Talk:Charlotte (TV series)

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It'd be nice if the article explained the title of the anime, since it doesn't seem to make any sense. 70.162.183.130 (talk) 03:47, 10 July 2015 (UTC)Random person
 * Ditto. "Charlotte" isn't even a possible word or name in the Japanese language. Sharurotto would be about as close as you could come.   65.88.88.127 (talk) 20:45, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Re: Other characters
Although at one time there were over 20 other characters listed in the article over the course of the series' airing, this is largely against the WP:TVCAST guideline, which states: "Remember to follow the notability guidelines when creating a cast list: Not every fictional character ever created deserves to be listed." Seeing as the vast majority on that list were characters that only appeared in one or two episodes, as little more than background characters at that, many of them do not need to be listed on the character list here outside of the context of the episodes in which they appeared. For instance, three prominent examples linked in the diff above are Udō, Arifumi Fukuyama and Saitō, who only appeared in one episode each: episode 2 for Udō, 4 for Arifumi, and 5 for Saitō. What's more, the descriptions for those characters in the character list in the diff above largely reiterate what is already present in the episode list summaries.

Seeing as this is wholly redundant, and is little more than plot summary when such characters are included in the character list (which is, indeed, what WP:TVCAST warns against: "Try to avoid using the section as a repository for further "in-universe" information that really belongs in the plot summary."), I opted to simply merge them into the episode list summaries to provide the necessary context for these characters. This is because they are not independently notable in regards to the plot of the series as a whole, and are more or less "filler" characters to advance the plot in which the episodes they appear. Of all the characters linked in the above diff, only a handful appear in a second episode, and their second appearance is again extremely minor. Sara Shane, for example, is a prominent figure in episode 8, but only appears on stage in episode 9, and does not appear after that for rest of the series. For this reason, I believe the other characters listed on this article should be only a fraction of those originally listed to conform with the WP:TVCAST guideline.

I believe a good enough benchmark is for the character to have appeared in at least 3 episodes to be listed in the character list. Of all the other characters, other than Shunsuke and Kumagami who are already notable in their own right for their direct influence on the overall plot, Shunsuke's other immediate friends Medoki, Shichino, and Maedomari are the only characters that fit that bill.--  十  八  08:04, 30 September 2015 (UTC)