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As User:SoM has repeatedly refused to provide an Edit summary or Talk page entry explaining his image deletions, here is the explanation he grudgingly provided on my Talk page:
Lovely, graceful, winning ways.--Mais oui! 06:23, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
I've restored the article to the most common spelling of the character's name, which began in the first panel of her introducing herself (as shown within the article), and in most of her appearances and references within the comics. The comics themselves are the canon on which we base the articles. I am aware that the X-Men Encyclopedias have misspelled her name. It is the supplemental sources that are most often misspelled, and her guest appearances in other titles.
Claremont, the character's creator, has been extraordinarily consistent (especially for him) in the spelling of her name. And, for the most part, the rest of mainstream has followed suit.
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I reiterate. The -supplemental sources- such as encyclopedias, misspelled her name. One instance of an online source documenting "MacTaggart" as the proper spelling has absolutely no bearing on the fact that the most common spelling throughout the comics, and thus the canonical standard, was "MacTaggert." The instances of other spellings were remarkably rare in comparison.
Please do an experiment before 'correcting' the article again. Go to Google. Type, in quotation marks "Moira MacTaggArt." Count the entries. Type "Moira MacTaggErt." Note the significant increase in entries.
As a reference, this article is supposed to reflect the 'facts' of the Marvel Comics. MacTaggert is, in fact, the most common spelling of the name. Established in her first appearance, and kept throughout her run in the comics.
Considering the wide margin of difference between "MacTaggert" and "MacTaggart" on the internet, when people come to Wikipedia to look up the character, it is fairly safe to assume they are going to search under the most common usage of her name.
EmilyRose 16:09, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I would very much like for you to realize I do not lightly change the name. I've just gathered a random sample of comic books from the top of my pile. I can follow up and quite literally go through every appearance of the character if required. I do not wish to do that.
X-Men 96 - Chris Claremont - 1st App - "'Housekeeper,' he says--'a nice widder-woman, name of Moira MacTaggert...'"
X-Men 127 - Chris Claremont - Proteus Saga - "Atop a nearby knoll, Moira MacTaggert aims and fires with grim determination, driving Proteus away from his helpless prey and out onto open ground."
Uncanny X-Men 278 - Chris Claremont - Muir Island Saga - "Home to geneticist Moira MacTaggert... and haven to mutant-kind longer than either cares to think about."
Uncanny X-Men 303 - Scott Lobdell - Death of Illyana - "Me and her were in the sick bed part, while Doc MacTaggert and the Prof were buttin' heads over what to do for Peter's sister."
X-Force 38 - Fabian Nicieza - Phalanx Covenant - "Dr. Moira MacTaggert stands alongside the collective mutant teams of Excalibur, X-Force and X-Factor, her insides churning, as they struggle to find a key to the threat posed by the Phalanx."
"Excalibur 72" - Richard Ashford - Sinister - "This woman, Moira MacTaggert, was mother to the most dangerous mutant to stride the earth, Proteus."
Excalibur 91 - Warren Ellis - Pub Night - "MacTaggert? Aw, Kitty, for God's sake--MacTaggert hates me."
Cable 29 - Jeph Loeb - Studying X-Man - "What goes unsaid is far too painful. For Moira MacTaggert is the only known case of a human contracting the deadly 'Legacy Virus'."
X-Man 26 - Terry Kavanagh - X-Man comes to Muir - "Glad we didn't have a chance to test that one, MacTaggert."
Bishop 16 - Scott Lobdell - Attack on Muir - "Rahne Sinclair is a mutant. And she calls this island compound her home, and it's owner, Dr. Moira MacTaggert--one of the world's foremost experts in the field of human genetic mutations--her adoptive mother."
Uncanny X-Men 390 - Chris Claremont - Legacy Cured - "Her name was Dr. Moira MacTaggert--a reknown geneticist who spent the last several months of her life racing against the clock."
Ultimate X-Men 17 - Mark Millar - 1st full Ultimate app - "Cyclops and Marvel Girl are in Russia, Doctor MacTaggert..."
EmilyRose 06:48, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Image:Mactaggert 3.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot (talk) 14:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Updated with Fair Use rationale. Thank you! EmilyRose (talk) 19:54, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Legacy Quest Trilogy. I read it more as 'forced' then 'guilted'. Lots42 (talk) 22:49, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
I was shocked to see this description, as nowhere in the House of X books specifically stated her to be Omega. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.181.180.142 (talk) 21:26, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
Do we? JosephWC (talk) 03:48, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
Do we really need every single detail of every single thing Moira has done since the House/Powers of X revelation? I feel the summary could be cut down by probably 90 per cent. 2A02:C7C:BCA0:CA00:E53:DCDC:1D04:EB64 (talk) 15:11, 22 October 2023 (UTC)