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There is a moratorium on merging character pages, so don't ask for that.

Character pages are a large chunk of the wiki, but they're often filled with problems that don't get resolved. These problems include:

  • Zero Context Examples
  • Indentation problems, including bulleting tropes under supertropes or tropeslashing
  • Spoiler tag misuse
  • A lack of alphabetization
  • Empty character folders
  • Plagiarized character descriptions
  • Misused tropes, or tropes that don't belong on character pages
  • Broken or incorrect formatting
  • References to Dummied Out content for video game characters.
  • YMMV / Trivia trope mentions

Per How to Create a Character Page, character pages should only include tropes that describe the characters. These tropes should fall under Characterization Tropes or one of its related indexes, Unless they're recurring character traits (distinctive things that the character does repeatedly).

If you're unsure what counts as a character trope, you can ask about that at Are These Character Tropes.

All characters must have at least one contextualized trope for their section or folder to be visible. If you find a character that has no contextualized tropes present, comment out the entire section and add this tag:

%% As per Administrivia/HowToCreateACharacterPage, every character must have at least one listed trope that's not a Administrivia/ZeroContextExample. All characters who don't meet this requirement have been commented out. Add more tropes or add more context to any existing ZCE tropes before uncommenting them.

There is a moratorium on merging character pages, so don't ask for that.


Other relevant threads:

Edited by kory on Aug 31st 2025 at 3:59:59 AM

rjd1922 Best robot boy | he/him | Image Pickin' regular, from the United States Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Best robot boy | he/him | Image Pickin' regular,
#501: Apr 10th 2021 at 6:34:53 PM

[up][up][up]Darn, couldn't you have at least given me the chance to move the one trope with context to the work page (or done it yourself) before cutlisting it?

Keet cleanup
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#502: Apr 10th 2021 at 9:59:45 PM

Sorry about that. Managed to salvage it.

  • Defrosting Ice Queen: Initially something of an Agent Scully, Shanna was the self-proclaimed 'normal' of the group who lived in denial about her deeply-repressed imagination and the truth about her own fannish tendencies. Over the course of the strip, her Character Development led to her becoming a Defrosting Ice Queen in this regard.

Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#503: Apr 14th 2021 at 1:39:20 AM

So I'm not sure how many people would be interested/willing to help out, but I recently created a sandbox to spruce up the Mystery Skulls Animated characters page and clean out ZCE/misuse, and I'd really appreciate help because this is a long-ass page.

Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢
Tr0p6564rch6r Since: May, 2020 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
#504: Apr 17th 2021 at 1:15:00 PM

Found one for the Looney Tunes Webtoon Characters. Wouldn't that need a bit of cleanup?

Call me "Pursuer of the Obscure". Also, funny quote: "A little eager on that buzzer, aren't we?"
RallyBot2 (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
#505: Apr 17th 2021 at 1:19:34 PM

[up]A metric fuckton of ZCE and a Spoiler Character folder, but everything else is okay-ish.

Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#506: Apr 18th 2021 at 9:35:47 PM

Ravages of Time subpages have ZCEs, tropes on second-level bullets, YMMV things, and violations of Handling Spoilers.

ejmenendez Since: May, 2015
#507: Apr 22nd 2021 at 7:47:52 PM

Okay I just noticed that Hamtaro and Danganronpa V3 — Female Students both have character pages where they show a different character in their image not from that show. For example, Maxwell from Hamtaro has the Maxwell from Scribblenauts and Angie Yonaga in Danganronpa instead shows a picture of a real life girl, presumably someone that has the same name as her. What's the meaning for this? I wasn't able to find any history changes for either of them.

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#508: Apr 22nd 2021 at 7:54:41 PM

Bug.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#509: Apr 23rd 2021 at 7:39:00 AM

Yep, it's a bug. The admins are working on a fix right now.

underCoverSailsman Peeks from Under Rocks from State of Flux Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Peeks from Under Rocks
#510: Apr 23rd 2021 at 9:23:33 PM

Characters.Fortuna

Massive number of character folders that have no tropes, just "Tropes here". I'm not familiar with the work - is it okay to just chop the empty folders entirely? I'm also wondering if there would be enough left to justify folders at all?

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#511: Apr 23rd 2021 at 9:38:52 PM

We normally comment out empty folders, but you're right that we can't keep them as-is.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#512: Apr 23rd 2021 at 10:16:32 PM

Empty folders are the devil. Are they against the rules? They should be against the rules. The only time I think they're acceptable is if the folder contains a link to a proper page for the character.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
underCoverSailsman Peeks from Under Rocks from State of Flux Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Peeks from Under Rocks
#513: Apr 23rd 2021 at 10:44:58 PM

[up]&[up][up] Hope it's better now. Some of them were referring to other entries on the same page... Also ended up commenting out quite a few ZCE.

GeneralGigan Godzilla from A New Empire Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Godzilla
#514: May 1st 2021 at 7:01:33 PM

Super Hero Bowl is currently screwed, there’s nothing in terms of actual troping and instead links to the works the characters are from.

Edited by GeneralGigan on May 1st 2021 at 10:01:42 AM

SKREEEEEEEONK!
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#515: May 1st 2021 at 9:37:14 PM

[up] Well, then it's an improper character sheet. Send it to the chopping block.

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#516: May 1st 2021 at 9:38:11 PM

Game Grumps has so many basically-empty character folders, many of which are just real life players without any real characterization. Permission to zap them?

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
underCoverSailsman Peeks from Under Rocks from State of Flux Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Peeks from Under Rocks
#517: May 1st 2021 at 10:03:54 PM

Waiiit... They're troping real life pets? That's a leap too far! Don't know Game Grumps, nor any of their guests, but it looks like the 'tubers are being their standard selves. Needs a pair of garden shears.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#518: May 1st 2021 at 10:15:14 PM

Granted, some creators turn their pets into "characters". A good example is Jenna Marbles, because her pets were given specific personalities and fans ran with those personalities. I don't think the Grumps count here.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#519: May 1st 2021 at 10:17:54 PM

[up]I assume the tropes may be related to things like "Cat Grumps" and the way they talk about their pets in bits. I know they've given Dan's dog a distinct voice in recent episodes too.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#520: May 1st 2021 at 10:18:52 PM

TBF, I haven't been keeping up with them.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
GeneralGigan Godzilla from A New Empire Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Godzilla
#521: May 10th 2021 at 3:46:48 AM

So, the Watchmen character sheets are in a weird position, for some reason, every character is given a folder for each individual work, which isn’t really practical as DC continues to expand the Watchmen brand into a fully-fledged franchise, so here’s my reorganization,

SKREEEEEEEONK!
GeneralGigan Godzilla from A New Empire Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Godzilla
#522: May 12th 2021 at 11:47:03 AM

Bump (anyone approve of the reorganization?).

SKREEEEEEEONK!
RobertTYL Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
#523: May 17th 2021 at 10:32:40 PM

Are these pages even worth salvaging?

Hades Project Zeorymer, Panzer World Galient, Giant Gorg, Osamake...

...note that all these pages are made by troper ShinnBidan

Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#524: May 18th 2021 at 12:22:04 PM

[up] I'd say message the user about it. As for the pages, move any examples that can be salvaged and cutlist when ready.

Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#525: May 19th 2021 at 2:39:52 PM

Nintama Rantarou has examples that aren't alphabetized, plus some ZCE's that are commented out by another troper.

Culprit of the two issues has already been suspended.

Edited by Berrenta on May 19th 2021 at 4:43:35 AM


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