Talk:List of Cars characters

message: Hello! I will be requesting assistance from related WIkiprojects to create a list criteria for this article. As it stands the article is currently 285,495 bytes in size. I feel that most of this are entries for non-notable characters that are literally just toys and were seen once in the background or are from a spin-off video game and were a character in the background of one scene. In other words, this article desperately needs to be trimmed down in size. And this isn't the first time there has been discussion about this. There was an attempt at this back in 2009. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 15:45, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I've already removed some characters that are literally only background characters (or are just used for a joke or a cameo of a famous racer in real life or a reference to a famous person). This list clearly has way too many non-notable characters. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 16:28, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like there may be a significant number of character entries with no sources; given that the article's been previously-tagged for that issue, I think eliminating those would be a good start to narrowing the scope. I'm willing to take a machete to them myself, but I don't want to interfere with your efforts, so I'll hold off unless I hear otherwise. Please @ me if you do want me to work on it. DonIago (talk) 18:11, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Nah you can go ahead. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:27, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Just remember you said that. :p DonIago (talk) 18:34, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: lol. Ya I did a few initial edits removing characters that I knew for sure should not be included. I might continue to make a few edits but otherwise you can go ahead and make your changes . ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:36, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Machete job done, though I could have been even more aggressive about it. I'm not planning to watch the article as I have no real interest in the franchise, so feel free to undo any or all of it if you're so inclined. Drop me a message my Talk page or tag me here if you desire more input from me. Cheers! DonIago (talk) 19:03, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sounds good. I may add back a few of the things you removed (since I have some prior knowledge since I've watched all 3 films) but other than that it looks good. I jsut started with removing characters that were literally just "X was a character in X" and pretty much nothing else. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 19:05, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

text: Update: I've trimmed almost 200,000 Bytes from the article. 200,000 bytes, holy crap. When I initially undertook this project I wasn't expecting so much of the article to just be unsourced, non-notable characters and info. But it turns out I was wrong. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 15:42, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  it seems like most of the characters in World Grand Prix are not notable. Do you think we should get rid of them ― Kaleeb18TalkCaleb 15:39, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sure. There may be a few that are notable since they do contribute to the plot of the movie. And I had also just removed a bunch of unnecessary details from them (such as what their top speed is which is just completely made up since their speed is irrelevant most of the time) ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 15:48, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @Blaze Wolf I'm definitely interested in establishing some sort of criteria for this list, and I have to admire the effort. I agree with most of the removals, though if I was in charge, I would restore all of the members of the Radiator Springs community (Red and Lizzie). I don't really have any rationale for that, just completeness. I would also recommend completely downsizing the Planes sections as much as possible. Once we get a list finalized, I will work on fixing redirects or nominating them for deletion (I had already listed the Elizabeth II one after finding it while researching recent circumstances, God save the Queen). TNstingray (talk) 13:20, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hello TN! I unfortunately disagree with restoring all of the members of the Radiator Springs community, especially the 2 characters you mentioned as they both don't really play much of a role in the movies. But I am planning on downsizing the Planes sections, I've just been working on the actual Cars sections first since they're really the main subject of the article. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:38, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. Maybe there's some sort of bullet point compromise, because I would argue that many of these characters could be condensed to important headings (e.g. Radiator Springs, Delinquent Road Hazards, etc.). Since the unit is more notable than the individuals (if Lizzie and Red aren't notable, then I don't see characters like Sarge and Flo as any more notable, other than having bolder personalities). TNstingray (talk) 16:20, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  You do make a good point that in these cases, the characters themselves aren't all that notable but the actual unit is. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 16:41, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

text: Is there a reason why the more minor characters had to removed entirely as opposed to trimmed down and converted into a bulleted list with anchors? List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters takes this approach, particularly in the Other characters section, and it feels very slim. -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 01:48, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  The main issue was most of them were completely unsourced. This article was full of cruft and if something dind't seem notable and was unsourced it got removed. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 02:14, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all that is true. The key concept is notability, and many of the characters on the Spongebob page are not notable, even if they have been condensed down to bullet point. Most of the character lists on Wikipedia have this problem, even the big ones like Star Wars and Marvel. See Wikipedia:Fancruft. TNstingray (talk) 10:52, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course they're not notable; that's why they're on a list as opposed to having their own articles. WP:N explicitly says that it refers to whether a topic should have an article, not the contents thereof. As this is a list of characters, I would imagine WP:CSC#all not notable applies here. -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 17:36, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
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