# THE WIRE: Polls to determine Favorite Characters, Pre-Poll Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-polls-to-determine-favorite-characters-pre-poll-discussion/549084 "2010-08-04T01:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-polls-to-determine-favorite-characters-pre-poll-discussion/549084/41 "2010-08-04T20:28:01Z")
Here’s the big category “The Law” with duplicates marked. I should mention that I’m counting multiple appearances, whether in the same “grouping” or not, of people on the IMDb list as duplicates. I have quite a few IMDb names not accounted for, and I’m hoping it’s just that I failed to mark them as used somewhere. I have to account for the Paper and School groups you did, and that may get the missing ones down to a small number. What else do you need me to do with the big IMDb list? How close do you feel we are to starting some poll threads? Would you like to own that task? # =========================== @@ = DUPLICATE APPEARANCE Contents === 1 Police Contents 1 Command 1.1 Current department commanders 1.1.1 William Rawls John Doman … Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 1.1.2 Cedric Daniels Lance Reddick … Lt. Cedric Daniels / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 1.1.3 Stanislaus Valchek Al Brown … Major Valchek / … (19 episodes, 2002-2008) 1.1.4 Bobby Reed Tony Head … Maj. Bobby Reed (9 episodes, 2002-2004) 1.2 Former members 1.2.1 Ervin Burrell Frankie Faison … Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell / … (47 episodes, 2002-2008) 1.2.2 Warren Frazier Warren Frazier Played by: Dick Stilwell Appears in: Season one: “The Hunt”. 1.2.3 Raymond Foerster Richard DeAngelis … Col. Raymond Foerster / … (15 episodes, 2002-2006) 2 Major Crimes Unit 2.1 Current members 2.1.1 Command 2.1.1.1 Jimmy Asher Gene Terinoni … Lt. Jimmy Asher (4 episodes, 2006-2008) 2.1.1.2 Lester Freamon Clarke Peters … Det. Lester Freamon (59 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.1.2 Detectives/Officers 2.1.2.1 Kenneth Dozerman Rick Otto … Off. Kenneth Dozerman / … (14 episodes, 2004-2008) 2.1.2.2 Jimmy McNulty Dominic West … Det. James ‘Jimmy’ McNulty / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.1.2.3 Leander Sydnor Corey Parker Robinson … Det. Leander Sydnor (45 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2 Former members 2.2.1 Command 2.2.1.1 Cedric Daniels @@ Lance Reddick … Lt. Cedric Daniels / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2.1.2 Charles Marimow Boris McGiver … Lt. Charles Marimow (6 episodes, 2006) 2.2.1.3 Thomas “Herc” Hauk Domenick Lombardozzi … Det. Thomas ‘Herc’ Hauk / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2.2 Detail members 2.2.2.1 Ellis Carver Seth Gilliam … Sgt. Ellis Carver / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2.2.2 Patrick Mahon Tom Quinn … Det. Patrick Mahon (3 episodes, 2002) 2.2.2.3 Augustus Polk Nat Benchley … Det. Augustus Polk (6 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2.3 Unit members 2.2.3.1 Shakima “Kima” Greggs Sonja Sohn … Det. Shakima ‘Kima’ Greggs (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2.3.2 Roland “Prez” Pryzbylewski Jim True-Frost … Det. Roland ‘Prez’ Pryzbylewski / … (50 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2.3.3 Caroline Massey Joilet Harris … Off. Caroline Massey (7 episodes, 2004-2006) 3 Homicide unit 3.1 Current members 3.1.1 Jay Landsman Delaney Williams … Sgt. Jay Landsman (45 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.1.2 Frank Barlow Michael Stone Forrest … Det. Frank Barlow (4 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.1.3 Christeson Dennis Hill … Det. Christeson (5 episodes, 2008) 3.1.4 Michael Crutchfield Gregory L. Williams … Det. Michael Crutchfield (19 episodes, 2004-2008) 3.1.5 Shakima “Kima” Greggs @@ Sonja Sohn … Det. Shakima ‘Kima’ Greggs (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.1.6 Vernon Holley Brian Anthony Wilson … Det. Vernon Holley (18 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.1.7 William “Bunk” Moreland Wendell Pierce … Det. William ‘Bunk’ Moreland (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.1.8 Ed Norris Edward T. Norris … Det. Edward Norris / … (22 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.1.9 Winona Winona Appears in: Season two: “Ebb Tide” Season three: “Dead Soldiers”, Mission Accomplished (uncredited) Season four: “Soft Eyes”, “Refugees”, “Corner Boys”; “Know Your Place”, “A New Day”, “Final Grades”. 