Talk:Ninja Scroll

message: The article says that the movie is rated R18+ in Canada, that is a questionable statement. Movie ratings are a provincial, not federal responsibility, so the rating varies by province. There are provinces that rate it 18+, but not all do. Québec gave it a 13+ rating for violence.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.160.155.64 (talk) 04:51, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canadian rating? 

message: The user Sjones23 keeps removing the "characters" section of the article, keeping only the "voice cast" portion and renaming the section title to that. I find this unnecessary, because there are plenty of pages with a section dedicated to character descriptions that people like myself enjoy/appreciate. I also spent quite a bit of time editing/adding to that section, so I don't appreciate seeing my effort just erased like that. So, please explain, Sjones23, how was the section unnecessary? Shintaraguru (talk) 10:28, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed it as per the relevant guidelines at WP:MOSFILM#Cast. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 16:31, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Why did you remove it this time again? It was no longer part of the voice cast. I created its own section. Where does it say in the guidelines that an independent character section is prohibited? Lots of articles have them. Shintaraguru (talk) 07:58, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem appears that the section appears to be entirely a WP:PLOTONLY description of the characters. You already have a plot section, there is no need to rehash it 13 more times by each character. If you want to include a character section, I suggest you only include a brief (I mean very breif) description of the character followed by real world context from third party reliable sources.—TriiipleThreat (talk) 10:19, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

text: I actually like it, it's pretty neat, but per above, there is too much of it. I think the layout is much better than the table version currently in place, but it needs to be cut down to like a single sentence max of their defining traits, not their actions. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 11:51, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  /  How was I rehashing the plot section? Take a look at the character descriptions again; I added a lot of stuff that's not mentioned in the plot section. Second, everything I wrote is in relation to the characters' personalities and abilities, which are what character descriptions are all about (in the context of this film, at least). If I happen to go in-depth, then so what? What is the point of a character section if it's going to be limited to a brief sentence? For example, if I were to just write for Jubei, "Jubei: The primary protagonist of the film.", then what kind of character description would that be? Seems pointless. I'd rather include descriptions that are detailed and informative. I know a lot of people appreciate this kind of effort put into character descriptions, as it's sometimes hard to find such in-depth analyses elsewhere online. If this is an actual policy of Wikipedia's regarding this issue, then it should be reversed. I really don't see the merit in emphasizing such extreme brevity, as it seems rather anti-encyclopedic in nature. Shintaraguru (talk) 13:19, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Writing primary protagonist would be redundant, the protagonist is by definition the primary. I don't know who said re-hashing the plot section, but it is basically cheating to artificially expand the plot section OUTSIDE of the plot section. I like the way you had the names and the Japanese variant, and a brief description of the character and their abilities I think is fair. But it should really only be about a sentence at most. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 22:29, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters section