Talk:List of jesters

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Um, what the hell is jester girl a tail in Bust a Move 3 she little girl?

I think the description of the one bubble bobble should actually She is a little jester girl with a tail in Bust a Move 3.

Accurate Description of Jesters

As there is no recognised independent assessment of the skill of fire breathing and fire eating I have removed the 'master' from the entry of The Fool Monty. Robynthehode (talk) 20:57, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Present-day jesters

@Robynthehode: To avoid self-promotion and trivial examples, I propose that jesters in the "live entertainment" section be restricted to notable ones (those having their own Wikipedia article). 73.223.96.73 (talk) 07:15, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

While the premise to limit the list because of self promotion is worthwhile. The fact the two of the examples have a Wikipedia articles does not confer notability. It is also likely (or at least a matter of concern) that those articles have been written by the people they feature (having done some research into the editing of these articles already) so therefore this is self promotion anyway. I would suggest that if significant mention of those in the list can be found on the websites of events they purport to regularly perform at then this confers a level of notability. Some might say that the level of evidence of notability should be stronger than this but if so then the list of jesters in video games should be similarly limited (as just one example within this list article) Robynthehode (talk) 13:51, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Notability (people) for a definition of what it means for a person to be "notable" on Wikipedia. This can then be used per WP:LISTPEOPLE to determine who belongs on the list. A person belongs on the list if (a) they are a "notable" person per WP:BLPNOTE, and (b) sources indicate that they are in fact a jester.

It seems to me the simplest way to apply this criterion is by requiring that a person added to the list have their own article. If someone believes a jester is notable and belongs on the list, he or she can create an article about that jester with appropriate references. Conversely, if someone believes a jester is not notable, he or she can propose that the article about that person be deleted. 73.223.96.73 (talk) 02:24, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]