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Regarding character profiles

I've created a newer version of a character profile here. I think it makes a little more sense to have a few categories to organize the information rather than sticking it all in Fun Facts and relying solely on ZUN's weirdly-written profiles. There may be a few too many categories, though. What does everyone think? Darkslime 17:22, 6 January 2011 (UTC)


I'm not sure if everyone feels the same, but won't something be lost in the transition? You know, the spice, the zing, the spark that makes our pages great?

Breaking it it apart would be like breaking a mighty stone, the pieces become insignificant...

Besides, isn't 80% of Touhou fan-made? (Other 20% comes from ZUN building the skeleton that makes a character)

So, in a sense, it's as much of Touhou as the official stuff, right?

Of course, I could be very,very wrong and this could be the best thing since sliced bread!

(In essence, I have said nothing useful and I am ashamed...)

Well guys, make your pick!

For: Against: ♥★♦ 23:05, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Whoa, calm down there. From an encyclopedic standpoint, it's okay to have some of the fanmade stuff in there, but there is a lot more to the characters in the canon works themselves than you may think. I just have a huge dislike for headers called "fun facts" that don't present information in any kind of organized manner. Darkslime 18:28, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

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Oh...uh... in that case nix what I said and...

For: Against:

♥★♦ 22:36, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I've made a much better (and simpler) example by completely reworking Nazrin's page. How does that look to people? Darkslime 20:33, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

I find it a bit bulky. However, it's not entirely bad: Rather, it's a matter of finding a better way to arrange all that information and removing unnecessary/pointless information. For example: How important/necessary is to have the Spellcard Information there? If people want it, then how about we give it a better layout? Also, I find a subsection on "Relationships" to be quite pointless, as they are mentioned in the Main Profile and don't really need a paragraph or two of information. The information there can be part of the "Trivia" section, as long as it is really relevant or important to the character. The "Other" section might fall into "Trivia" as well. Also: Outline and Role? These two would work better as a single section... Something like "General Information", maybe? The less info sections we have, and the better organized they are, the better. Also, should a link to this discussion should be added to the Main Page Discussion, so more contributors can come here and voice their opinion? Anatole serial 09:06, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I find the "Relationships" and "Spell Cards" sections to be useful for quick overviews, especially for newbies. On the former, the section in the text is good for fleshing out the summary in the profile.
The distinction between the Other, Trivia, and Fandom sections is, I suppose, the distinction between story, gameplay, and fan characterization?
The whole article does seem a bit...fragmented. I'm not sure how to put it. I feel like the organization could be shuffled around a little, and maybe we could have some different level headers. Pufferfish101 22:33, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
It looks fragmented because of the way the information is written and distributed. There are too many subsections, and many of them are too small.
I also think the Spellcards section is interesting and valuable info, but as it is right now it doesn't look good and feels like it takes up space that might be better used for other things.
If people want to keep the "Relationships" info, that's fine by me. However, bear in mind that it's also one of the smaller sections that make the whole thing look fragmented; it might look considerably better if incorporated into other bigger sections.
I'm gonna try and make some time tomorrow to whip out a quick prototype, highlighting possible improvements, as well as trying to find a solution to the Spell Card layout, which is my #1 concern. I'll post a link when it's ready. Anatole serial 08:36, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
I should add that the number of spell cards per character can be highly variable, from 0 (Rinnosuke) and 2 (Momiji) to 45 (Marisa) and 47 (three fairies). Kiefmaster99 09:21, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Oh yes, I'm already taking that into account. Hence why I propose a solution in this prototype, by including a Collapsible Spellcard section. Notice how I also moved information around a bit, in an effort to reduce the number of fragmentary "main" sections by using subsections. I could've made a more profound edit of the general text in order to give it a better redaction, but I refrained from doing so, as this is merely a "proof of concept" and not the final article. What do you guys think of this prototype? Anatole serial 07:49, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Well, 1) I find that it's in an awkward place, 2) maybe it's just me but I get redirected to top of page when opening/closing, 3) spell cards is two separate words. I take it that it serves as a brief list, which it does well since it's ordered neatly, in which case the larger one which I haven't worked on for a while could just serve as a more exhaustive one (which I have ordered chronologically and kept Japanese names, for sake of TL consistency across the wiki). There are other factors that can complicate ordering (e.g. trios, cards that exist both standalone and with a sign (Comet) "Blazing Star", etc.) but I'll leave that until the issue arises. In short, can use some more work but looks promising. Kiefmaster99 05:15, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I can't seem to find a good place for a box like that. So, in the latest version I moved things around and gave it back its own section, this time aiming for a representation that can accommodate Spell Cards that are repeated across multiple games. It's not noticeable in Nue's case, but, say, Aya's "Illusionary Dominance" appears in |SWR, |MoF, and |DS. I also moved other sections around, for clarity and order's sake. I also am toying with another idea ATM: How many people believe that I should include a Related Music information in a table similar to the Spell Cards one? As always, suggestions and ideas are always greatly appreciated. Anatole serial 07:12, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Looks better. With music, I don't think it needs its own section since there are far less songs to deal with. Most characters have 1 or 2, depending on whether you want to count stage music, and at most up to 7 (Marisa has Witches Ball, Magus Night, Love Coloured Magic, Love Coloured Master Spark, Oriental Dark Flight, Casket of Star, Dim. Dream). It could probably just go in the profile. Kiefmaster99 08:21, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
That means I have two questions: Should we start organizing profiles in this manner, and should a "Music Themes" section be added to the profile template? The first one should take time, but the second one can be done relatively quickly. If there are no objections, I can start working through UFO's cast later today.Anatole serial 00:37, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