3.2 Former members 3.2.1 Ray Cole Robert F. Colesberry … Det. Ray Cole (10 episodes, 2002-2003) 3.2.2 Lester Freamon @@ Clarke Peters … Det. Lester Freamon (59 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.2.3 Jimmy McNulty @@ Dominic West … Det. James ‘Jimmy’ McNulty / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.2.4 William Rawls @@ John Doman … Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 4 Western District 4.1 Current staff 4.1.1 Command 4.1.1.1 Dennis Mello Jay Landsman … Lt. Dennis Mello / … (18 episodes, 2003-2008) 4.1.1.2 Ellis Carver @@ Seth Gilliam … Sgt. Ellis Carver / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 4.1.2 Uniformed Patrolmen 4.1.2.1 Brian Baker Brian Baker Played by: Derek Horton Appears in Season three: “Time After Time”; “All Due Respect” Season four: “Misgivings”; “A New Day” (uncredited). Season five: “Took” (uncredited) 4.1.2.2 Bobby Brown Bobby J. Brown … Off. Bobby Brown (10 episodes, 2002-2008) 4.1.2.3 Aaron Castor Lee E. Cox … Off. Aaron Castor (5 episodes, 2004-2008) 4.1.2.4 Michael Santangelo Michael Salconi … Off. Michael Santangelo / … (25 episodes, 2002-2008) 4.1.2.5 Eddie Walker Jonnie Brown … Off. Eddie Walker / … (7 episodes, 2003-2006) 4.1.3 Plainclothes Officers 4.1.3.1 Anthony Colicchio Benjamin Busch … Off. Anthony Colicchio (18 episodes, 2004-2008) 4.1.3.2 Lloyd “Truck” Garrick Ryan Sands … Off. Lloyd ‘Truck’ Garrick (16 episodes, 2004-2008) 4.1.3.3 Lambert Lambert Played by: Nakia Dillard Appears in: Season three: “Time After Time”; “All Due Respect”; “Homecoming”; “Back Burners”; Reformation. 4.2 Former staff 4.2.1 Major Howard “Bunny” Colvin Robert Wisdom … Howard ‘Bunny’ Colvin / … (27 episodes, 2003-2008) 4.2.2 Kenneth Dozerman Rick Otto … Off. Kenneth Dozerman / … (14 episodes, 2004-2008) 4.2.3 Thomas “Herc” Hauk @@ Domenick Lombardozzi … Det. Thomas ‘Herc’ Hauk / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 4.2.4 Jimmy McNulty @@ Dominic West … Det. James ‘Jimmy’ McNulty / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 5 Others 5.1 Walter Cantrell Dave Trovato … Lt. Walter Cantrell / … (3 episodes, 2002-2006) 5.2 Claude Diggins Jeffrey Fugitt … Claude Diggins (7 episodes, 2003) 5.3 Randall Frazier Erik Dellums … Dr. Randall Frazier (6 episodes, 2002-2004) 5.4 Beadie Russell Amy Ryan … Off. Beatrice ‘Beadie’ Russell (20 episodes, 2003-2008) 5.5 Marvin Taylor Barnett Milton Lloyd … Maj. Marvin Taylor (2 episodes, 2004) 5.6 Torret Derren Fuentes … SWAT Team Leader (2 episodes, 2004) 6 Relatives 6.1 Cheryl Melanie Nicholls-King … Cheryl (15 episodes, 2002-2008) 6.2 Elena McNulty Callie Thorne … Elena McNulty (12 episodes, 2002-2008) 6.3 Sean McNulty Eric G. Ryan … Sean McNulty (7 episodes, 2002-2008) 6.4 Michael McNulty Antonio Cordova … Michael McNulty (9 episodes, 2002-2008) 7 Actual BPD Officers who have appeared 7.1 Gary D’Addario Gary D’Addario … Grand Jury Prosecutor Gary DiPasquale (5 episodes, 2003-2008) 7.2 Leonard Hamm Leonard Hamm Season five: “Not for Attribution” 7.3 Jay Landsman @@ Jay Landsman … Lt. Dennis Mello / … (18 episodes, 2003-2008) 7.4 Edward Norris @@ Edward T. Norris … Det. Edward Norris / … (22 episodes, 2002-2008) 7.5 Jimmy Rood Jimmy Rood Season four: “Boys of Summer” 7.6 Donald Worden Donald Worden Mentioned in :Season three: “Slapstick” Season five: “Not for Attribution” 7.7 Other Officers mentioned 7.7.1 Ed Burns Ed Burns Mentioned in: :Season three: “Slapstick” 7.7.2 Michael Crutchfield Michael Crutchfield recurring character of the same name 7.7.3 Vernon Holley Vernon Holley recurring character of the same name 7.7.4 Roger Nolan Roger Nolan Mentioned in :Season one: “The Target” 7.7.5 Rick Requer Rick Requer Mentioned in :Season five: “Transitions” === 2 FBI 2.1 Terrance “Fitz” Fitzhugh Doug Olear … FBI Spec. Agent Terrance ‘Fitz’ Fitzhugh (13 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2 Amanda Reese Benay Berger … FBI Supervisor Amanda Reese / … (8 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.3 Kristos Koutris Tom Mardirosian … Agent Kristos Koutris (3 episodes, 2003) === 3 Court house 3.1 Rupert Bond Dion Graham … State’s Attorney Rupert Bond (8 episodes, 2006-2008) 3.2 Nadiva Bryant Toni Lewis … F.B.I. Agent / … (3 episodes, 2002-2003) 3.3 Steven Demper Doug Roberts … State’s Attorney Steven Demper (3 episodes, 2002-2004) 3.4 Ilene Nathan Susan Rome … Asst. State’s Atty. Ilene Nathan / … (6 episodes, 2002-2006) 3.5 Rhonda Pearlman Deirdre Lovejoy … Asst. State’s Atty. Rhonda Pearlman (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.6 Daniel Phelan Peter Gerety … Judge Daniel Phelan (15 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.7 Gary DiPasquale @@ Gary D’Addario … Grand Jury Prosecutor Gary DiPasquale (5 episodes, 2003-2008) === 4 Politics Contents 1 Maryland State Politicians 1.1 Clay Davis Isiah Whitlock Jr. … State Sen. R. Clayton ‘Clay’ Davis (25 episodes, 2002-2008) 1.2 Damien Lavelle Price Donnell Rawlings … Damien ‘Day-Day’ Price (4 episodes, 2002-2008) 1.3 Odell Watkins Frederick Strother … State Delegate Odell Watkins (16 episodes, 2004-2008) 2 Baltimore City Administration 2.1 Current 2.1.1 Nerese Campbell Marlyne Barrett … Council President Nerese Campbell (10 episodes, 2006-2008) 2.1.2 Tommy Carcetti Aidan Gillen … Councilman Thomas ‘Tommy’ Carcetti / … (35 episodes, 2004-2008) 2.1.3 Marla Daniels Maria Broom … Marla Daniels (16 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.1.4 Gerry Karen Vicks … Gerry (7 episodes, 2006) 2.1.5 Anthony Gray Christopher Mann … Councilman Anthony Gray / … (12 episodes, 2004-2006) 2.1.6 Michael Steintorf Neal Huff … Chief of Staff Michael Steintorf (12 episodes, 2006-2008) 2.1.7 Norman Wilson Reg E. Cathey … Norman Wilson (23 episodes, 2006-2008) 2.2 Former 2.2.1 Eunetta Perkins Eunetta Perkins Played by: Unknown Appears in: Season three: “Mission Accomplished” Season four: “Alliances” 2.2.2 Coleman Parker Cleo Reginald Pizana … Chief of Staff Coleman Parker / … (15 episodes, 2004-2006) 2.2.3 Clarence Royce Glynn Turman … Mayor Clarence V. Royce / … (22 episodes, 2004-2008) 3 Campaign staff 3.1 Theresa D’Agostino Brandy Burre … Theresa D’Agostino (15 episodes, 2004-2006) 4 Fund-raisers 4.1 Andy Krawczyk Michael Willis … Andy Krawczyk / … (14 episodes, 2003-2008) 5 Relatives 5.1 Jen Carcetti Megan Anderson … Jen Carcetti (13 episodes, 2004-2008) === 5 Prison staff # 5.1 Dwight Tilghman Antonio D. Charity … Dwight Tilghman (3 episodes, 2003) ---
