Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Fictional characters


 * The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The resulting WikiProject was created at WikiProject Fictional characters

Description
A WikiProject about fictional characters, such as Mario, Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter (character). Could also be known as simply "WikiProject Characters", but Fictional character helps disambiguate. Harry Blue5 (talk) 18:28, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Support
Please specify whether or not you would join the project.
 * 1) Would join. Harry Blue5 (talk) 18:28, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Might join if it happens. --Wikis are what I do. So (talk) 21:44, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Sure. This sounds crazy, but awesome. Blake (Talk·Edits) 22:47, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) Would join this. かんぱい！ Scapler (talk) 00:34, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) I'm always updating multiple character articles anyway, so this should be fun. I'm in. dogman15 (talk) 03:37, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Discussion
Generally, I've noticed a few seemingly non-notable characters, such as Churm Rincewind, that are basically still here because no one seems to know about their existence. Hopefully, with a WikiProject directly for characters, articles like these will be more easily discovered and have third-party sources establishing notability to them or redirected somewhere. A WikiProject could also help standardise certain elements on characters and help those who are making articles about one know better how to make a good-quality article with good formatting. Harry Blue5 (talk) 18:34, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you considered starting a taskforce within WikiProject Media franchises? There was a 'Fictional Series' wikiproject that apparently was merged with Media Franchises. Brad (talk) 20:17, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe Fictional characters is broad enough for its own WikiProject, though its not something completely out of the question. I'd still prefer this as its own WikiProject though, as I hopefully want to make some layout stuff standard and its easier to do with full-blown WikiProjects. The biggest mistrust I have to the idea is that WikiProject Media franchises is inactive, and if the main project is inactive, I dread to think how inactive a task force would most likely be. Harry Blue5 (talk) 21:14, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I would join, but I think that it is unnecessary. Just have task forces for WikiProject Video Games, WikiProject Anime and Manga, and Wikiproject Novels. Although some characters fall in all categories, each project has their own style for writing articles about characters. There wouldn't be a good way to make style guides for EVERY character. cause most of what I do is character articles. I would like to see where this goes. Blake (Talk·Edits) 22:47, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I know you crossed out the complaint, but I still feel I should address it. At any rate, standards won't be binding. More like just general advice (e.g. a "Concept & creation" section and then a "Reception" section) or a default design, modifiable in case by case situations depending on whatever works best, and so on. Harry Blue5 (talk) 22:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I hadn't noticed Media franchises was dormant. It was just a suggestion; I don't have anything else to add. Brad (talk) 19:00, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * So, is there any opposal to the project? If not, shall I start it now? I mean, the project probably needs a load of pages to tag, and I have an issue I want to bring up concerning Discworld characters. But I suppose it might be better to wait until it gets some more support and hopefully some more members. Harry Blue5 (talk) 19:51, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't really know how making a project works, but I would make the project pages, advertise for members, and after maybe 20 members, THEN tag articles. Don't tag articles until you have everything set up. Blake (Talk·Edits) 19:55, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * True, it is best to have everything in working order before tagging articles (essentially assigning your use of them). The WikiProject Guide seems to recommend about 5-10 members at the least, IIRC, so I'm hoping to make the project at 10, depending on how long it takes. You do tend to get more members after you've started tagging articles, but again, that should only be once we've set everything up. Harry Blue5 (talk) 20:07, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * So... does anyone know anyone else who might be interested in joining? Harry Blue5 (talk) 21:05, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I contacted some possible members/commenters. Blake (Talk·Edits) 22:18, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

I think that this could be particularly useful as a place for us to organize standards for fictional characters. Far too many articles of low quality that simply amount to fictional character biography survive with no policing, and are protected by rabid fanboys rather than being improved or merged. This would provide an opportunity to centralize efforts at improving this shortcoming of fictional character articles on Wikipedia. かんぱい！ Scapler (talk) 00:34, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for saying you'd consider joining. Hopefully if we can reach 6 members, we'll have enough users to start the project if we can't wait any longer. Does anyone know if there's a time limit on these proposal things? Harry Blue5 (talk) 00:55, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Alright, now that it's February, I'm creating the project. We have five members (the minimum recommendation according to the guide), so we should be able to hold our ground until we get some more members. Harry Blue5 (talk) 11:54, 1 February 2011 (UTC)


 * ''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.