I like the new layout. Sure it can be better, but it's already better than the old one, which is limited to 2 sections. Spellcard section is great, I've been forced to search for a character's spell card in different Game pages, and its painful for characters that appear in several games, like Reimu. I personally think the spellcard section for Nazrin (Feb 3, 2011, 1pm PST) looks good; however, it should be put at the bottom of the page. I also think the section division to be a little confusing, and can have overlaps, like Past/Role/Incident can contain similar information and can be combined into a "Story"(or something) section. Also, "Others" and "Speculation" sections can be the new "Fun facts". "Relationship" can be combined into "Personality and Behavior" as a subsection. Too many sections, maybe? To me, I would arrange the sections like this:

  • Summary
    • Name
  • Ability
  • Personality (which might include a relationship section)
  • Story (subsections may not be needed if this is not too long)
    • Past
    • Incidents/Role/Appearance
  • Fun facts
    • Meta
    • Canon
    • Fanon
  • Links
    • Spellcard
    • Games appeared in
  • Official profile

Jimreynold2nd 20:51, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

The problem here is that most of that information already appears int he Main Profile at the top of the page, which does a fairly good job summarizing the most general information about the character. The rest of the information can appear 'after' the Main Profile.
However, some of that information is too short / ambiguous to give it a more Informative structure. Remember, the Wiki's purpose is to maintain and disseminate information as accurately as possible through community contributions.
Have you seen how I arranged the information in This Sample Page? It's more streamlined and organized, without having many small-ish Main Sections, and taking all the subsections that are too small into a more general area. Anatole serial 00:54, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Mmm... yes, that looks better than the Mokou page right now. Still, I think the reason is because not enough information is put into the Nue page rather than too much info in the Mokou page. I tried this; but I must admit, it's basically your layout, with minor tweaks.Jimreynold2nd 07:57, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

I think this was mentioned at some point earlier, but can we change the Japanese character titles in the infoboxes back to English so it's more immediately apparent? It seems kind of odd to leave them in Japanese, in my opinion. NForza 14:54, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Well, from what I've gathered based on looking at Sakuya's edit history, the character titles started out in Japanese. I'm all for changing them to English while preserving the use of Template:H:title though. Just switch the two parameters around and it'll be fine. K 21:17, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, that would be fine, too. NForza 11:14, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Done. K 19:44, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the links back to pages

For example, those Return to Touhou Wiki things on every page. I really think this is unnecessary. Is there some kind of justification for this being here? Darkslime 17:22, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I always thought it was just a convenience thing, although the Alice logo in the upper left kinda nullifies that. Maybe to help those who aren't as wiki-literate find a way back to the main page?
Now if we're talking about, say, the subpages of fangames which add a link back to the main fan page game, I think those are pretty useful. But if there's a better implementation a la user subpages automatically linking back to the main userpage, that would be nice. Pufferfish101 02:03, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
My issues with it are that 1) even if you went to a user subpage, or any subpage, really, you should be able to get back to the parent page simply by clicking the back button on your browser, assuming the pages have been structured properly and 2) I've never seen another wiki with them. Darkslime 15:50, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
The back button will usually work, but in the instances where it doesn't, having a link back to the main article is useful. That's not really important though, as there are plenty of ways to do that without the "unique" method we have now. For instance, using normal wiki links or even a "See Also" section or the subpage links I was talking about earlier. Unless someone makes a bot though, we're going to have to make manual changes to practically every page on the wiki. Pufferfish101 19:56, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
Return to Main Page is pointless, since you can just click Alice. But I like the link back to a main article, for example on the PMiSS pages, because you might have followed a link from elsewhere and don't have the main article in your history. Keiji 20:01, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
So, with that consensus, does that mean we can kill all the return to Main Page links now? Pufferfish101 20:41, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
Sounds good to me. We can leave the other link-backs around(for now, at least :P) Darkslime 21:51, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
Would this affect Google rankings of the main page? Kiefmaster99 23:04, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