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I think we’re pretty close to starting the polls. I’m working on breaking down the Street list into a couple of subgroups. One will be basically anyone directly involved with “the game,” and then the other group for Miscellaneous street characters like Bubbles, Deacon, and Walon. Where should Omar’s boyfriends go? Some helped him w/ crimes, but did they all? Should they all just go into the Misc bin? What about Butchie and Old Face Andre? They helped the criminals but they operated outside of the Game. Same w/ Mouzone and Lamar. ---
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Here is how I was thinking of splitting The Street group: “The Game” Michael K. Williams … Omar Little (51 episodes, 2002-2008) J.D. Williams … Preston Broadus (42 episodes, 2002-2006) Wood Harris … Avon Barksdale (38 episodes, 2002-2008) Idris Elba … Russell ‘Stringer’ Bell (37 episodes, 2002-2004) Jamie Hector … Marlo Stanfield (32 episodes, 2004-2008) Gbenga Akinnagbe … Chris Partlow / … (30 episodes, 2002-2008) Anwan Glover … Slim Charles (26 episodes, 2004-2008) Tray Chaney … Malik ‘Poot’ Carr (25 episodes, 2002-2008) Felicia Pearson … Felicia ‘Snoop’ Pearson (25 episodes, 2004-2008) Robert F. Chew … Joseph ‘Proposition Joe’ Stewart (24 episodes, 2002-2008) Hassan Johnson … Roland ‘Wee-Bey’ Brice (19 episodes, 2002-2008) Larry Gilliard Jr. … D’Angelo Barksdale (18 episodes, 2002-2003) Richard Burton … Sean ‘Shamrock’ McGinty / … (16 episodes, 2003-2004) Kwame Patterson … ‘Monk’ Metcalf (16 episodes, 2006-2008) Thuliso Dingwall … Kenard (16 episodes, 2004-2008) Method Man … Melvin ‘Cheese’ Wagstaff / … (13 episodes, 2003-2008) Michael B. Jordan … Wallace (13 episodes, 2002) Edward Green … Spider (11 episodes, 2004-2008) Chris Clanton … Savino Bratton (9 episodes, 2002-2008) Darrell Britt-Gibson … O-Dog (7 episodes, 2006-2008) Troj Strickland … Ricardo ‘Fat Face Rick’ Hendrix / … (7 episodes, 2004-2008) Mia Arnice Chambers … Squeak (4 episodes, 2004) Melvin Jackson Jr. … Bernard (4 episodes, 2004) Tyrell Baker … Little Kevin (3 episodes, 2006) Miscellaneous Street Alfonso Christian Lover … Old Face Andre (6 episodes, 2006) Clayton LeBouef … Wendell ‘Orlando’ Blocker (7 episodes, 2002) DeAndre McCullough … Lamar (3 episodes, 2003-2004) Michael Potts … Brother Mouzone (7 episodes, 2003-2004) Rashad Orange … Sherrod (7 episodes, 2004-2006) Shamyl Brown … Donette (12 episodes, 2002-2004) Michael Hyatt … Brianna Barksdale (12 episodes, 2002-2006) Kelli R. Brown … Kimmy (10 episodes, 2003-2006) Melvin Williams … Deacon (11 episodes, 2004-2008) Michael Kostroff … Maurice ‘Maury’ Levy (25 episodes, 2002-2008) Leo Fitzpatrick … Johnny Weeks / … (14 episodes, 2002-2004) Wendy Grantham … Shardene Innes (11 episodes, 2002-2008) S. Robert Morgan … Butchie (10 episodes, 2003-2008) Sandi McCree … De’Londa Brice / … (9 episodes, 2006) Ernest Waddell … Dante (9 episodes, 2003-2004) Ramon Rodriguez … Renaldo (8 episodes, 2006-2008) Shamika Cotton … Raylene Lee (Michael’s Mother) (8 episodes, 2006-2008) Steve Earle … Walon (8 episodes, 2002-2008) Andre Royo … Bubbles / … (52 episodes, 2002-2008) Chad Coleman … Dennis ‘Cutty’ Wise (26 episodes, 2004-2008) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-polls-to-determine-favorite-characters-pre-poll-discussion/549084/44 "2010-08-04T21:03:28Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I think we’re pretty close to starting the polls. I’m working on breaking down the Street list into a couple of subgroups. > > One will be basically anyone directly involved with “the game,” and then the other group for Miscellaneous street characters like Bubbles, Deacon, and Walon. > > Where should Omar’s boyfriends go? Some helped him w/ crimes, but did they all? Should they all just go into the Misc bin? > > What about Butchie and Old Face Andre? They helped the criminals but they operated outside of the Game. Same w/ Mouzone and Lamar. I proofed the Paper and School groups against the IMDb list and that took care of most of the missing actor/characters in the More-than-10-Eps group. I still have a few I need to locate, though. Shouldn’t be a lot longer. I’d think of Omar’s boyfriends as part of “the game” even if all they did was “behind the scenes.” Same with Butchie and Old Face Andre. Just as a rule-of-thumb for size of groups, I’d say something between 12-40 ought not put too big a strain on the voters, but smaller groups would be the objective if possible. I would hope the Final Poll might have in the range of 50 to select from. That should give every really good character a shot at a mention at least. We can worry about all that after the sub-polls show us what we’re dealing with. I’d think a couple weeks should be the time to leave the sub-polls open. What else to consider? