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Rethinking this

Okay, I've been trying to make a policy that makes sense but I just can't manage to get it just right. Therefore, I'm asking for help. What do others think is notable or not? ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 16:26, 28 January 2012 (EST)

The grey area, I definitely think is around mentioned characters. What mentioned characters deserve a page? Also, should every named character, despite the fact they do not say any lines, get pages? I think they should, as long as they have pictures and names but that's just me.

^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 16:32, 28 January 2012 (EST)

All characters with pictures, should have an article. Characters that talks, should have a name. Characters that doesn't talk, but is a celebrity, or an parody of one, should have an article. That is what I think. FatHomer^Talk 16:43, 28 January 2012 (EST)

All characters with pictures? That means every background character too, which is a no. Not all unnamed characters who only say one line deserve an article. The named characters who say one line should have an article as they are named. I'm still not sure about mentioned characters though. I think a decent amount of information must be revealed about them, or they must have some relation to a largely recurring character. The Solar Dragon 16:53, 28 January 2012 (EST)

See I get the approach as names = searches. But one would say in some circumstances we have more to add on, say a character who speaks one line, then a named one. This is something that is very hard to define, and so maybe we should just take a leaned back approach, letting, if users want, create equally one-liners and named no-bodys. Content is content, and as long as it's up to standard why not have it?--Cook879 17:35, 28 January 2012 (EST)

That's the thing, if the article is just one line, I don't think it should be around. If it is two-three lines long then that's fine. If it can get no more than one line though, I don't think the article should be here. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 17:41, 28 January 2012 (EST)

I think, if they are speaking or have a mentioned name they should excist, people can search on that, and if they don't find it, they be sad. Even if they have none name and none line but we have fact about that person, it's should be written down here. /AleWi 06:43, 29 January 2012 (EST)

I agree with AleWi in that speaking characters should get articles whether they are named or not. However, one exception I would make is if the unnamed character in question only said a few words like "No" or "thank you," or something and that was it. --Nick97 ^{(talk ~ contribs)} 22:19, 25 March 2012 (EDT)

References in The Simpsons

"If a movie or TV show has been referenced at least 5 times on The Simpsons, it gets an article." I think 3 times would be better. FatHomer^Talk 10:52, 25 March 2012 (EDT)

We discussed this at an editor meeting and decided on 5. Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 10:57, 25 March 2012 (EDT)

Products

I think we could have section for fictional products (esp. food and drink). Right now we have a bunch of very generic food related articles. Also, shouldn't there be a section about merchandise, or is that elsewhere? --Nick97 ^{(talk ~ contribs)} 09:59, 15 May 2012 (EDT)