Talk:List of recurring Futurama characters

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Merge

Those characters seem like they should fit on this list well enough. TTN (talk) 18:27, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support merge - the only one from this batch that has received much coverage is Zapp and it's just not enough to hold his own article right now. Star dust 8212 13:48, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose There is enough information on them and cultural relevance to justify their own pages. Kuralyov (talk) 21:08, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - This list is too crowded already, and there is enough to say about them. Jimbryho (talk) 11:35, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. If size is an issue, get rid of the unimportant characters. - A Link to the Past (talk) 00:37, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - There is enough information on those characters to warrant seperate pages. Nutiketaiel (talk) 17:40, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- The quality of an article is not based on the size of the article, and most of the articles lack references, and most of the content is unnecessary. - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - When it comes to merging articles into a list, isn't length a more important factor than quality. For example, Scruffy isn't getting his own article because we can barely summarize the litle we know about him. If you call the information in each of those articles unnecessary, you might as well take the articles on characters in any form of media and pile them up in one list. This is a pointless suggestion and shouldn't even need to be discussed.75.53.128.107 (talk) 14:21, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
However, let me make it known that I won't support merging Zapp Brannigan, since it's showing promise. The other four don't have enough, however. - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:26, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - There is enough information on Zapp Brannigan and he is a notable enough character to have his own page. If the request were just for the other characters I would support. magicOgre (talk) 18:24, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - with the exception of Cubert, I feel that most of those characters warrant separate pages. Zapp is a prominent character, so there's a page for him. Perhaps him and Kif can share a page. Nibbler's page covers some of the series' mythology, so there's a keeper. Mom is the series' antagonist, so I think that's worth holding her own page.72.128.51.130 (talk) 08:06, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Zap appears to have much infomation and being increasingly prominant to have his own article. Stabby Joe (talk) 23:45, 29 December 2008 (UTC)*[reply]
Oppose - It's not only that all of those articles have characters of substantial importance, but each of them are more than long enough to exist as their own article. It is as ridiculous to suggest that the articles should be merged as it is to suggest that the protagonists' articles should be merged. Imagine if Homer Simpson didn't get his own article. It's the same concept.75.53.128.107 (talk) 14:04, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Page organization

The page organization seems a bit odd to me right now so I thought I would go ahead and suggest what I think would be the best way to handle it and see what others thought.

Rename the page to List of recurring characters from Futurama and remove the main characters section. If we're not going to include info on the main characters (and I personally am against that since it just makes two places to watch the same cruft grow and try to maintain the synopsis in a usable format) then it makes sense to let this page focus on recurring characters. I also find that using the term recurring and setting a distinct limit for inclusion helps keep people from adding every character that had a speaking role in any episode (see related discussion of inclusion criteria at the original talk pages).
Instead of listing by major character either change to an alphabetical listing or listing by robot/human/alien groups. The division between what is a secondary character and what is a minor character is a bit fuzzy here and I think it would be more useful to the readers if the organization were more intuitive.

Any other thoughts/ideas/opinions? Star dust 8212 13:57, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As with the featured list, List of Naruto characters, there should be some sort of brief summary for the main characters. Renaming it is unnecessary. The focus should be the same without it. I don't really know about structure. You may want to ask somewhere that'll get some responses. TTN (talk) 19:04, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Too long !!!

The Headline says it. The list is too long I don't know why there shouldn't be another page with the list of recurring characters. Or why not divide the list in three articles with the titles of the level 2 headlines?--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 14:18, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd propose merging sections about family members into the article of the more significant character - ie Cubert into Farnsworth, Dwight and LaBarbara into Hermes, etc. Merge Al Gore and Richard Nixon together on this page and cover it as "heads in jars" or something. And for the most part, delete the rest. - A Link to the Past (talk) 08:02, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excessive zeal

"Space Pope" redirects here, but this article no longer has a corresponding section. Serendi ^podous 14:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Scruffy

why no mention of Scruffy?

Reply: Because it would be awesome for the Wikipedia article to make no mention of him and then people watch the show and it goes:

X Character: Hey, who are you?

Scruffy: I'm Scruffy, the janitor.

X Character: I've never seen you before.

Scruffy: I've never seen you before neither.

However Wikipedia editors are too retarded to get this and keep reverting every time I remove the section on him. -Fast Eddy

understood now how about a section on the fearsome Harlem Globetrotters? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.227.49 (talk) 20:50, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Barbados Slim

why no Barbados Slim either? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.227.49 (talk) 22:12, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Because he is only brifly mentioned throughout the series. 123.2.85.195 (talk) 00:23, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Another major charactery missing

Where is Judge Whitey? He appeared in several episodes with a major role in at least one plus in the movie Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs. TJ Spyke 19:33, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Billionaire-bot

Billionaire-bot is not movie-only character. He was in Raging Bender, and probably in another one as well... King Klear (talk) 20:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]