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-polls-to-determine-favorite-characters-pre-poll-discussion/549084/45 "2010-08-04T21:06:49Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Here is how I was thinking of splitting The Street group: > > “The Game” > Michael K. Williams … Omar Little (51 episodes, 2002-2008) > J.D. Williams … Preston Broadus (42 episodes, 2002-2006) > Wood Harris … Avon Barksdale (38 episodes, 2002-2008) > Idris Elba … Russell ‘Stringer’ Bell (37 episodes, 2002-2004) > Jamie Hector … Marlo Stanfield (32 episodes, 2004-2008) > Gbenga Akinnagbe … Chris Partlow / … (30 episodes, 2002-2008) > Anwan Glover … Slim Charles (26 episodes, 2004-2008) > Tray Chaney … Malik ‘Poot’ Carr (25 episodes, 2002-2008) > Felicia Pearson … Felicia ‘Snoop’ Pearson (25 episodes, 2004-2008) > Robert F. Chew … Joseph ‘Proposition Joe’ Stewart (24 episodes, 2002-2008) > Hassan Johnson … Roland ‘Wee-Bey’ Brice (19 episodes, 2002-2008) > Larry Gilliard Jr. … D’Angelo Barksdale (18 episodes, 2002-2003) > Richard Burton … Sean ‘Shamrock’ McGinty / … (16 episodes, 2003-2004) > Kwame Patterson … ‘Monk’ Metcalf (16 episodes, 2006-2008) > Thuliso Dingwall … Kenard (16 episodes, 2004-2008) > Method Man … Melvin ‘Cheese’ Wagstaff / … (13 episodes, 2003-2008) > Michael B. Jordan … Wallace (13 episodes, 2002) > Edward Green … Spider (11 episodes, 2004-2008) > Chris Clanton … Savino Bratton (9 episodes, 2002-2008) > Darrell Britt-Gibson … O-Dog (7 episodes, 2006-2008) > Troj Strickland … Ricardo ‘Fat Face Rick’ Hendrix / … (7 episodes, 2004-2008) > Mia Arnice Chambers … Squeak (4 episodes, 2004) > Melvin Jackson Jr. … Bernard (4 episodes, 2004) > Tyrell Baker … Little Kevin (3 episodes, 2006) > Miscellaneous Street > Alfonso Christian Lover … Old Face Andre (6 episodes, 2006) > Clayton LeBouef … Wendell ‘Orlando’ Blocker (7 episodes, 2002) > DeAndre McCullough … Lamar (3 episodes, 2003-2004) > Michael Potts … Brother Mouzone (7 episodes, 2003-2004) > Rashad Orange … Sherrod (7 episodes, 2004-2006) > Shamyl Brown … Donette (12 episodes, 2002-2004) > Michael Hyatt … Brianna Barksdale (12 episodes, 2002-2006) > Kelli R. Brown … Kimmy (10 episodes, 2003-2006) > Melvin Williams … Deacon (11 episodes, 2004-2008) > Michael Kostroff … Maurice ‘Maury’ Levy (25 episodes, 2002-2008) > Leo Fitzpatrick … Johnny Weeks / … (14 episodes, 2002-2004) > Wendy Grantham … Shardene Innes (11 episodes, 2002-2008) > S. Robert Morgan … Butchie (10 episodes, 2003-2008) > Sandi McCree … De’Londa Brice / … (9 episodes, 2006) > Ernest Waddell … Dante (9 episodes, 2003-2004) > Ramon Rodriguez … Renaldo (8 episodes, 2006-2008) > Shamika Cotton … Raylene Lee (Michael’s Mother) (8 episodes, 2006-2008) > Steve Earle … Walon (8 episodes, 2002-2008) > Andre Royo … Bubbles / … (52 episodes, 2002-2008) > Chad Coleman … Dennis ‘Cutty’ Wise (26 episodes, 2004-2008) Looks good unless you wanted them in number-of-eps order. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-polls-to-determine-favorite-characters-pre-poll-discussion/549084/46 "2010-08-04T21:15:10Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Just as a rule-of-thumb for size of groups, I’d say something between 12-40 ought not put too big a strain on the voters, but smaller groups would be the objective if possible. > > I would hope the Final Poll might have in the range of 50 to select from. That should give every really good character a shot at a mention at least. We can worry about all that after the sub-polls show us what we’re dealing with. > > I’d think a couple weeks should be the time to leave the sub-polls open. > > What else to consider? That all sounds good to me. Here are revised “Street” groups: “The Game” Michael K. Williams … Omar Little (51 episodes, 2002-2008) J.D. Williams … Preston Broadus (42 episodes, 2002-2006) Wood Harris … Avon Barksdale (38 episodes, 2002-2008) Idris Elba … Russell ‘Stringer’ Bell (37 episodes, 2002-2004) Jamie Hector … Marlo Stanfield (32 episodes, 2004-2008) Gbenga Akinnagbe … Chris Partlow / … (30 episodes, 2002-2008) Anwan Glover … Slim Charles (26 episodes, 2004-2008) Tray Chaney … Malik ‘Poot’ Carr (25 episodes, 2002-2008) Felicia Pearson … Felicia ‘Snoop’ Pearson (25 episodes, 2004-2008) Robert F. Chew … Joseph ‘Proposition Joe’ Stewart (24 episodes, 2002-2008) Hassan Johnson … Roland ‘Wee-Bey’ Brice (19 episodes, 2002-2008) Larry Gilliard Jr. … D’Angelo Barksdale (18 episodes, 2002-2003) Richard Burton … Sean ‘Shamrock’ McGinty / … (16 episodes, 2003-2004) Kwame Patterson … ‘Monk’ Metcalf (16 episodes, 2006-2008) Thuliso Dingwall … Kenard (16 episodes, 2004-2008) Method Man … Melvin ‘Cheese’ Wagstaff / … (13 episodes, 2003-2008) Michael B. Jordan … Wallace (13 episodes, 2002) Edward Green … Spider (11 episodes, 