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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

Echidna from Ontario, Canada (Striking Back) Relationship Status: Two-timing
Khoshekh6 Since: May, 2022
#1927: Jul 15th 2024 at 7:20:19 AM

I was looking over Adventure Time and several of the characters on "secondary characters" have duplicate entries in other subpages

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#1928: Jul 15th 2024 at 7:21:16 AM

[up] Which, or why not remove duplciation then?

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Shadao Dorzma Forever! Artwork by Kris Dobbins. (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Dorzma Forever! Artwork by Kris Dobbins.
#1929: Jul 16th 2024 at 9:32:48 PM

If a work is unreleased, but has been releasing images and profiles of characters and is preparing to be released in the next few months, when would be the appropriate time to create a character page? I'm saying this because Zelda Echoes of Wisdom just released renders of the major characters with Zelda, Link and Ganon.

Arawn999 Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#1930: Jul 17th 2024 at 12:26:42 AM

I don't think it's ever been set in stone. Sometimes character pages are created alongside or shortly after the works page is, other times they're not created until after the release.

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#1931: Jul 18th 2024 at 1:24:25 AM

Looking at Characters.The Crown 2016 Her Majestys Government, we have a Character folder for British Prime Minister James Callaghan.

His only tropes are Adapted Out and Unknown Character, because he's not actually portrayed or mentioned in the series.

Unknown Character seems to be misuse, as he is named and he doesn't influence the plot.

Adapted Out could go on the main series page.

Any reason not to cut?

Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 18th 2024 at 9:24:48 AM

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
DarthDavros75 Since: Jan, 2023
#1933: Jul 18th 2024 at 5:17:00 AM

Can someone please direct me to the DC version of this? I can't find it and I have a suggestion for the DC Animated Movie Universe and ''Tomorrowverse that I think should be discussed.

DarthDavros75 Since: Jan, 2023
#1934: Jul 18th 2024 at 5:22:38 AM

Never mind, found one that might work.

Malginel Since: Aug, 2023
#1935: Jul 20th 2024 at 8:38:16 AM

So nearly a year back on The Stormlight Archive I made The Stormlight Archive Odium's Forces to create a centralized page for the main villainous faction, which felt conspicuously lacking since it is a properly organized and delineated group in the story. I made it with entries that were disparate across the pages, as well as the contents of The Stormlight Archive The Fused which were members of Odium's forces that were given their own page seemingly because there was no where else for them to go, despite not really warranting it length wise (page is 31k bytes). Now there is a page (which is 113k bytes, with the Fused), and The Fused page is rendered redundant by it, can I get permission to turn it into a redirectnote ?.

DuPinz Cuttlefish from Björk's Fungal City Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: With my own personal Jesus -- someone to hear my prayers, someone who cares
Cuttlefish
#1936: Jul 22nd 2024 at 2:08:04 AM

Bringing back the Doctor Who issue. To recap, there were five subpages for several recurring races:

Now they have been merged into one (Doctor Who – Other Major Races). However, those subpages are still existing separately, unindexed and redundant. Permission to turn these five subpages into redirects to Other Major Races, plus to update all navboxes to reflect the new indexing?

GateStarX The Formatter from The Great White North Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
The Formatter
#1937: Jul 22nd 2024 at 4:24:14 AM

[up]That should have been done as part of the moving procedure. Double-check that no ones edited any one them, then redirect them all.

It's gonna be fun on the bun!
DoctorSleep Since: Nov, 2013
#1938: Jul 22nd 2024 at 7:03:26 PM

Re: Batman Film Series: Villains, have we considered creating subpages for the characters who exclusively appear in the Burton and Schumacher movies? The page is currently at 200k bytes as it is and the latest comic sequel is introducing a lot of Batman's rogues at once.

So what I was thinking is we could merge Joker and Poison Ivy into the subpages and keep the main page for villains that appear across both continuities (Two-Face, Riddler and apparently Scarecrow)

Night14 (Series 2)
#1939: Jul 25th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

On the House of the Dragon character page, House Strong was just split off from the main Houses of Westeros page.

I can find no prior discussion of this by editor Clumbo and the main Houses page was not at its limit. They are also not properly updating the character index. Permission to put House Strong on the cutlist and revert, with a notice to wait until byte limit has been reached?

Remulus (Troper in training)
#1940: Jul 25th 2024 at 7:50:36 PM

Let's notify Clumbo first, but yeah I agree that it should go back to its previous state.

Edited by Remulus on Jul 25th 2024 at 7:50:47 AM

Night14 (Series 2)
#1941: Jul 27th 2024 at 7:49:52 AM

After a few days, Clumbo has not responded to my messages or shown any sign of activity at all since their previously mentioned edits. Am I okayed to cut the page, revert the edits, and add a notice?

ToonAbby Have a Death-End Thanksgiving, y'all! from Gamindustri Since: Jan, 2022 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Have a Death-End Thanksgiving, y'all!
#1942: Jul 28th 2024 at 1:51:40 PM

The character page for Some Assembly Required are a bunch of empty folders. Shall we delete?

"It's requested that your death ends here, now!" - Sayaka, Death end re;Quest Code Z.
DoctorSleep Since: Nov, 2013
#1943: Jul 29th 2024 at 3:14:59 AM

I've just done a sandbox for the Bleach Character Index as a proposal of how it could be rearranged. I'm looking for feedback on what changes should be kept and what's fine the way it is.

Key notes:

  • Merge all of the 13 Court Guards into a single page and give individual Squads whose byte count exceeds 40k their own separate pages to keep the main page from getting too long.
  • Split the exiled Soul Reapers off from the Visoreds and put them in the Karakura Residents page.
  • Merge the two Espada pages, but create separate pages for Espadas 3 and 6 since those are shared titles with at least a few shared tropes between each character.
  • Merge the Sternritter pages and create subpages for the Sternritter who have their own groups ie. the Schutzstaffel and Bambietta's gang.

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#1944: Jul 29th 2024 at 11:14:07 AM

Characters.Clarence is split into a bunch of small subpages, which amount to around 70k bytes total. Should they all be remerged?

animuacid The girl of the window from Astyr residence in Lilysthia's grounds Since: Jan, 2024 Relationship Status: I love you for psychological reasons
Echidna from Ontario, Canada (Striking Back) Relationship Status: Two-timing
Clumbo Since: Dec, 2023
#1947: Jul 29th 2024 at 2:09:42 PM

Confirming I've seen the message; apologies for not getting back sooner, and mega apologies for the mistake made, it won't happen again.

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#1948: Jul 29th 2024 at 2:59:49 PM

Do the Characters.Judgement Day Red Flood pages need to be cleaner and merged?

The Africa, Asia and North America pages have less than 20 examples between them, and some don't seem to be character tropes?

Night14 (Series 2)
#1949: Jul 29th 2024 at 3:07:20 PM

[tup] No problem Clumbo, thanks for response

[up] good idea to merge those all

Seven [up]s, Some Assembly Required can have its empty character page cut.

Echidna from Ontario, Canada (Striking Back) Relationship Status: Two-timing

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