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Hello fellow editors. I believe I've located an adequate amount of reliable sources to justify an individual article for Akira Nishikiyama. Does anyone have any opinions or objections, or if one of you guys have already started working on a draft article for the subject? Haleth ( talk) 16:48, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
All of these articles are focused only in the narrative of the Yakuza games where Nishikiyama starred. I'm pretty sure that by finding more reviews, the character might be able to pass notability and have his own article. Tintor2 ( talk) 21:37, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Should we perhaps, have a discussion on the scope of what this List of Yakuza characters article covers, in the event that it gets too big or unwieldy? Perhaps define a few rules and agree on a consensus?
As I understand it, the games which do carry the Yakuza branding are Yakuza 0 - 7, and Dead Souls. Although Judgment is set in the same world/universe, the producers have deliberately distanced the IP's branding from Gotoku/Yakuza and did not have any recurring Yakuza characters to appear due to a number reasons, and barely even consider it a spin-off. Well, it is most definitely a spin-off of the mother franchise, but should its main protagonist Takayuki Yagami and all other secondary characters be covered on this list given the reasons I listed? Or will a separate List of Judgment characters article serve its purpose better, especially if a Judgment sequel gets made?
Also, I am a bit concerned about the excessive number of minor or insignificant characters who get mentioned all over the article. How should we define which characters warrant at least a mention and which don't? Haleth ( talk) 23:18, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Date's daughter and tattoo artist should be fine since their brief appearances cover a major plot point in the narrative. I think most Side Story characters should be left out, unless reviewers specifically highlight or mention them (that'd be a lot to go through though). Almost all of the hostesses as well, except for say, Yuki or Koyuki since they are a major part of the minigame subplots in their respective games and the player character encounters them within the narrative one way or another.
Since it is a "List of Yakuza characters", I'd like the scope to be reduced and narrowed (so no characters from the non-localized material). For example, the Kenzan characters should be covered on the main Kenzan page, since there's plenty of room to expand the page over there. Same with the film-exclusive characters, they don't need to be listed here when the film articles have plenty of room to cover original characters.
I also think the "Expand" tag at the top should be removed, as it might seem like an invitation for some editors to just contribute more WP:CRUFT and bloat the list. Haleth ( talk) 00:04, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
I think Takayuki Yagami and most of the references about Judgment should be purged from the list. Judgment is technically its own sub-series and does not intersect with the main Yakuza franchise other then its shared setting of Kamurocho and yakuza NPC's, so any characters from Judgment should be covered in its own list. There are enough English language sources which broadly covers characters of the Yakuza franchise by now due to its steady increase in international popularity, so this list will not be undermined by the removal or spinning out of sources for a hypothetical Characters of Judgment, and it meets the size threshold of WP:SIZERULE as well. Tintor2, what do you think? Haleth ( talk) 01:57, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
After a brief discussion with another use, I went bold and removed several characters lack any sort of importance in the narrative to the point they are sidequests. Tintor2 ( talk) 13:58, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
Since, at the time of my writing this, it has been a little under 5 months since the release of Infinite Wealth and Gaiden, I think it's high time we add some of the new characters from those two titles. Starting with the new "playable" rpg characters , i.e. Seonhee, Tomizawa, and Chitose. Then of course, the relevant story characters from 8, like Bryce, Ebina, Dwight, Eiji, Wong Tou, Akane, and Lani. Then, in Gaiden we have, Hanawa, Akame, Tsuruno, Nishitani III, and Shishido.
Please reply if you have any more ideas, looking forward to starting on this. Roosterchz ( talk) 17:11, 23 June 2024 (UTC)