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* Do '''NOT''' add new characters to serve as guises of existing characters unless you are '''SURE''' that they should be added. Consult a mod before doing anything if you're not sure. | * Do '''NOT''' add new characters to serve as guises of existing characters unless you are '''SURE''' that they should be added. Consult a mod before doing anything if you're not sure. | ||
* Do '''NOT''' add guises to Pokemon or Digimon without consulting with worf first. Consider this your only warning. | * Do '''NOT''' add guises to Pokemon or Digimon without consulting with worf first. Consider this your only warning. | ||
* '''Irreconcilable''' changes to factual data ''not covered by tags'', such as the character's birth date, justify new guises. | * '''Irreconcilable''' changes to '''factual''' data '''not covered by tags''', such as the character's birth date, justify new guises. | ||
* '''Major''' changes to character design, such as those tied to a change of character design''er'' in a reboot series, justify new guises. This does not include SD designs, which are treated separately (see below). | * '''Major''' changes to character design, such as those tied to a change of character design'''''er''''' in a reboot series, justify new guises. This does not include SD designs, which are treated separately (see below). | ||
* '''Major''' aging (baby vs child vs adolescent vs adult vs elderly) '''generally''' justifies new guises, but ''not always''. Unless a mod says otherwise, assume it does. | * '''Major''' aging (baby vs child vs adolescent vs adult vs elderly) '''generally''' justifies new guises, but '''not always'''. Unless a mod says otherwise, assume it does. | ||
* 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. | ||
* '''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. Don't bother with 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. | ||
===Choosing the parent guise=== | ===Choosing the parent guise=== | ||