Thread:Lady Aleena/@comment-1526346-20170912122622

Hello. I would like to discuss the possibly merging the following wikis on Fandom into one, since they are part of three continuities that are lightly connected. The purpose of the merge would be to make it easier to maintain pages for those items that cross series. Here is the continuity as of this writing. I know there is behind the scenes legal wrangling between several series, but as a fan of the continuity as a whole, I do not really care about them.



Here are all the wikis I have found for this continuity:
 * NCIS franchise
 * JAG
 * NCIS
 * NCIS: Los Angeles
 * NCIS: New Orleans
 * Hawaii Five-0
 * Scorpion
 * Magnum P.I. (no admin)
 * Murder, She Wrote that includes The Law & Harry McGraw
 * MacGyver

I can not find wikis for these connected series:
 * Simon and Simon
 * Wiz Kids
 * First Monday

Keeping track of spin-offs and crossovers would be easier if there were one place to find and edit the information. Currently, I have three pages I am maintaining on three wikis with the same information, just written to localize the information to the wiki.


 * List of fictional countries on the NCIS wiki.
 * List of fictional countries on the Hawaii Five-0 wiki.
 * List of fictional countries on the Scorpion wiki.

I don't think I want to try to maintain that list on all wikis in the continuity, so I limited myself to the three series that created fictional countries, but that could grow at any time meaning the list would need to be created on yet another wiki.

And there are the many crossover characters and even the continuity complications that need addressing.

Crossover characters
Here are some examples of characters who have crossed between series who would need articles on multiple wikis (if the wikis exist).

Continuity one

 * Irene Adler: Whiz Kids, Simon & Simon
 * Richie Adler: Whiz Kids, Simon & Simon
 * Jessica Fletcher: Murder, She Wrote; Magnum P.I.
 * Thomas Magnum: Magnum P.I.; Simon and Simon; Murder, She Wrote
 * Steve McGarrett: Hawaii Five-O, Magnum P.I. (minor mention)
 * A. J. Simon: Simon & Simon, Magnum P.I., Whiz Kids
 * Rick Simon: Simon & Simon, Magnum P.I.

If the wikis were merged into one, the above would create six articles. With them separate, the above would create fourteen articles on four wikis. Thomas Magnum and A. J. Simon would have three identical articles on three wikis.

Continuity two

 * Eric Beale: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angels
 * Ellie Bishop: NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans
 * Kensi Blye: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angels, Hawaii Five-0
 * G Callen: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angels, Hawaii Five-0
 * A.J. Chegwidden: JAG, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles
 * Anthony DiNozzo: JAG, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles
 * Leroy Jethro Gibbs: JAG, NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans
 * Sam Hannah: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angels, Hawaii Five-0
 * Kono Kalakaua: Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver (2016)
 * Kamekona: Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver (2016)
 * Chin Ho Kelly: Hawaii Five-0, NCIS: Los Angeles, MacGyver (2016)
 * Hetti Lange: NCIS: Los Angeles, Scorpion
 * Christopher LaSalle: NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans
 * Donald Mallard: JAG, NCIS
 * Timothy McGee: NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans
 * Dwayne Pride: NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans
 * Bud Roberts, Jr.: JAG, NCIS
 * Abby Sciuto: JAG, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans
 * Edward Sheffield: First Monday, JAG
 * Nick Torres: NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans
 * Leon Vance: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans
 * Loretta Wade: NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans
 * Danny Williams: Hawaii Five-0, NCIS: Los Angeles

If the wikis were merged into one, the above would create twenty-three articles. With them separate, the above would create double that, and the separate articles would be exactly the same and mean a lot of upkeep. Abby Sciuto has appeared on four series, meaning four identical articles on four wikis.

Continuity complications
Here are some examples of continuity complications because of spin-offs and crossovers.

Actors
There are many more actors with twins and triplets, and these are the ones I know of or remember seeing. There are probably many more.


 * Julie Benz: Denise Johnson on NCIS and Inspector Abby Dunn on Hawaii Five-0
 * Alicia Coppola: Faith Coleman on JAG and NCIS, Lisa Rand on NCIS: Los Angeles, and Ambassador Roberts on MacGyver (2016)
 * Matt Jones: Ned Dorneget on NCIS and Bullwinkle on Hawaii Five-0
 * Jack McGee: Joe Roswell on MacGyver (original), Curtis Floyd on NCIS, and unnamed character on Hawaii Five-0
 * Melinda McGraw: Diane Sterling on NCIS and Patricia Slater on Hawaii Five-0
 * Zoe McLellan: Emmie on First Monday, Jennifer Coates on JAG, and Meredith Brody on NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans
 * Sean Murray: Danny Walden on JAG and Timothy McGee on NCIS
 * Robert Patrick: Morton Bell on NCIS and Cabe Gallo on Scorpion
 * Dean Stockwell: Edward Sheffield on First Monday and JAG and Tom Hamilton on NCIS: New Orleans

Fiction mentions
NCIS "Capitol Offense" has Abby saying the line "Book him, Danno". This places Hawaii Five-O as fiction-within-fiction in NCIS, so when NCIS: Los Angeles crossed over with Hawaii Five-0, Hawaii Five-O is fiction-within-fiction in Hawaii Five-0 too. This is further solidified in Hawaii Five-0 "Hoa Pili" singing the theme to Magnum P.I.. Magnum P.I. "Skin Deep" connected Magnum P.I. to Hawaii Five-O with a minor mention crossover of Steve McGarrett and Five-O from the original.

NCIS "Enemies Domestic" has Abby calling McGee McGyver. This places MacGyver as fiction-within-fiction in NCIS and all connected series. When Hawaii Five-0 crossed over with MacGyver, this placed the original MacGyver as fiction-within-fiction in the new MacGyver too.

I believe all of this would be easier to track if all of these series were on one wiki. Lady Aleena (talk) 12:26, September 12, 2017 (UTC) 