Talk:List of Monster High characters

This article was nominated for deletion. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination:

keep, 15 June 2015, see discussion.
no consensus, 22 February 2013 (UTC), see discussion.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Fictional characters, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of fictional characters on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Fictional charactersWikipedia:WikiProject Fictional charactersTemplate:WikiProject Fictional charactersfictional character articles
List	This article has been rated as List-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kenyth-mogan/mattel-brings-the-girl-po_b_11047372.html Creator of monster high characters
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2013/07/17/202417282/KIDS-GOTH-BARBIE NPR article on Monster High
https://books.google.com/books?id=cmQ-CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA123 Book article referring to Monster High create-a-monster and in-depth analysis of Monster High impact on society
http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/08/19/mattels-new-monster-high-dolls-play-on-old-school-stereotypes/ Ms Magazine review on Monster High

Speculation, crush cruft, one-off "revelations", etc

In this edit I removed a lot of recently-submitted content that I found problematic. This article has been prone to a lot of cruft and it's important we mitigate the addition of more. Of the content I removed, a lot of it contained speculation about "possible" love interests, "appears to have become good friends with" and things of that nature. I also don't think the tradition of adding seemingly one-off revelations is helpful, for example: "In 'Frights,Camera,action!', it is reveled that he dreams of being an actor someday." Unless these "revelations" can be shown to be recurring characteristics (for instance if the character is always pursuing a dream of being an actor after this) then it's a one-off piece of information that doesn't adequately describe who the character is. There's no indication from the main Monster High article that the stories are presented as a serialization, as opposed to stand-alone stories. If the latter, series of these types are typically written with "reset buttons", where things that happen in one episode don't necessarily become canon.

It is also worth noting that per MOS:TV, we're not here to catalog every character in the series, only the most important ones. "Not every fictional character ever created deserves to be listed..." If we're talking about characters who have only appeared once or twice in the series, they should probably be cut. More comprehensive lists can be kept offsite at Wikia or wherever. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:52, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are 54 characters that are on the Monster High website. 43 Ghouls and 11 Mansters. Of these, there are 6 that are classified as Original and have a prominent placement on the website. HERE The rest of the 48 characters should be listed under secondary characters in alpha order, perhaps grouped under students, alumni, staff and others. The pets do not need their own profiles so they should be merged with the character's section. I agree one-off characters should be removed. Significant new characters from the books and television show are fine as long as they have a major role in that series. -AngusWOOF (talk) 19:32, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've trimmed the list to the 54 characters into Original Ghouls (the main 6), Ghouls, and Mansters. (i.e. no students, staff, alumni and others breakdown). Depending on the series, some of the secondary characters under Ghouls and Mansters might actually have starring roles. The bulk of the other characters have been commented out. If there's a need to subsection it further, please discuss. At least according to the website they have them all clustered for your reference. Given that only the headmistress was the only notable staff to have a doll / web profile, there wasn't much point in splitting the section that way. -AngusWOOF (talk) 20:47, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Character guidelines

Some of the key information to include for each character.

Name of character
Brief description. Physical is okay. Refer to website.
Relation to monster in fiction. (e.g. daughter of Dracula)
Current occupation (student, alumni, staff, not affiliated). If student, specify relation to the main six characters (roommate, classmate, friend)
When and where was the character first introduced or will be released. Cite press releases.
Any particular groups the character is associated?
Debut in web series and role significance (star, recurring character, episodic star, background) and novels.
Major storylines from web series and novels.
Voice actor if applicable.
Development of the character if known.

Notability for other characters

Do they have a major and recurring role in the web series?
Do they have a major role in the novels?
Are they specially noted in reliable sources?

-AngusWOOF (talk) 20:57, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 October 2015

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

‹ The template Edit semi-protected is being considered for merging. ›

Hi I would I like to ask you whether you could please add Mouscedes King, Elle Eedee, Luna Mothews, Astranova and Gooliope Jellington, because they've all made their debuts in the special Boo York Boo York and in webisodes 81.132.68.199 (talk) 11:48, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --Stabila711 (talk) 17:14, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Are these characters notable or regulars for the television series? Have they been added to the web site? Do they have dolls? Otherwise they are incidental /guest characters that do not need to be listed. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:30, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the ones that have received profiles on their official website. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 18:07, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2021

It is requested that an edit be made to the semi-protected article at List of Monster High characters. (edit · history · last · links · protection log)

This template must be followed by a complete and specific description of the request, that is, specify what text should be removed and a verbatim copy of the text that should replace it. "Please change X" is not acceptable and will be rejected; the request must be of the form "please change X to Y".

The edit may be made by any autoconfirmed user. Remember to change the |answered=no parameter to "yes" when the request has been accepted, rejected or on hold awaiting user input. This is so that inactive or completed requests don't needlessly fill up the edit requests category. You may also wish to use the {{ESp}} template in the response. To request that a page be protected or unprotected, make a protection request.

‹ The template Edit semi-protected is being considered for merging. ›

72.68.0.59 (talk) 19:13, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request

Can we say that Kala's name is a pun on the word calamari?