User:A Nobody/Inclusion guidelines

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Because Wikipedia’s community of editors and readers is a diverse group with many varied interests, inclusion of articles on Wikipedia is based on objective evidence and appropriate sources, rather than on subjective feelings of importance or usefulness. In order to be included on Wikipedia, the content of our articles must be verifiable through multiple reliable published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. In addition, it must be consistent with the kind of content found in general encyclopedias, specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, or gazetteers, and avoid the kinds of content that Wikipedia is not.

Criteria for individual articles[edit]

For a subject to be included as an article, it should be covered directly and in detail by at least two reliable sources, including at least one secondary source, that are not just a directory listing. Lists are acceptable when their overall subject is verified through multiple reliable sources that are not just a mere directory listing.

  • "Third-party" (also sometimes called "independent") specifically excludes all sources created by, licensed by, approved by, or compensated by the subject, or, in the case of a fictional topic, created by, licensed by, approved by, or compensated by the publishers, creators, authors, or illustrators of the subject;
  • "Two" specifically excludes the numbers zero and one.
  • "Directory listing" specifically excludes restaurant listings, censuses, atlases, and television guides.

Cases where a stand-alone article might not be appropriate[edit]

Generally speaking Wikipedia's purpose is to provide humanity with a comprehensive reference guide and catalog of human knowledge. As such, editors are encouraged to focus on article improvement, not deletion, give articles a realistic chance to develop, keep in mind articles' potential and not just how they look now, and not try to delete an article actively being improved; however, sometimes merging, redirecting, and even deletion may be appropriate.

Merging and redirecting[edit]

Verifiable content that cannot realistically grow beyond stub class may be merged with the stub redirected to the merge location. Per the GFDL, we cannot merge and delete.

Deletion[edit]

While deletion is considered a last resort, copyright violations, hoaxes, and libel will be removed and/or deleted.

Countries with existing or former colonies and/or dependencies[edit]

The below list of great- and super-powers have historical ruled other countries as either colonies or dependencies. A number of these countries also have prominence as members of the United Nations security council and as members of the Group of 8 Economic Powers. Thus, their bilateral relations with most countries in the world are preseumed notable.

Table of notable fictional universes[edit]

The table below notes fictional universes for which fictional elements appear in comic books, universe-specific specialized encyclopedias, television shows, toys, novels, replicas, films, and video games. Fictional characters and weapons from these fictional universes are thus likely to be among the most notable of fictional characters and weapons, i.e. they meet a "common sense" standard of notability. As such, due to the fictional elements' appearances in mulitiple and diverse kinds of media, lists of characters, weapons, etc. for these particular franchises provide a navigational function to other articles and a location to which to merge content.

Universe Comic(s) Film(s) Novel(s) Television show(s) Toy(s) and replica(s) Universe-specific print enclcyopedia(s) Video game(s) Wiki
Aladdin (film) No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Battlestar Galactica Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[1] Yes Yes
Bionicle No Yes Yes No Yes Yes[2] Yes Yes
Cinderella Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
C.O.P.S 'N' Crooks Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Dead or Alive (series) No Yes No No No No Yes Yes
Dr. Who Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dune universe Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes[3] Yes Yes
Family Guy No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Guitar Hero No No No Sort of, see "Guitar Queer-O" Yes No Yes Yes
Hey Arnold! No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes
Home and Away No No Yes Yes No No No Yes
Law & Order No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Lost (TV series) No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
M*A*S*H No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Medal of Honor (series) No No No No Yes No No Yes
Mercenaries (series) Yes (Graphic Novel) No Yes (Graphic Novel) No There are at least fan made replicas with articles about them online. No Yes Yes
Mortal Kombat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Ocean's Trilogy No Yes Yes No No No No No
Percy Jackson & The Olympians No Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Resident Evil Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Rugrats No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes
Silent Hill Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
Soul (series) Yes Maybe No No Yes No Yes Yes
StarCraft (series) Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Star Trek Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Star Wars Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[4][5] Yes Yes
The House of the Dead (series) Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes
The Nightmare Before Christmas Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
The Simpsons (franchise) Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
The X-Files (disambiguation) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[6] Yes Yes
Underworld (film series) Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes

Most culturally important fictional characters[edit]

The following characters appear in top ten style lists and therefore are likely to have the kind of reception coverage that demonstrates the characters are important enough to justify having an article on Wikipedia:

Use common sense[edit]

