497:- Character lists are not inherently necessary article splits. This one currently serves no purpose other than a collection of unnecessary PLOT details. There is no reason the main article cannot summarize the most important characters in brief detail, especially where a very large chunk of the characters seem inconsequential going by the lack of detail in their summaries.
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Then we simply need to adjust the coverage relative to the weight the section needs in the article. People put too much weight on characters, so there is this culture of thinking character articles are absolutely necessary. Episode lists or season summaries should cover the bulk of the context
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That frankly displays an ignorance about the kind of show this is. As essentially a "soap opera", with dozens of "main" characters over five seasons, this is exactly the kind of series where a separate list of characters article makes sense. It would in fact be difficult to summarize character
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is the right way forward here... It's also unclear to me what sourcing might be available for this show – for example, I've never really looked to see if any books about the series have been published, so this situation may not be as bad as it appears... If this does end up being deleted, I'll
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I'm guessing that when the show was airing, books were published on the subject. They probably would qualify as "fandom books". But I suspect they exist, and they could possibly be used to source character info. That's what I was getting at. (It's basically a
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This is a character list with a fan site level of trivia, but with no reliable secondary sources. The only sources given are the show itself and an actual fan site. The show ended 16 years ago, so I don't think any new sources will
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