2004-2008) Kelli R. Brown … Kimmy (10 episodes, 2003-2006) S. Robert Morgan … Butchie (10 episodes, 2003-2008) Chris Clanton … Savino Bratton (9 episodes, 2002-2008) Ernest Waddell … Dante (9 episodes, 2003-2004) Ramon Rodriguez … Renaldo (8 episodes, 2006-2008) Darrell Britt-Gibson … O-Dog (7 episodes, 2006-2008) Clayton LeBouef … Wendell ‘Orlando’ Blocker (7 episodes, 2002) Michael Potts … Brother Mouzone (7 episodes, 2003-2004) Troj Strickland … Ricardo ‘Fat Face Rick’ Hendrix / … (7 episodes, 2004-2008) Alfonso Christian Lover … Old Face Andre (6 episodes, 2006) Mia Arnice Chambers … Squeak (4 episodes, 2004) Melvin Jackson Jr. … Bernard (4 episodes, 2004) Tyrell Baker … Little Kevin (3 episodes, 2006) DeAndre McCullough … Lamar (3 episodes, 2003-2004) Miscellaneous Street Rashad Orange … Sherrod (7 episodes, 2004-2006) Shamyl Brown … Donette (12 episodes, 2002-2004) Michael Hyatt … Brianna Barksdale (12 episodes, 2002-2006) Melvin Williams … Deacon (11 episodes, 2004-2008) Michael Kostroff … Maurice ‘Maury’ Levy (25 episodes, 2002-2008) Leo Fitzpatrick … Johnny Weeks / … (14 episodes, 2002-2004) Wendy Grantham … Shardene Innes (11 episodes, 2002-2008) Sandi McCree … De’Londa Brice / … (9 episodes, 2006) Shamika Cotton … Raylene Lee (Michael’s Mother) (8 episodes, 2006-2008) Steve Earle … Walon (8 episodes, 2002-2008) Andre Royo … Bubbles / … (52 episodes, 2002-2008) Chad Coleman … Dennis ‘Cutty’ Wise (26 episodes, 2004-2008) ---
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Sorry, here is Misc in order Miscellaneous Street Andre Royo … Bubbles / … (52 episodes, 2002-2008) Chad Coleman … Dennis ‘Cutty’ Wise (26 episodes, 2004-2008) Michael Kostroff … Maurice ‘Maury’ Levy (25 episodes, 2002-2008) Leo Fitzpatrick … Johnny Weeks / … (14 episodes, 2002-2004) Shamyl Brown … Donette (12 episodes, 2002-2004) Michael Hyatt … Brianna Barksdale (12 episodes, 2002-2006) Melvin Williams … Deacon (11 episodes, 2004-2008) Wendy Grantham … Shardene Innes (11 episodes, 2002-2008) Sandi McCree … De’Londa Brice / … (9 episodes, 2006) Shamika Cotton … Raylene Lee (Michael’s Mother) (8 episodes, 2006-2008) Steve Earle … Walon (8 episodes, 2002-2008) Rashad Orange … Sherrod (7 episodes, 2004-2006) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-polls-to-determine-favorite-characters-pre-poll-discussion/549084/48 "2010-08-04T21:31:29Z")
Okay. Here are the few dangling IMDb folks: [Michael Ahl](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1347896/) “Detective” – I don’t recognize him and Wiki didn’t list him that I could find. These are barely worth the copy/paste, but here they are: Thomas W. Stewart … Banquet Attendee / … (12 episodes, 2004-2008) Jeffrey Lorenzo … Karim Williams (11 episodes, 2006) Jennifer Rouse … Whiting’s Secretary / … (10 episodes, 2003-2008) Art Hall … Reporter (10 episodes, 2008) They wouldn’t be getting my vote. Maybe somebody will be pissed that we left them off. Somebody’s bound to! If you’re comfortable with what we’ve done, I’d say let 'er rip! It’s been a good time doing all this. I feel I know a lot of these people much better than I did. Great actor/character work on a great show. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-polls-to-determine-favorite-characters-pre-poll-discussion/549084/49 "2010-08-04T21:39:07Z")
Awesome. I’ll work on a poll tonight, then. Should we add links to each name in the OP of the poll (not in the poll, obviously) so that people can click on the name to see who they are? Or should we just post a catch-all link at the top to the Wiki page of the main subgroup? ---
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> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Awesome. I’ll work on a poll tonight, then. Should we add links to each name in the OP of the poll (not in the poll, obviously) so that people can click on the name to see who they are? Or should we just post a catch-all link at the top to the Wiki page of the main subgroup? I think a link to the Wiki page(s) for the particular poll’s group would do well enough. Having individual links is too much busy work for you. If people need help remembering too many folks, it’s hard to imagine they’re “favorites” anyway. Use you own judgment about whether to provide a link to this thread in case anybody gets all squrmy about why we selected the way we did. At least they can see that it wasn’t just a random thing. No matter what, somebody will just have to threadshit it somewhere along the way. That’s life in the big city. Maybe even Baltimore. 😉 ---
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Ok, getting ready to post this. How many votes per sub-group do you think is fair? I think maybe 8-10 votes for the big categories, Street and Police, and then maybe 3 for the small groups like the docks, paper, Misc streets, and school. Thoughts? ---
