158:), meaning that unless the character is deemed notable for its own article it is likely going to be deleted. Notability comes through reliable sources, so if you cant provide enough of the sources then I'm sorry but we cant have an article about your favorite character. When creating a character article please also keep in mind that you want to present the information to a reader who potentially has never seen or read the series the character is in. This means that nobody would normally understand how x character fires up his/her magical powers, or understand the timeline of
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The lead section will also not have a subsection (so don't use ===Lead section===), and should contain no more than three paragraphs that summarize the entire article from top to bottom. Depending on preference the lead may or may not need to include references as they are already going to be present
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In this essay I will talk about how to properly write up an article for an anime/manga character, and also explain what would qualify for inclusion. In short, we the editors here on
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then that would count as a review. Passing mentions such as "the characters were good" or "Shinku is the best character" cant be used as they are too broad so use your best judgement when pulling out reviewer's comments on the character. If you can find them, character popularity ratings in manga
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so the infobox would seem like the best choice. Free use images can be used anywhere but are hard to come by as permission is usually required from the copyright holder or holders. Other fields such as "gender", "nickname", "relatives", etc. are not normally used unless they are essential to the
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is the template that is used for character articles, and has many fields to fill out. The top fields to focus on are: "name =", "series =", "first =", "creator =", and "voiced by =". An image is always preferred but you have to keep
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guideline which means that sorry no, we cant link your fan website dedicated to your favorite character. Good external links for stand alone character articles are profiles on official series websites, an example is
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status, and beyond. The good news is that we have character articles that have made this high distinction. Most of the good articles all have a thing in common, that being the layout which is as follows..
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If the article you create does not have enough reliable sources, then it can't pass our notability guidelines. We are simply not a fan site to host character articles on, if you want to create your own
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