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wrm5 Since: Mar, 2014
2015-08-25 18:52:08

What you should do is make sure that you're doing quality work, instead of just pumping out pages left and right.

Make sure that whatever you put up is canon. (Bubblegum/Marceline is not canon.)

Make sure you're using proper spelling and grammar.

Make sure you're making something interesting and fun, not just copy-pasting their character sheet but with the word "I" instead of "he" or "she."

Edited by wrm5
lexicon Since: May, 2012
2015-08-25 19:12:10

If you mean delete the text then absolutely don't do that. They might have to go on the Cut List. When you reference pages please say what they are instead of sinkholeing them in 'two' 'girls' 'my' 'other' and 'three'. Besides that I second everything wrm5 said, only use canon, use proper writing, and be self demonstrating.

Loekman3 Since: Jul, 2013
2015-08-26 00:19:27

Got it then. And one more thing, is Hulk allowed to smash people who are not in a self demonstrating entry? Cause I sorta added both the Toddler Titans(The "Teen Titans" from Teen Titans Go! and Plain Girl(Bella Swann from Twilight) as one of the characters Hulk will smash.

wrm5 Since: Mar, 2014
2015-08-26 01:01:44

That entry on SelfDemonstrating.Hulk seems abnormally eloquent for the Hulk... I think you should think more about how the characters talk and what sort of things they would say.

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
2015-08-26 01:11:35

As a general rule, if the speech style of the characters is not unique or interesting, it does not merit a Self-Demonstrating page.

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GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
2015-08-26 01:23:35

What Septimus said. The only point of having a Self-Demonstrating character page is that the character would describe themselves in a more amusing manner than you would when writing as yourself. Usually this is because they have a very special way of expressing themselves. It could also be because they have a unique outlook on the world.

This means that such pages are difficult to write, because you really have to capture how the character speaks, writes and thinks. Don't attempt it unless you're sure you can carry it off.

Edited by GnomeTitan
Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
2015-08-26 05:20:49

^^ That. The first thing to do is decide if the character merits a Self-Demonstrating page. Now, that isn't asking if the character is popular or interesting enough, it's asking if a page from their POV is sufficiently unique for whatever reason, be it a verbal tic, an odd outlook (characters with No Fourth Wall are among the best candidates for an SD page), or something unique to how they speak to put the page in their voice.

If it's just a character sheet that happens to be in first person, then it's not worthwhile.

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phoenix Since: Oct, 2012
2015-08-26 07:13:51

So, essentially, a Self-Demonstrating character page should only be made for a character who has something to actually demonstrate.

Maybe we need some sort of system to ensure that these pages are of decent quality, like making them go through YKTTW or a dedicated thread or something.

Edited by phoenix
GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
2015-08-26 07:18:12

And it's not just the fact that a SDCP (self-demonstrating character page) for a character that has nothing to demonstrate will be rather dull and pointless.

What's worse is that a badly-made SDCP will actually defeat its own purpose and misrepresent the character - for example, if we have an SDCP for a character who is a stickler for grammar and talks like a book, but the page displays bad grammar, misspellings and colloquialisms.

Edited by GnomeTitan
SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
2015-08-26 10:02:33

^^I am raising such pages in the YKTTW Crash Rescue now.

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Candi Since: Aug, 2012
2015-08-26 22:46:55

There was also a discussion a bit back about making SDCPs for characters with limited verbal language. The thread was specifically about Pokemon, but the principle applies to other characters, such as Hordor and Groot.

It boiled down to 'don't do that'. A page of repetitive sounds effects is neither amusing or interesting.

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bwburke94 (Y2: Electric Boogaloo)
2015-08-27 00:14:54

^ Which kind of sucks, because my Denning page made it onto Funny.TV Tropes!

But it wasn't really much of a loss.

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