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> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Ok, getting ready to post this. How many votes per sub-group do you think is fair? > > I think maybe 8-10 votes for the big categories, Street and Police, and then maybe 3 for the small groups like the docks, paper, Misc streets, and school. > > Thoughts? I could swear I answered this over an hour ago. I must have previewed it and not submitted it. What I said was that I was sorry to be late replying to your question. I think you did well in the choice of three per voter per poll on these first polls. Later on more votes will be in order, especially The Street. Do you need any help from me with the other polls? Have you decided how many there need to be? Just be sure to save Omar’s poll for last! ---
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> [@Zeldar](#): > > I could swear I answered this over an hour ago. I must have previewed it and not submitted it. What I said was that I was sorry to be late replying to your question. I think you did well in the choice of three per voter per poll on these first polls. Later on more votes will be in order, especially The Street. > > Do you need any help from me with the other polls? Have you decided how many there need to be? > > Just be sure to save Omar’s poll for last! No worries. We can post politics next, and then police, miscellaneous, and then the street last? I don’t think I’ve seen the final police/politics lists yet to see what might need to be broken out with them. Have you done those yet? ---
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> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > > [@Zeldar](#): > > > > I could swear I answered this over an hour ago. I must have previewed it and not submitted it. What I said was that I was sorry to be late replying to your question. I think you did well in the choice of three per voter per poll on these first polls. Later on more votes will be in order, especially The Street. > > > > Do you need any help from me with the other polls? Have you decided how many there need to be? > > > > Just be sure to save Omar’s poll for last! > > No worries. We can post politics next, and then police, miscellaneous, and then the street last? I don’t think I’ve seen the final police/politics lists yet to see what might need to be broken out with them. Have you done those yet? See Post # 41. I didn’t do any futher breakdown, in case you preferred to subdivide the big thing. Therefore I didn’t pull out just the IMDb format names and sort them down. I’ll be happy to do that if you want to specify the Groups you want from the big set. It was all based on the Wiki logic and I pulled in the sub-outlines wherever they appeared. Just let me know how I can assist. If that order you mention (politics, police, miscellaneous, and street) is how you want to go, just say so. I’m a little unclear on the Miscellaneous group, though. ---
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I was just referring to the “Miscellaneous Street” group that has guys like Bubbles and Walon in it. We’ll probably need either a Miscellaneous Police group to catch similar characters on that side, or maybe we’ll just put them all together. ---
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> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I was just referring to the “Miscellaneous Street” group that has guys like Bubbles and Walon in it. We’ll probably need either a Miscellaneous Police group to catch similar characters on that side, or maybe we’ll just put them all together. I’m clear now on the Misc category. No sweat. How about this as a little task for me to do in the next litttle while: I’ll keep the Wiki outline headings for The Law (Post # 41) but strip away everything but the IMDb data. Then you can see how many people we’re dealing with for potential sub-groups, more clearly. Then you decide the sub-groups and I can sort them in number-of-eps order. That work for you? ---
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> [@Zeldar](#): > > How about this as a little task for me to do in the next litttle while: I’ll keep the Wiki outline headings for The Law (Post # 41) but strip away everything but the IMDb data. Then you can see how many people we’re dealing with for potential sub-groups, more clearly. Then you decide the sub-groups and I can sort them in number-of-eps order. That work for you? Here’s a first cut along those lines. I left some obvious trash, just for reference. Also, the @@ dupes are there for you to select where they best fit in your scheme. ==================================================== === 1 Police 1 Command John Doman … Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) Lance Reddick … Lt. Cedric Daniels / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) Al Brown … Major Valchek / … (19 episodes, 2002-2008) Tony Head … Maj. Bobby Reed (9 episodes, 2002-2004) 1.2 Former members Frankie Faison … Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell / … (47 episodes, 2002-2008) Richard DeAngelis … Col. Raymond Foerster / … (15 episodes, 2002-2006) Warren Frazier Played by: Dick Stilwell Appears in: Season one: “The Hunt”. 