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==Text credit character entries== | ==Text credit character entries== | ||
Text credits are used for character appearances when either: | Text credits are used for character appearances when either: | ||
# '''There is <u>insufficient data</u> available to create a full character entry'''. Common missing data includes, but is not limited to: | # '''There is <u>insufficient data</u> available to create a full character entry'''. Common missing data includes, but is not limited to: no assigned proper name (i.e. only a "generic" name is given, see examples below), character image, episode appearance data, etc. | ||
# '''A character is clearly a superficial and/or inconsequential <u>background character</u>'''. These characters typically appear in less than 10% of all episodes in the series (e.g. 5 episodes in a 52 episode series), all of which are very short (e.g. less than 1 minute per appearance). | # '''A character is clearly a superficial and/or inconsequential <u>background character with a "generic" name</u>'''. These characters typically appear in less than 10% of all episodes in the series (e.g. 5 episodes in a 52 episode series), all of which are very short (e.g. less than 1 minute per appearance). | ||
## As a general rule of thumb, only create full character entries for "true" characters, and not "background" characters. | ## As a general rule of thumb, only create full character entries for "true" characters, and not "background" characters. | ||
## Common examples include: "Boy A", "Woman C", "Nurse #1", "Student C", "Goddess B", "Police Officer", "Old Lady", "Gentleman", "Witch", "Shopkeeper", "Priestess", "Receptionist", etc. | ## Background characters typically have "generic" names. Common examples include: "Boy A", "Woman C", "Nurse #1", "Student C", "Goddess B", "Police Officer", "Old Lady", "Gentleman", "Witch", "Shopkeeper", "Priestess", "Receptionist", etc. | ||
## An exception may apply if the background character is consistently recurring, suggesting their importance is more than superficial and/or inconsequential. | ## An exception may apply if the background character is consistently recurring, suggesting their importance is more than superficial and/or inconsequential. | ||
When adding text credits, the | When adding text credits, please use one of the following templates: | ||
# "English (Kanji (Romaji))": the preferred format if you know all 3 | |||
# "English (Kanji)": if you are not sure of the transcription | |||
# "Romaji (Kanji)": if you are not sure of the translation | |||
# "Kanji": if only the kanji is known | |||
==Character Guises== | ==Character Guises== | ||
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* Disguises that involve taking on a different identity, such as those of magical girls, '''generally''' justify new guises, but '''not always'''. Unless a mod says otherwise, assume they do. A noteworthy exception is [https://anidb.net/ch1283 Kinomoto Sakura], who does not receive guises for each of her countless changes in magical girl wardrobe. | * Disguises that involve taking on a different identity, such as those of magical girls, '''generally''' justify new guises, but '''not always'''. Unless a mod says otherwise, assume they do. A noteworthy exception is [https://anidb.net/ch1283 Kinomoto Sakura], who does not receive guises for each of her countless changes in magical girl wardrobe. | ||
* Super deformed (SD or "chibi") guises should only be added when they have '''significance'''. A short special self-parody episode or a few short regular-episode scenes featuring SD designs '''do not''' justify SD guises, but an entire self-parody show with SD guises probably does. Assume they shouldn't be added and always contact a mod before adding any. | * Super deformed (SD or "chibi") guises should only be added when they have '''significance'''. A short special self-parody episode or a few short regular-episode scenes featuring SD designs '''do not''' justify SD guises, but an entire self-parody show with SD guises probably does. Assume they shouldn't be added and always contact a mod before adding any. | ||
* Major shifts in personality and relations '''may''', but '''generally won't''', justify new guises. '''Always''' contact a mod '''before even considering''' adding any. Be advised that, unless you have a '''very''' good case for adding the guise, it will be shot down. | * Major shifts in personality and relations '''may''', but '''generally won't''', justify new guises. '''Always''' contact a mod '''before even considering''' adding any. Be advised that, unless you have a '''very''' good case for adding the guise, it will be shot down. This includes versions of characters across parallel universes. | ||
* '''Minor''' changes such as one or two tags no longer being valid as a result of a plot event or very minor design changes '''will never''' justify new guises. The same applies to minor incidental, event-based, or otherwise situational occurrences of '''little impact''', especially if they are not even enough to justify applying the relevant tags, if any. That also applies to any and all '''wardrobe changes''', unless covered by any of the preceding rules. Don't bother with any of those. | * '''Minor''' changes such as one or two tags no longer being valid as a result of a plot event or very minor design changes '''will never''' justify new guises. The same applies to minor incidental, event-based, or otherwise situational occurrences of '''little impact''', especially if they are not even enough to justify applying the relevant tags, if any. That also applies to any and all '''wardrobe changes''', unless covered by any of the preceding rules. Don't bother with any of those. | ||
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{{eyecatch|Note|If people simply have sex and there are no romantic feelings involved, '''''DO NOT''''' add this relation; in fact, do not add '''any''' relation for that at all. This is far and away the most common case in pornographic anime, so only add this relation to characters in those anime if you are '''doubly sure''' that yes, romantic feelings are very much involved. That applies even if the characters have sex routinely.}} | {{eyecatch|Note|If people simply have sex and there are no romantic feelings involved, '''''DO NOT''''' add this relation; in fact, do not add '''any''' relation for that at all. This is far and away the most common case in pornographic anime, so only add this relation to characters in those anime if you are '''doubly sure''' that yes, romantic feelings are very much involved. That applies even if the characters have sex routinely.}} | ||
===permanently evolved/transformed from / permanently evolves/transforms into / temporarily evolved/transformed from / temporarily evolves/transforms into=== | |||
Those four relation types (permanent/temporary evolve/transform from/into) should '''only''' ever be used by people who are '''absolutely sure''' and know '''very precisely''' what they're doing. If you have to look here, you're not one of those people, so please don't use them. | |||
If you must know, they are used in Pokemon and Digimon, and guises apply there in a different way. That's why there's a warning against adding guises to those anime without consulting with worf first. | |||
===other=== | ===other=== | ||