Thread:MrTomax/@comment-1387629-20121215044024/@comment-246292-20121215164121

The only difference is adding the {{a| brackets to a character. Those add a character as appearing. The normal brackets ie.  just link to the character's page. Since the character is only mentioned and doesn't actually appear, the extra {{a| are not necessary. Also, you're right about the Professor/Thaddeus thing. I missed that.