2 Major Crimes Unit 2.1 Current members Gene Terinoni … Lt. Jimmy Asher (4 episodes, 2006-2008) Clarke Peters … Det. Lester Freamon (59 episodes, 2002-2008) Rick Otto … Off. Kenneth Dozerman / … (14 episodes, 2004-2008) Dominic West … Det. James ‘Jimmy’ McNulty / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) Corey Parker Robinson … Det. Leander Sydnor (45 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2 Former members 2.2.1 Command @@ Lance Reddick … Lt. Cedric Daniels / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) Boris McGiver … Lt. Charles Marimow (6 episodes, 2006) Domenick Lombardozzi … Det. Thomas ‘Herc’ Hauk / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2.2 Detail members Seth Gilliam … Sgt. Ellis Carver / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) Tom Quinn … Det. Patrick Mahon (3 episodes, 2002) Nat Benchley … Det. Augustus Polk (6 episodes, 2002-2008) 2.2.3 Unit members Sonja Sohn … Det. Shakima ‘Kima’ Greggs (60 episodes, 2002-2008) Jim True-Frost … Det. Roland ‘Prez’ Pryzbylewski / … (50 episodes, 2002-2008) Joilet Harris … Off. Caroline Massey (7 episodes, 2004-2006) 3 Homicide unit 3.1 Current members Delaney Williams … Sgt. Jay Landsman (45 episodes, 2002-2008) Michael Stone Forrest … Det. Frank Barlow (4 episodes, 2002-2008) Dennis Hill … Det. Christeson (5 episodes, 2008) Gregory L. Williams … Det.3.1.5 Shakima “Kima” Greggs @@ Sonja Sohn … Det. Shakima ‘Kima’ Greggs (60 episodes, 2002-2008) Brian Anthony Wilson … Det. Vernon Holley (18 episodes, 2002-2008) Wendell Pierce … Det. William ‘Bunk’ Moreland (60 episodes, 2002-2008) Edward T. Norris … Det. Edward Norris / … (22 episodes, 2002-2008) 3.1.9 Winona Winona Appears in: Season two: “Ebb Tide” Season three: “Dead Soldiers”, Mission Accomplished (uncredited) Season four: “Soft Eyes”, “Refugees”, “Corner Boys”; “Know Your Place”, “A New Day”, “Final Grades”. 3.2 Former members Robert F. Colesberry … Det. Ray Cole (10 episodes, 2002-2003) @@ Clarke Peters … Det. Lester Freamon (59 episodes, 2002-2008) @@ Dominic West … Det. James ‘Jimmy’ McNulty / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) @@ John Doman … Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 4 Western District 4.1 Current staff Jay Landsman … Lt. Dennis Mello / … (18 episodes, 2003-2008) @@ Seth Gilliam … Sgt. Ellis Carver / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 4.1.2 Uniformed Patrolmen Brian Baker Played by: Derek Horton Appears in Season three: “Time After Time”; “All Due Respect” Season four: “Misgivings”; “A New Day” (uncredited). Season five: “Took” (uncredited) Bobby J. Brown … Off. Bobby Brown (10 episodes, 2002-2008) Lee E. Cox … Off. Aaron Castor (5 episodes, 2004-2008) Michael Salconi … Off. Michael Santangelo / … (25 episodes, 2002-2008) Jonnie Brown … Off. Eddie Walker / … (7 episodes, 2003-2006) 4.1.3 Plainclothes Officers Benjamin Busch … Off. Anthony Colicchio (18 episodes, 2004-2008) Ryan Sands … Off. Lloyd ‘Truck’ Garrick (16 episodes, 2004-2008) 4.1.3.3 Lambert Lambert Played by: Nakia Dillard Appears in: Season three: “Time After Time”; “All Due Respect”; “Homecoming”; “Back Burners”; Reformation. 4.2 Former staff Robert Wisdom … Howard ‘Bunny’ Colvin / … (27 episodes, 2003-2008) Rick Otto … Off. Kenneth Dozerman / … (14 episodes, 2004-2008) @@ Domenick Lombardozzi … Det. Thomas ‘Herc’ Hauk / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) @@ Dominic West … Det. James ‘Jimmy’ McNulty / … (60 episodes, 2002-2008) 5 Others Dave Trovato … Lt. Walter Cantrell / … (3 episodes, 2002-2006) Jeffrey Fugitt … Claude Diggins (7 episodes, 2003) Erik Dellums … Dr. Randall Frazier (6 episodes, 2002-2004) Amy Ryan … Off. Beatrice ‘Beadie’ Russell (20 episodes, 2003-2008) Barnett Milton Lloyd … Maj. Marvin Taylor (2 episodes, 2004) Derren Fuentes … SWAT Team Leader (2 episodes, 2004) 6 Relatives Melanie Nicholls-King … Cheryl (15 episodes, 2002-2008) Callie Thorne … Elena McNulty (12 episodes, 2002-2008) Eric G. Ryan … Sean McNulty (7 episodes, 2002-2008) Antonio Cordova … Michael McNulty (9 episodes, 2002-2008) 7 Actual BPD Officers who have appeared Gary D’Addario … Grand Jury Prosecutor Gary DiPasquale (5 episodes, 2003-2008) Leonard Hamm Season five: “Not for Attribution” @@ Jay Landsman … Lt. Dennis Mello / … (18 episodes, 2003-2008) @@ Edward T. Norris … Det. Edward Norris / … (22 episodes, 2002-2008) 7.5 Jimmy Rood Jimmy Rood Season four: “Boys of Summer” 7.6 Donald Worden Donald Worden Mentioned in :Season three: “Slapstick” Season five: “Not for Attribution” 7.7 Other Officers mentioned 7.7.1 Ed Burns Ed Burns Mentioned in: :Season three: “Slapstick” 7.7.2 Michael Crutchfield Michael Crutchfield recurring character of the same name 7.7.3 Vernon Holley Vernon Holley recurring character of the same name 7.7.4 Roger Nolan Roger Nolan Mentioned in :Season one: “The Target” 7.7.5 Rick Requer Rick Requer Mentioned in :Season five: “Transitions” === 2 FBI Doug Olear … FBI Spec. Agent Terrance ‘Fitz’ Fitzhugh (13 episodes, 2002-2008) Benay Berger … FBI Supervisor Amanda Reese / … (8 episodes, 2002-2008) Tom Mardirosian … Agent Kristos Koutris (3 episodes, 2003) === 3 Court house Dion Graham … State’s Attorney Rupert Bond (8 episodes, 2006-2008) Toni Lewis … F.B.I. Agent / … (3 episodes, 2002-2003) Doug Roberts … State’s