a little busy. Can someone else do it? -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:46, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Information Update!

There are a lot of new characters for season 5 that aren't there. For example: Niki Stevens Adele Channing etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.73.46.247 (talk) 10:09, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with individual character articles

The vast majority, if not all, of the characters in this television series are not sufficiently independently notable to justify their own articles. As such, the following articles should be merged into this list: Dana Fairbanks, Tina Kennard, Carmen de la Pica Morales, Jodi Lerner, Shane McCutcheon, Helena Peabody, Bette Porter, Kit Porter, Jenny Schecter, Moira/Max Sweeney, Tasha Williams, Papi (The L Word character), Marina Ferrer, Adele Channing, Dawn Denbo, Gabby Deveaux, Tim Haspel, Phyllis Kroll, Molly Kroll and Dylan Moreland. Neelix (talk) 23:15, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Considering that The L Word was the first television series where all of the central characters were either lesbian or bisexual does make the characters very notable, particularly within the LGBT community. With respect to the characters independent presence, there is a reality show that will premiere in June 2010 on Showtime in which audiences are already trying to identify which individuals from the cast of this reality show will be the "Shane McCutcheon," the "Bette Porter" and so on... Joy299 (talk) 00:56, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What you are demonstrating is that "List of The L Word characters" is a notable concept and therefore worthy of an article on Wikipedia. Individual characters must be substantially covered in multiple reliable secondary sources in order for individual articles about them to be justified. Neelix (talk) 19:09, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jenny Schecter is on of the most notable TV characters of the last ten years, mentioned and reviewed in over 40 book publications in the past 5 years, constant interview in niche mags, reviewed on the big news publications, lots of info on the net. I think I'll recreate the page and make it different than it looked before. Cite some of the sources. RAIN the ONE (Talk) 04:29, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Neelix may be right about merging most of the characters into the article. In fact, this whole list is probably useless and should be merged into The L Word article itself. However, there are a few characters that are notable outside the show. Besides Jenny Schecter and Alice Pieszecki, only Shane McCutcheon, Tina Kennard, and Bette Porter are worth keeping. Shane has a cult following outside the series, Tina Kennard is the only role that won an award for the show, and Beals' character (who was the highest profile member of the ensemble), helped coin the term "glamazon" into mainstream use:. The other characters, however, do not stand on their own and thus should not be considered.--TLW (talk)

Jenny's sexuality

So I'm a bit puzzled as to what label we should apply to Jenny. She's clearly oriented towards women, but her relationship with Tim in season one and Gene (Aquarium Guy) in season two prompted me to switch it to bisexual; but then the relationship with Max makes me lean towards perhaps pansexual (attraction without any tie to gender). Right now, I'm content to leave it at "bisexual," but Jenny is challenging the assumptions I'm making about sexual classification. Dralwi k|^{Have a Chat} 04:20, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Needs updating?

in GQ the mystery of Jenny Schecter's death was revealed and I feel this needs to be added QueenAlexandria (talk) 17:15, 06 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]