Talk:List of Death Note characters/Archive 3

message: I'd be interested in learning what his catchphrase was in Japanese.  This, along with anything else in the series that is different between the two versions.  Is this sort of thing the kind of thing that belongs in the main article?  If not, could someone answer in reply to this? Haze01 10:27, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Teru's Catchphrase

message: This article seems to jump around with it's tense at times.  I may be mistaken, but I think that discussion of literature is to be done in the present tense at all times.  It's pretty minor, but I feel it should be brought up for discussion. Haze01 10:27, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article's Tense

message: About half of the characters are listed in the format Alias/Real Name, while others are listed soley by one or the other.  This should probably be made consistent for all characters with aliases. Haze01 10:27, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Aliases

message: Volume 8 of the manga has a conversation between Shidoh and Armonia Jastin that brings up "The King".  Do we have any information on this character from 13:HtR?  What about any information about the various minor shinigami characters that appear?  Would it be in the interest of this article to include whatever scant information can be found about these characters?
Haze01 07:48, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All we know is "The King" is ruler of the Shinigami. Quatreryukami 19:40, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor Shinigami and The King 

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replies: text: It is now fixed, no worries. Greg Jones II 19:01, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Watari Death Note.jpg

message: Which volumes mention Jealous' name?
The 4th printing of Volume 4 of the English-language manga states "Gelus" - Maybe it was corrected in newer printings.
Also, one of the volumes refers to a "Mary Kenwood" (Lemme see which printing) - Will later printings correct this too? WhisperToMe 01:04, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Jealous' name and the English manga

message: The article states that Near will die in 2015 according to his remaining lifespan of 43406 (Shinigami time). Is it really safe to say that? I don't know if there's an "official" way to translate shinigami time into human time, but if there is not, I think we should not dare to think we can translate it. It could be something more complicated than a proporcionality.
Sorry about my english, I'm spanish, so I do what I can.
81.184.25.66 20:48, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I agree. And don't worry, your English is fine. Only thing I find wrong is "proporcionality"–we call it a proportion.—Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 20:50, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops, stupid mistake. What do we do then? It's the first time I write something in a discussion page, so I don't know the usual procedure... Can we change it already or should we wait for someone else's opinion? 81.184.25.66 21:36, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

text: By my calculations, the person who came up with his date of death is assuming that shinigami time is actually counted in human hours (his date of death as of vol. 12 was 43406. 43406 hours is roughly equal to 5 years, Near's supposed time of death). I think we should get rid of that bit of information until a new, reliable means of conversion surfaces. Maverick Leonhart (Talk | Contribs) 06:29, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Near's date of death 

message: This article states that there is not time jump from the first to second film and the second film takes place shortley after L's death. I watched both films and even checked the film in wikipedia, both say the second film takes place after light's girlfriends death. is their another film that I am unaware of or is this a mistake? (Masterxak 08:17, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The films change a lot of the storyline, so saying it takes place after the part in the manga where L dies is incorrect, they're really two completely different storylines, so it's incorrect to compare them like that. That's part of why the films were split out from the main article for the manga: they're based on the same premise, but they're VERY different in practice. Nique talk 22:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: L In The Film

message: The Japanese Wikipedia has separate articles for Light, L, and Misa.
Should we separate their sections and create new articles? WhisperToMe 21:06, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not sure if we separate their sections. What do you think, WhisperToMe? Greg Jones II 02:09, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

text: I think it could be a good idea, considering the popularity of Death Note and the importance of these characters. And there is enogh information to create nice articles. By the way, maybe Mello and Near deserve their owns articles too, in case Light, L and Misa get them. 62.57.128.112 15:43, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. I don't think there's really enough information about them to justify having separate articles for Light, L, and Misa, let alone Mello and Near. If we did try to separate the information out, the pages would only end up being stubs, or little better than stubs. I think we're better off keeping all the information on this page, especially since the series is now over, so there won't be a whole lot of new information about them. Nique talk 19:26, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Remember that L is the subject of an upcoming novel and an upcoming film, so he will get more information. Also, Light and Misa MAY get more information from the Death Note special that will air tomorrow. I never advocated splitting characters like Mello and Near - Just Light, L, and Misa. WhisperToMe 02:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Ok, I think you're right. Right now, no need for new articles. They really would be a little tiny, now that I think about it. HighLight43 07:11, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If there's enough information about L revealed in the upcoming novel and film to make up a whole article, then yes, he should then be split out to his own article. However, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, we don't know yet what will or will not be revealed, so we shouldn't jump the gun on creating new articles if they're not going to stand up to guidelines. Nique talk 03:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I Know this is forumy, but if Uzumaki Naruto can have an article to himself, Light, L, and Misa should at least get there own. Maybe even Ryuk and Rem. Quatreryukami 02:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really. Naruto is a long, ongoing series. There's obviously more information about the character as it goes on. Death Note is finished, and even after the special, not much if any information has been added about these characters. There simply isn't enough to justify articles for Light or Misa, and we can't make an article for L counting on the fact that there'll be new information in the spinoff movie and novel. Nique talk 03:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New articles for Light, L, and Misa?

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replies: text: It is now fixed up. Greg Jones II 16:16, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
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