What happened to the "Rod Stewart" page?

A while ago there was a page about Rod Stewart. However, it seems to have been deleted. I recall that there were no tropes listed on it, but if the page was restored I'm sure that some could be added (unless, of course, it was removed for different reasons).

If there were no tropes at all, that's probably why it was cut. The main purpose of the wiki pages on creators and performers is to identify the tropes associated with them and their works, not just make a bio page. No tropes = not a whole lot of reason to have the page.

edited 7th Jan '11 9:06:16 AM by Madrugada

I see. If that is so, I feel obliged to draw attention to the Michael Buble page, which currently lacks tropes.

Right. Cutlist it.

Or add tropes. Either one works, it's your choice which you do.

Jack Black, Ben Affleck, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dan Aykroyd, Drew Barrymore, BRIAN BLESSED, Ingrid Bergman, Will Smith, Dustin Hoffman, James Earl Jones, Christopher Lee, Chuck Norris, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, Kal Penn, Mr. T, Gene Wilder, Bruce Willis, John Travolta, James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Stephen Colbert, Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Keith David, Sylvester Stallone...

...Hell, I'm just going to stop right there and just point out that that's just a small handful from the Actors index alone, making this a very truncated list.

edited 7th Jan '11 1:55:32 PM by SeanMurrayI

Hmm, well, actors are closely connected to the films and series they've been in, so it's a lot easier for their pages to be relevant to the site. This is also true of game designers and other creators. Musicians are a bit more tricky, as it's not very likely for a piece of music to have a works page.

Some of those have lists of works they were in.

Some of those OUGHT to have tropes, like Brian Blessed and Stephen Colbert.

Brian Blessed does have tropes (in potholes, not a tidy alphabetical list) but they're there. Don't know about the others.

edited 7th Jan '11 2:34:50 PM by Madrugada

=No list at all=

• Jack Black (though a list could be extrapolated from potholes)
• Ben Affleck (has a list of works in paragraph format)
• Dan Aykroyd
• Brian Blessed (similar to Jack Black)
• Ingrid Bergman (nothing at all, good candidate for cutting)
• Will Smith (same, most of the description looks like inside jokes)
• Dustin Hoffman
• James Earl Jones
• Joe Pesci
• Kal Penn
• Mr T
• Sean Connery
• Kevin Costner

=List of works starred in=

• Arnold Schwarzenegger (including WTF list of... something... after it)
• Drew Barrymore (plus list of works produced)
• Christopher Lee
• Al Pachino
• Gene Wilder
• Bruce Willis
• John Travolta
• James Caan
• Nicolas Cage
• Keith David
• Sylvester Stallone

=Other kinds of lists=

• Chuck Norris has a list of Chuck Norris jokes.
• Stephen Colbert has a list of things named after him

I'd maintain a list of works is good enough for most actors, but those who are known for one specific personality type (like Stephen Colbert) should have tropes associated with that role type.

edited 7th Jan '11 3:05:35 PM by Yamikuronue

In honesty, I would be okay with pages for actors and such to just have a list of works, especially if most of those works have pages here themselves.

On the other hand, a lot of these pages certainly should be listing tropes. I Am Not Leonard Nimoy is just begging to be listed underneath Will Smith's short biography.

edited 7th Jan '11 6:37:33 PM by SeanMurrayI

I'm ok with the tropes being in pothole form in the bio. But something like the Ingrid Bergman page, where there aren't any? Cut it or add them.

The wiki is about tropes. This somehow escapes the attention of some people.

I agree with the mods. Tropes in paragraph form is fine. Just a bio lacking tropes, not fine.