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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.


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

Super_Weegee Since: Feb, 2019
#2226: Feb 2nd 2025 at 11:04:12 PM

Bumping the KCD and KCD 2 character page issue again.

Unless there are any objections, I'm planning on separating them based on whether they appear in the first or second game.

gjjones Musician/Composer from South Wales, New York Since: Jul, 2016
Musician/Composer
#2227: Feb 3rd 2025 at 1:27:43 AM

Bumping my query on Maya the Bee.

Edited by gjjones on Feb 3rd 2025 at 4:28:10 AM

He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.
Wafer THE HAMLET GLUTTON from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
THE HAMLET GLUTTON
#2228: Feb 3rd 2025 at 12:07:57 PM

Characters.Power Rangers Unworthy has more tropes on its character page than it does its main page. This probably isn't good, right?

"She is a girl" - THE HAMLET GLUTTON
FoxyGrandpa12 Reze x Denji from New Jersey or New York (Troper Squire) Relationship Status: Do you like me? (Yes ⎕ Definitely ⎕ Absolutely!!! ⎕)
Reze x Denji
#2229: Feb 4th 2025 at 9:16:59 AM

[up][up][up] Merge the sequel page into a separate sequel characters section.

[up][up] Foreign VAs should be under a note, but no issue.

[up] Only if the work's page is cutworthy for being a stub; helps if you give it a few more tropes and ZCE fixes.

"Thing is, I believe that a single good movie will change your entire life." — Makima | aka Fox | he/she/they
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#2230: Feb 5th 2025 at 3:03:26 PM

Your Turn To Die Others is 11k. The other three subpages are above 100k, so where's the short page going?

gjjones Musician/Composer from South Wales, New York Since: Jul, 2016
Musician/Composer
#2231: Feb 6th 2025 at 5:07:50 AM

[up][up] Got it.

He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.
Malginel Since: Aug, 2023
#2232: Feb 7th 2025 at 10:18:00 AM

[up][up] Those entries could probably just go to the main characters page, and not a subpage, as I imagine they don't really fit anywhere else.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2233: Feb 9th 2025 at 8:27:19 AM

Most pages under Survival of the Fittest are tropeless and that's a lot of pages than visible on the surface, some assistance may be needed.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
EthanLac Since: Oct, 2015
#2234: Feb 10th 2025 at 5:56:01 AM

The characters page for Minecraft has an entry for the Armor Stand, which is a non-living utility item. The entry justifies it by saying that it's implemented as a living entity which spawns naturally and can be attacked, but to me, this seems more like an artifact of the way they're coded than the Armor Stand actually being intended to be a living creature and not just a placeable item. Should it be cut?

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2235: Feb 10th 2025 at 6:04:29 AM

Passive entities are not characters TV Tropes allows to have a folder and "Living objects" are not Mobs. "Living objects" is not even a real Minecraft designation.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
EthanLac Since: Oct, 2015
#2236: Feb 10th 2025 at 6:41:22 AM

That's what I was thinking. It and the Camera should be removed from the page, as they aren't really "characters" despite being entities in the game. It'd be like having a character page for the bobber that appears when you use a fishing rod.

Arawn999 Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#2237: Feb 12th 2025 at 6:10:56 PM

The image sizes for Venom: Main Hosts seem a bit small. Should they be buffed up from 250 to 300 or 350?

daudiffa SOIYA! from My Room Since: Nov, 2013
SOIYA!
#2238: Feb 13th 2025 at 3:10:35 AM

I find out that Characters.The Office US Michael Scott, Characters.The Office US Dwight Schrute, Characters.The Office US Secondary Characters, Characters.The Office US Recurring Characters, and Characters.The Office US Threat Level Midnight Characters are still up even though Characters.The Office US subpages have been reworked so that those pages can be considered merged or renamed. Should they be turned into redirects?

"Your father was an average fighter, Kal-El, but he was a brilliant scientist!"
bwburke94 I am mad scientist! It's so cool! from 1.048596% (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: She does the things you do, but she is an IBM
I am mad scientist! It's so cool!
#2239: Feb 13th 2025 at 3:22:00 AM

Sure.

2025: the year it all ends?
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#2240: Feb 14th 2025 at 5:29:01 PM

I made Calvard Politicians And Important Figures since the Characters.Trails Series Calvard Miscellaneous was getting too long. How does it look?

She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/A
daudiffa SOIYA! from My Room Since: Nov, 2013
SOIYA!
#2241: Feb 15th 2025 at 12:17:37 AM

[up] The moved "Langport" and "Oracion" sections are a bit weird since they now only have one subsection, making the two-level subheadings redundant. Also, just to be sure, where would the characters in the "Other Langport residents" and "Other Oracion residents" go after the split?

"Your father was an average fighter, Kal-El, but he was a brilliant scientist!"
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#2242: Feb 15th 2025 at 2:21:21 AM

[up] Mostly staying on the main pages. The page I made are mostly about the more influential people in Calvard.

She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/A
daudiffa SOIYA! from My Room Since: Nov, 2013
SOIYA!
#2243: Feb 15th 2025 at 7:06:14 AM

[up] Now "Crime Syndicates" and "Institutes" are the ones with redundant subheadings.

I still can't imagine how the main page would look like after the unusual split, but I'm probably not familiar enough with the work to judge (outside of universal formatting stuff).

"Your father was an average fighter, Kal-El, but he was a brilliant scientist!"
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#2244: Feb 15th 2025 at 2:19:20 PM

[up] Well how would you do it?

She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/A
Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#2245: Feb 15th 2025 at 8:59:42 PM

Double post but The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- have a lot of uncited entries and veer into speculation simply due to having the same Creator as Danganronpa. Should I send it to the cut list and make into a sandbox?

She/Her | Currently cleaning: N/A
Tylerbear12 What you see is what you get, just a guy. from The Green Hills. Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
What you see is what you get, just a guy.
#2246: Feb 16th 2025 at 4:12:29 AM

Edited by Tylerbear12 on Feb 17th 2025 at 4:13:26 AM

Kiana423 Since: Oct, 2024
#2247: Feb 16th 2025 at 12:25:39 PM

I think we should add a dedicated Amphoreus page for Honkai: Star Rail's character page.

Lynn1391 (Newbie)
#2248: Feb 16th 2025 at 9:27:23 PM

From Characters.Penny Arcade Adventures (WARNING: Spoilers!).

  • Word of God: The Fourth God's name is unmentioned in the game. Jerry Holkins provided the name at a Q&A panel at PAX Prime 2013.

Is there any alternative to the Trivia trope for the character sheet?

Edit: the trope is a trivia.

Edited by Lynn1391 on Feb 16th 2025 at 5:31:47 PM

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#2249: Feb 16th 2025 at 9:29:06 PM

It's Trivia not YMMV, but you probably want No Name Given.

Edited by Amonimus on Feb 16th 2025 at 8:29:14 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup

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