User talk:Yuria19Yuri

Trivia edit to Elmer's page
Hi, welcome to the wiki!

I wanted to ask you about your edit to Elmer C. Albatross's trivia section, in which you suggested he "may have been named" after comics artist Elmer Cecil Stoner. What leads you to think Elmer might have been named after him? I read his Wikipedia article with interest (I'll have to check out his comics!), but I'm not seeing any connection beyond the name and initial "Elmer C." You may know more about E.C. Stoner than I; did he or one of his comic characters resemble Elmer? Similar personalities, familiar upbringings?

It's just that similar names alone might not be enough to suggest a connection. With the Christopher Walken trivia for Christopher Shaldred, Narita actually stated that Christopher Walken was the inspiration for the name. I'd be surprised if Narita has heard of E.C. Stoner (not to downplay how much American media Narita has consumed); if he has, though, let me know!

"Possible name inspirations" as trivia factoids do walk a fine line between 'fact' and 'speculation', so I don't think a partially shared name is enough on its own. Yes, Szilard Quates and Lebreau Fermet Viralesque's trivia sections currently list Leo Szilard and Enrico Fermi as possible name inspirations, but there we can point to more than just the names: Szilard and Fermi worked together (while B!Szilard and Fermet's own research is linked; so, both pairs of scientists are connected); Leo Szilard was involved in early cloning of human cells (we can compare this to Szilard Quates and homunculi); and Fermi...well, there's his brilliance (Fermet undeniably intelligent in his own right). I can't say necessarily Fermi's personality has any bearing on Fermet's character, but Fermi was apparently charming and possessing "leadership [that] could go so far that it was a danger to the independence of the person working with him," so.

I've sometimes wondered if I should remove the Szilard/Fermi trivia, since they are technically more speculation than fact, but, for now, they're examples of where similarities can be seen beyond names. I'm all ears as to what I might be missing with E.C. Stoner in the meantime.

In any case, once again welcome to the wiki; I hope to see you around in the future, for every new editor can make all the difference on this wiki (which definitely needs editors). I'm of course available to help with anything, including UCP, as needed.

Revriley (talk) 18:59, 27 October 2020 (UTC)