Talk:Callie Torres

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I have changed the title sentence from "Dr. Calliope..." to "Calliope..." based on the Wikipedia style manual for biographies, which dictates that academic or professional titles should not precede the individual's name in the article. I also checked with the Wikipedia articles on several real-life physicians to verify that this was the convention in use. The body of the article and the infobox provide sufficient evidence of Callie's possession of a M.D. degree. DarkandTwisty29 18:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I changed the title sentence and info box title from Torres to O'Malley as this is what she is currently being called(as of My Favorite Mistake). I also suggest that one should be redirected to this page when 'Callie O'Malley'is entered in 'search'.

Littlechef 00:02, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree with changing all of the "Torres" references to O'Malley. This has been discussed on the Grey's Anatomy and List of characters from Grey's Anatomy talk pages, although it hasn't been an issue on this article before. Several characters have casually referred to the couple as "The O'Malleys" and Callie as "Callie O'Malley", but professionally and probably legally (despite the soundtrack of the most recent episode--"My Favorite Mistake") she is still Callie Torres. Her medical license would be in the "Torres" name, so until and unless she went through the arduous and long process of changing it, she would have to practice medicine as Callie Torres. There is certainly precedent for female surgeons retaining their "maiden" names upon marriage--Miranda Bailey's husband is a Jones, and even Addison hyphenated her last name prior to her divorce. In addition, Callie's labcoat in "My Favorite Mistake" still reads "Callie Torres M.D."--when Addison's character name changed to Addison Montgomery, she also got a new labcoat. Callie seems to still be using Torres, aside from the casual "Callie O'Malley" nicknaming. DarkandTwisty29 03:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough, though Dr. Bailey addressed her as "Dr. O'Malley". Littlechef 18:23, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

As of episode "Testing 1-2-3", Callie is still called "Dr. Torres", so I'm changing it back on the main page. DarkandTwisty29 05:50, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Referenced Rampage

You may see in other Grey's Anatomy's character pages that I had put this tag:

I want to improve these articles so I'm asking for those willing to help to find sources to back up these information. Omghgomg 12:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling of Callie's middle name...

Is Callie's middle name spelled Iphigenia or Iphegenia? On the main Grey's page it's spelled with an "i", but on the Callie Torres page it's spelled with an "e". I looked the name up on various baby name sites, and it's always spelled "Iphigenia". I haven't been able to find it spelled with an "e" anywhere. Rainbow 23:46, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Original research

I added the template because of sentences like: "...the two seemed destined to become friends...". Don't speculate about the character becoming "friend" or "best friend" with another character, unless it can be backed up with a verifiable source. 17:34, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I don't think the character's Greek

I think the name "Calliope Iphegenia" is just because her parents are into mythology or something. So far as I know it's pretty strongly indicated she is from a wealthy Hispanic family. Also "Torres" is not, so far as I know, a Greek name.--T. Anthony (talk) 15:05, 23 May 2008 (UTC)