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There doesn't seem to be a template for redirects from non-notable characters to the notable works in which they occur, where the target specifically mentions the character despite being about the work as a whole rather than just a list of characters.
Are such redirects meant not to be
categorized, or perhaps meant not to exist at all?
Other users and I have had attempts to use this template for such a purpose reverted. (I don't mean to forum-shop; just trying to get some second/third opinions.)
It applies to any character list, but that list need not be a standalone one, so like a character list embedded in a film article is an appropriate target. But this is where it is expected that the target goes more into just name-drop of the character in the target (eg a minor character mentioned once, or just listed as "Character, played by X" and nothing more - neither case should use this.) --
MASEM (
t)
15:30, 19 November 2013 (UTC)reply
So what category should have been used? Or are such redirects practically uncategorizable? (In the Alexander Hartdegen -> TTM2002 case, I intentionally had the redirect pointing to the top of the article rather than the character list section, due to the obvious mentions of the protagonist's name in the plot section.) --
SoledadKabocha (
talk)
17:24, 19 November 2013 (UTC)reply
I think the point here is that if there is content in the target article which actually contains information about the redirected subject, it can be used. But as Mansem said, a minor character's name redirected to the main article which does not even mention him is not a good thing. Blake(
Talk·
Edits)21:25, 30 November 2013 (UTC)reply
Extra text
I've just noticed that this template is now placing the text "[[Category:]]" below the message "This is a redirect from a fictional character to a list of characters." Does this have some function or is it an error/leftover bit from an old edit?—
TAnthonyTalk18:57, 25 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Nope, it's not your settings. I see it, too. It's going to take some digging, because the extra text does not show up on the testcases page. It obviously has something to do with the cat parsers in the second "Redirect template". Thank you for the good catch! I'll be workin' on it, boss! Joys! – Paine EllsworthCLIMAX!01:42, 27 January 2014 (UTC)reply
The following discussion is an archived discussion of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: moved.
WP:SWAP also performed as there was non-trivial history at the proposed target and I wasn't sure whether it needed to be preserved.
Jenks24 (
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07:44, 14 July 2014 (UTC)reply
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Evidently this template {{R from fictional character}} populates both, absent parameters. We say that here in text and also at the two categories in template messages.
Whatever the rationale for A and B, it is unreasonable that C: documentation section 1 Purpose refers only to the former; section 2 Usage only to the latter.
Thank you for the above! Tweaked the /doc a bit to meet your concerns and to correct one or two glaring errors (probably my own from previous updates). Thank you again for helping to improve these templates. Joys! – Paine EllsworthCLIMAX!19:24, 16 March 2015 (UTC)reply
Redirected fictional character articles category
I presume this category is from when loads of fictional character articles were merged and redirected, but what about new redirects? Should they be noincluded from it somehow or should I not even be using this template on new ones? —
Xezbeth (
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06:40, 23 July 2017 (UTC)reply
I have tweaked this template to add "(series)" or "(franchise)" when building the category name. This saves us from editing all the redirects individually when categories are renamed to include one of these disambiguators.
I'm trying to think if this can incorrectly categorize pages. If I can't find issues then this can work for the other related templates. --
Gonnym (
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13:18, 23 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Why is the category autopopulated suffixed "to lists"?