Talk:Characters

List of Characters to be created
We need articles for the following characters:

Minor characters and such
Since most of the minor characters have already been shown in the anime, should we include a double image of them in their character template?MAD SOULER (talk) 12:33, October 11, 2014 (UTC)


 * I would say yes.Coquidragon (talk) 13:01, October 11, 2014 (UTC)

Colors
Um, I broke my brain yesterday trying to figure out how to change color-coding to match the infoboxes (Empire characters have blue ones, revolutionaries have red ones). Does anyone know how to do it? If not, I'll give it another try later. --kiadony --talk to me-- 08:02, October 8, 2014 (UTC)


 * Just go into the templates. In the search, look for "Template:Infobox *  I used a " * " to indicate the selection (empire, misc, etc...). Within the template, just change the color. To get the right color, you can go into the template for the characters "Template:Portal *" and the code for the color.Coquidragon (talk) 12:04, October 8, 2014 (UTC)


 * Okay. Somehow, I managed to get it to work (now Empire characters have blue frames and revolution guys have red ones). That took digging thorough some messy coding. Also, I didn't want to change infobox colors, just the frames on this page, and I did, finally. --kiadony --talk to me-- 14:43, October 8, 2014 (UTC)
 * Haha the infobox template names are my fault. This is my first wiki and I was completely new to most of the more advanced design aspects but i've learned a ridiculous amount in these 2+ years. :) Roboartitec has been a huge help too.
 * Dig87 (talk) 13:36, October 11, 2014 (UTC)

I was actually referring to portals, not infoboxes. Namely, this having the code for Empire character portals frame color, and this being used for the Revolutionary army ones. I mean, inside, they are the same, but it took me a while to guess that they were the ones I needed since they are presented in different ways, their names aren't descriptive and all that.

I used to be an admin at FMA wiki and I did quite a lot of coding there (mostly unseen, inside changes, not many content/visual ones), but it was several years ago, so I mostly forgot how to do it. --kiadony --talk to me-- 13:52, October 11, 2014 (UTC)


 * Oooohhh, right those. I had forgotten about them. That was my fault too, I was working on that portal template and had problems, then we ended up using a different template. Those should've been in a sandbox, but I was new and didn't really know what I was doing.


 * Dig87 (talk) 14:03, October 11, 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, it's all fine as long as we don't decide to change anything major. --kiadony --talk to me-- 14:07, October 11, 2014 (UTC)


 * Now that you mentioned those old templates, it could be good to go down the list and delete/rename some no longer used, or those that do not follow current naming convention. Nice, I could do it as my next mission. As for the rest, this wiki is looking good, and getting better.Coquidragon (talk) 14:59, October 11, 2014 (UTC)

I've rename the individual portals: Empire = Template:CharEmpire (link), Revolutionary Army = Template:CharRevArmy (link), and Miscellaneous characters = Template:CharMisc (link). --Coquidragon (talk) 13:23, November 26, 2014 (UTC)

Portal
Has anybody changed the template for the portals? I don't know what's going on!Coquidragon (talk) 07:56, October 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * Portals were deleted by mistake. Working on restoring them.Coquidragon (talk) 08:23, October 15, 2014 (UTC)

Group of Terror
Was this name mentioned?MAD SOULER (talk) 10:50, October 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * Chapter 2, Page 30, I believe.Coquidragon (talk) 11:26, October 15, 2014 (UTC)

More Characters to be added
I've updated the list with more characters to be added from AgK0. Should we also include the other "1st targets for elimination" by the Elite Seven? We already have one: Martha. Coquidragon (talk) 06:56, October 16, 2014 (UTC)


 * Since we don't have their names or other facts regarding them other than they died, It would be for the best if they don't have pages. If we created pages for them, we'll be just adding stubs into our already incomplete wikia. I suggest that we first take care of other characters ,that we already have plenty of info about them, before attempting to add new ones.MAD SOULER (talk) 10:06, October 16, 2014 (UTC)


 * Well I only added Martha because she's the only one named from the first targets, plus she's the only one we can actually add some info on.-10:30,10/16/2014

List of Characters
Sandbox: So, where are we on this? Are we keeping it? For all characters? Only for minor characters? Will this complement the portals? Or will it replace them? Will it be a different page? Or will it be in the same page just after the portals?

I think we should keep it to complement portals, regardless whether or not stubs are created for minor characters. If we have pages, this list could be a first go for info kind of index. If we don't have the stubs, then we can mention them here, which would suffice being there is not much info about that certain character.--Coquidragon (talk) 17:39, January 1, 2015 (UTC)

Stubs pages for minor characters
On a different but related matter. Are we going to create stub pages for minor characters? I personally have no problems with stubs, although sometimes, when I seek information, the joy of knowing an article exists for what I'm looking for, that joy is short-lived when I see is only a stub. Also, in the past, another editor commented this wikia has too many stubs. Regardless how do we feel about it now?--Coquidragon (talk) 17:39, January 1, 2015 (UTC)


 * I think we should fill the existing stubs with sufficient amount of info first ._. Besides, since most relevant characters have pages already I think we should discuss any new additions to our roster - I'm sure not all of them need actual articles. For example, someone would bring up the character and we decide whether they are relevant enough or not together. --kiadony --talk to me-- 17:51, January 1, 2015 (UTC)


 * I mostly look at stubs as a lack of pre-existing information, not a lack of information entirely. Once the articles are finished we simply remove "Stub" sections from them. Relatively, it's not up to us how much info is there, but with how much the author provides us with. I agree with Kiadony's advice; we simply bring up a certain character and discuss their importance and relevance to the series. For example, The First Emperor has a brief cameo in the series and nothing more is known about him, but he's got a major role to play, since he's the foundation behind the idea for all Teigu.


 * NewGenTV (talk) 01:14, January 2, 2015 (UTC)


 * I actually added the "Stubs" as a subtopic on the question for "List of Characters," which was my main question, and here in the talkpage is the question right before "Stubs." What about the lists? If a character is not found to be merit a page, do we ignore him?--Coquidragon (talk) 05:35, January 2, 2015 (UTC)

I'm currently thinking it over and over. Like I said, I do like the idea of using a list for our convenience, and perhaps we could later use one for minor characters only, and keep the full list in the sandbox just for ourselves. Though usually it's easier when unnamed characters belong to an organization like the WBA guys. Something similar is done here, too. And I've been also thinking of a way to integrate minor character lists into other articles - this is why I brought up the location list idea. It could work somewhat like

Tatsumi's village
The village Tatsumi, Sayo and Ieyasu came from. It was poor etc.

Other notable people/inhabitants/something

 * The village chief - he was a kind man who gave Tatsumi a small totem etc.

--kiadony --talk to me-- 08:24, January 2, 2015 (UTC)


 * I like the idea of having minor characters group in places/factions. I'll keep the sandbox for the time being.--    COQUIDRAGON  ( Hit me! )    22:41, January 2, 2015 (UTC)