Attorney Steven Demper (3 episodes, 2002-2004) Susan Rome … Asst. State’s Atty. Ilene Nathan / … (6 episodes, 2002-2006) Deirdre Lovejoy … Asst. State’s Atty. Rhonda Pearlman (60 episodes, 2002-2008) Peter Gerety … Judge Daniel Phelan (15 episodes, 2002-2008) @@ Gary D’Addario … Grand Jury Prosecutor Gary DiPasquale (5 episodes, 2003-2008) === 4 Politics 1 Maryland State Politicians Isiah Whitlock Jr. … State Sen. R. Clayton ‘Clay’ Davis (25 episodes, 2002-2008) Donnell Rawlings … Damien ‘Day-Day’ Price (4 episodes, 2002-2008) Frederick Strother … State Delegate Odell Watkins (16 episodes, 2004-2008) 2 Baltimore City Administration Marlyne Barrett … Council President Nerese Campbell (10 episodes, 2006-2008) Aidan Gillen … Councilman Thomas ‘Tommy’ Carcetti / … (35 episodes, 2004-2008) Maria Broom … Marla Daniels (16 episodes, 2002-2008) Karen Vicks … Gerry (7 episodes, 2006) Christopher Mann … Councilman Anthony Gray / … (12 episodes, 2004-2006) Neal Huff … Chief of Staff Michael Steintorf (12 episodes, 2006-2008) Reg E. Cathey … Norman Wilson (23 episodes, 2006-2008) 2.2 Former Eunetta Perkins Played by: Unknown Appears in: Season three: “Mission Accomplished” Season four: “Alliances” Cleo Reginald Pizana … Chief of Staff Coleman Parker / … (15 episodes, 2004-2006) Glynn Turman … Mayor Clarence V. Royce / … (22 episodes, 2004-2008) 3 Campaign staff Brandy Burre … Theresa D’Agostino (15 episodes, 2004-2006) 4 Fund-raisers Michael Willis … Andy Krawczyk / … (14 episodes, 2003-2008) 5 Relatives Megan Anderson … Jen Carcetti (13 episodes, 2004-2008) === 5 Prison staff Antonio D. Charity … Dwight Tilghman (3 episodes, 2003) ============================= ---
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Here is the Politics list as I see it. Also, should Judge Phelan and Rhonda Pearlman be listed here or w/ The Law? Judges are elected, but are DA’s? === 4 Politics Aidan Gillen … Councilman Thomas ‘Tommy’ Carcetti / … (35 episodes, 2004-2008) Isiah Whitlock Jr. … State Sen. R. Clayton ‘Clay’ Davis (25 episodes, 2002-2008) Reg E. Cathey … Norman Wilson (23 episodes, 2006-2008) Glynn Turman … Mayor Clarence V. Royce / … (22 episodes, 2004-2008) Maria Broom … Marla Daniels (16 episodes, 2002-2008) Frederick Strother … State Delegate Odell Watkins (16 episodes, 2004-2008) Cleo Reginald Pizana … Chief of Staff Coleman Parker / … (15 episodes, 2004-2006) Brandy Burre … Theresa D’Agostino (15 episodes, 2004-2006) Michael Willis … Andy Krawczyk / … (14 episodes, 2003-2008) Megan Anderson … Jen Carcetti (13 episodes, 2004-2008) Christopher Mann … Councilman Anthony Gray / … (12 episodes, 2004-2006) Neal Huff … Chief of Staff Michael Steintorf (12 episodes, 2006-2008) Marlyne Barrett … Council President Nerese Campbell (10 episodes, 2006-2008) ---
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I’m think I’ll move Jen Carcetti, along w/ McNulty’s family and Kima’s girlfriend Cheryl over to the Miscellaneous group. How’s everything else look? I’m starting to wish we’d put Beadie w/ The Docks… but she’ll be ok w/ The Law. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-polls-to-determine-favorite-characters-pre-poll-discussion/549084/60 "2010-08-05T15:04:25Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Here is the Politics list as I see it. Also, should Judge Phelan and Rhonda Pearlman be listed here or w/ The Law? Judges are elected, but are DA’s? > > === 4 Politics > Aidan Gillen … Councilman Thomas ‘Tommy’ Carcetti / … (35 episodes, 2004-2008) > Isiah Whitlock Jr. … State Sen. R. Clayton ‘Clay’ Davis (25 episodes, 2002-2008) > Reg E. Cathey … Norman Wilson (23 episodes, 2006-2008) > Glynn Turman … Mayor Clarence V. Royce / … (22 episodes, 2004-2008) > Maria Broom … Marla Daniels (16 episodes, 2002-2008) > Frederick Strother … State Delegate Odell Watkins (16 episodes, 2004-2008) > Cleo Reginald Pizana … Chief of Staff Coleman Parker / … (15 episodes, 2004-2006) > Brandy Burre … Theresa D’Agostino (15 episodes, 2004-2006) > Michael Willis … Andy Krawczyk / … (14 episodes, 2003-2008) > Megan Anderson … Jen Carcetti (13 episodes, 2004-2008) > Christopher Mann … Councilman Anthony Gray / … (12 episodes, 2004-2006) > Neal Huff … Chief of Staff Michael Steintorf (12 episodes, 2006-2008) > Marlyne Barrett … Council President Nerese Campbell (10 episodes, 2006-2008) This looks good to me. I have no reason one way or the other to prefer Politics for those two. I believe they figured more in the Law Enforcement track than in Politics as such. If there’s a size of group consideration, let that determine it. #### Just so I will have mentioned it, I’m planning to use my IMDb master list as a checking tool, once all the polls have been posted, to spot anybody we may have omitted or included more than once. We may have omitted somebody intentionally, but that would let us be sure we didn’t inadvertently do so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-polls-to-determine-favorite-characters-pre-poll-discussion/549084.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-polls-to-determine-favorite-characters-pre-poll-discussion/549084.md?page=4)