With regards to fictional elements, something that is verifiable and therefore not a hoax, nor libelous, nor a copyright violation almost always can at worst be redirected to the article on the main work of fiction. The idea that anything which millions of people are familiar with (such as playable characters in globally released multi-platform games) being either unimportant or non-notable is not just absurd and illogical, but idiocy. Just because something does not seem subjectively important to a handful of Wikipedians does not negate its relevance to countless others and if we know it is not just made up, but say have insufficient sources to construct development and reception sections, we would still at least redirect for the convenience of our diverse readership. Redlinking is reserved for that which we must protect the public from.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bruce Kraus, Encyclopedia Galactica: From the Fleet Library Aboard the Battlestar Galactica (Windmill Books and E.P. Dutton, 1979).
  2. ^ Greg Farshtey, Bionicle Encyclopedia (Scholastic, 2007).
  3. ^ Willis Everett McNelly and Frank Herbert, The Dune Encyclopedia (1984).
  4. ^ Stephen J. Sansweet, Star Wars Encyclopedia (Ballantine Pub. Group and Del Rey Books, 1998).
  5. ^ Pablo Hidalgo, Stephen J. Sansweet, Bob Vitas, and Daniel Wallace, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (Del Rey, 2008).
  6. ^ See Chris Carter, The X Files Encyclopedia (HarperCollins Canada, Limited, 2000).
  7. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  8. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  9. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  10. ^ Dr Gonzo, "Top 10 Women in Gaming (Who don't have oversized chests)," That Guy with the Glasses (25 March 2009).
  11. ^ GameSpot Staff, "The Ten Best Female Characters," Game Spot.
  12. ^ Brian Heiler, "The 10 Fattest Action Figures of All Time," Topless Robot (Aug. 8 2008).
  13. ^ Brian Heiler, "The 10 Fattest Action Figures of All Time," Topless Robot (Aug. 8 2008).
  14. ^ GameSpot Staff, "The Ten Best Female Characters," Game Spot.
  15. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  16. ^ Brian Heiler, "The 10 Fattest Action Figures of All Time," Topless Robot (Aug. 8 2008).
  17. ^ Dr Gonzo, "Top 10 Women in Gaming (Who don't have oversized chests)," That Guy with the Glasses (25 March 2009).
  18. ^ GameSpot Staff, "The Ten Best Female Characters," Game Spot.
  19. ^ Brian Heiler, "The 10 Fattest Action Figures of All Time," Topless Robot (Aug. 8 2008).
  20. ^ GameSpot Staff, "The Ten Best Female Characters," Game Spot.
  21. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  22. ^ Brian Heiler, "The 10 Fattest Action Figures of All Time," Topless Robot (Aug. 8 2008).
  23. ^ Dr Gonzo, "Top 10 Women in Gaming (Who don't have oversized chests)," That Guy with the Glasses (25 March 2009).
  24. ^ Brian Heiler, "The 10 Fattest Action Figures of All Time," Topless Robot (Aug. 8 2008).
  25. ^ Mark Fujii, "10 Video Game Women Who Don’t Use Sex to Sell.
  26. ^ "Hawt Yet Tasteful Girls," HardestLevel (Saturday, 03 October 2009).
  27. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  28. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  29. ^ Brian Heiler, "The 10 Fattest Action Figures of All Time," Topless Robot (Aug. 8 2008).
  30. ^ GameSpot Staff, "The Ten Best Female Characters," Game Spot.
  31. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  32. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  33. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  34. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  35. ^ Dr Gonzo, "Top 10 Women in Gaming (Who don't have oversized chests)," That Guy with the Glasses (25 March 2009).
  36. ^ GameSpot Staff, "The Ten Best Female Characters," Game Spot.
  37. ^ Dr Gonzo, "Top 10 Women in Gaming (Who don't have oversized chests)," That Guy with the Glasses (25 March 2009).
  38. ^ Brian Heiler, "The 10 Fattest Action Figures of All Time," Topless Robot (Aug. 8 2008).
  39. ^ GameSpot Staff, "The Ten Best Female Characters," Game Spot.
  40. ^ Dr Gonzo, "Top 10 Women in Gaming (Who don't have oversized chests)," That Guy with the Glasses (25 March 2009).
  41. ^ Dr Gonzo, "Top 10 Women in Gaming (Who don't have oversized chests)," That Guy with the Glasses (25 March 2009).
  42. ^ Dr Gonzo, "Top 10 Women in Gaming (Who don't have oversized chests)," That Guy with the Glasses (25 March 2009).
  43. ^ GameSpot Staff, "The Ten Best Female Characters," Game Spot.
  44. ^ GameSpot Staff, "The Ten Best Female Characters," Game Spot.
  45. ^ GameSpot Staff, "The Ten Best Female Characters," Game Spot.
  46. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  47. ^ valentinedragon, "Top 10 Filmable Batman Villains," Listverse (January 2, 2010).
  48. ^ Dr Gonzo, "Top 10 Women in Gaming (Who don't have oversized chests)," That Guy with the Glasses (25 March 2009).
  49. ^ Brian Heiler, "The 10 Fattest Action Figures of All Time," Topless Robot (Aug. 8 2008).
  50. ^ Dr Gonzo, "Top 10 Women in Gaming (Who don't have oversized chests)," That Guy with the Glasses (25 March 2009).
  51. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).
  52. ^ windshell, "12 Best Female Characters in Video Games," RealPoor (Apr 30, 2009).

See also[edit]

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