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Green Knight has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Spinixster (chat!) 09:23, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you have an opinion, please share. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:41, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was trying to make my first article about the following character from Hotel Transylvania in a draft article, but the reason it got demoted down to a draft, is because it is not suitable as written to remain published.

Here is the following draft that I'm referring to: Draft:Dennis Loughran.

If anyone has any suggestions, or has any ideas for me to improve this article draft, please reply. Clay2004 (talk) 18:09, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Clay. The reason it got demoted is because a Wikipedia article about a fictional character needs to be based on what reliable sources write about that character. To only describe the character as they appear in the media is only a small part of what a character's article should cover, and that description should be basic enough that all readers can agree. (It can be a slippery slope for one of us editors to presume a character's personality.) The idea behind Wikipedia editing, in essence, is summarizing what others have written about a topic. Even then, it's possible that a fictional character may not warrant their own article, if that character can be adequately summarized in a higher-level article. List of Smallville characters is one example, where it is a mix of characters that do not have their own articles and characters who have their own articles with the list summarizing these articles. In the case of Dennis, something like this could be used to indicate, "The rest of this anemic mixed-marriage soap opera pivots on whether Dennis will grow up to be a chip off the old bat..." This is another Dennis-focused piece that could be used. And this could be used to describe the character's design. Feel free to ask any questions! Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 18:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the information, Erik. I've been updating the draft, and added in footnotes. These footnotes need to be reviewed, but I would love it if anyone can also help with the draft.

This leads to this question: Could anyone else edit someone else's draft? Clay2004 (talk) 19:19, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clay, yes, any editor can edit a draft. But I wanted to clarify something. I get the sense that you are more interested in writing about this character "in-universe". On Wikipedia, an article about a character needs to have mainly out-of-universe context with only in-universe context to support that. Have you considered looking at the Hotel Transylvania Wiki, if you haven't already, if you're interested in just what happens in the films? Here is the page for Dennis there. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 19:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well Erik, I'm trying a mix of both, the trouble is the out-of-universe context. However, I'm trying my best to do so. Sometimes, I might need some time and figure out how to put in the out-of-text context. For example, for a section about reception of the character as a whole, I need to add separate reviews from reviewers and all that.

Plus, I would need to verify the sources, which isn't hard. But these source alone aren't bad either, it's just how to "phrase them" is the issue. Clay2004 (talk) 19:31, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Iron Man is currently a candidate for featured article status. Reviews and other feedback are appreciated. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 04:17, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Charlie Morningstar" and "Vaggie" have been nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charlie Morningstar and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vaggie. Your comments on these AfDs would be appreciated. Historyday01 (talk) 04:05, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nux (Mad Max) has been nominated for deletion. Discussion participation and/or article improvements welcome ---Another Believer _(Talk) 19:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Lists#Details_in_a_list?_(Specifically_for_lists_of_characters), which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Spinixster (trout me!) 04:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Presently there is a discussion here about whether Kino, the protagonist in Kino's Journey, should be included on the page listing non-binary characters (including all those which fall under the non-binary umbrella). I've responded the the original post, which asked in part, "Can someone familiar with this character please clear up the confusion? How is Kino's gender identity best described?", and challenged Kino's inclusion on the page, among other comments. However, your views would also be useful in this discussion. Historyday01 (talk) 20:39, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear WikiProject members,

I was just wondering whether any members of this WikiProject would consider contributing to a draft article about Antón Castillo, the central antagonist of Far Cry 6. The draft is still in its early stages, but it has potential to reach a quality standard, similar to the articles of the antagonists of Far Cry 3–5: Vaas Montenegro, Pagan Min and Joseph Seed. So far I have had very little experience in editing fictional character articles, so I was hoping that a few editors here may be able to lend a hand.

If you are interested, please indicate this with a short message below, or simply start contributing to the draft. :)

Kind regards and all the best, Lotsw73 (talk) 12:56, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When it comes to video game characters, Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Video game characters is the perfect place. = ) 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 12:58, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Greenish Pickle! Thanks for the tip! Lotsw73 (talk) 13:53, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]