It appears that KennyMan666's subpage movement is the solution to this. Subpages include an automatic tiny little link at the top of the page back to the parent page. I say we just get rid of these manual links as we convert pages into subpages. Darkslime 18:37, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

As subpage navigation was recently made available, all the concerns I mentioned above are now moot. Fire away! Pufferfish101 21:57, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Fanmade characters

So... why aren't fan characters allowed, anyway? The page doesn't say. Keiji 20:07, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Do you think it's appropriate to load up the wiki with self-insertions and whatnot? Think about it. Momiji 21:25, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
I think one encyclopaedic page about the phenomenon of fanmade characters itself (not many pages about each character) would be usefull though. --Coyc 22:02, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
No, but self-inserts are a bad idea regardless. I meant characters that actually exist in a fangame. Keiji 10:57, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
If there was to be some kind of fanmade character in a relatively popular derivative work, then if you absolutely must describe them, do not put them in the main Characters category. Darkslime 16:41, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Oh, I'm not intending to, I was just wondering. Keiji 18:22, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

They fall in-between the cracks of "Fandom" and "Offical" Touhou since the line is blurred to to our sense, since so much of Touhou comes from the fans.

Do I agree with a self-insertion?

No, I don't.

Games such as Touhou Mother may have characters that show (Like Porky), but he alone isn't related to Touhou Universe and doesn't justify being part of the main page.

However...

A another Character from the same game is in fact a Fan Character, and while I can't post since I haven't referenced it yet *Cough* Rinbokusan,I will say she comes from a Touhou Fangame that never released called Shindensen, so publicly she does have history as a Character with some history and relevance to the series.

Does she deserve to be part of the main page?

Eh. I'd say stick her where the level up goddess is for Touhou Labyrinth.

Any others? :3

♥★♦ 23:22, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

There is no blurred line between fandom and official. If ZUN (or possibly anyone else that owns the touhou franchise) didn't release it himself, then it's not official. I can create all sorts of characters like more Aya rivals and even create a school full of photographers, and for sure there is 100% relevance and history, but it's not official. --Tsukihime 14:32, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

About the Additional Information section on the main game pages

I've never liked it being there, so how does Undefined Fantastic Object's page look? I've added a Characters section, sparse though it may be. The problem I can see is that there are three "main" articles listed under Gameplay. My justification for this was that if a page needs to be linked from there, it probably deserves its own subsection on the main page. Darkslime 21:50, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

I see no problem with having multiple main articles. I would interpret the "Gameplay" section to be anything related to actually playing the game, including strategies and spellcards. For instance if I'm interested in the story behind it, I would probably look there than somewhere else. --Tsukihime 14:30, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Reputable fun facts

"Do not post any speculation as fun facts unless it has already gained reputable status. Otherwise, it's just forcing your views onto other people."

I interpreted this as "it's ok to post speculation (ie: made up stuff) as long as everyone else agrees". Just because every living human on this planet, except ZUN, agree something makes sense, still does not make it a fact. Comments on my interpretation? --Tsukihime 19:57, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

If we move onto the new layout (which I think is being rolled out) there would be 2 sections: Trivia and Fandom. Trivia will have to be official (i.e from ZUN) and Fandom is for speculation. I think that will make it easier.Jimreynold2nd 21:14, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

New Character article guidelines

If I'm right when a person is mentioned in The Grimoire of Marisa or Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, then it should be placed in Official sources, right? But when there are some summaries, should those just be deleted?

Romanization style

The guidelines say we use Hepburn style romanization, but there's a few variants of it (traditional/revised/modified). Which one does the wiki use, specifically? I'm particularly interested in what to do with long vowel sounds and 'n'. The vast majority of the pages seem to use Wāpuro rōmaji, so I'm wondering if that means we'll have to go back and edit those articles. (What's preferred, ou or ō?) As for the ん, do we make it into m in those cases or keep it as n? Or, do we leave everything as is because it all falls under Hepburn style anyway? Mizutori 13:20, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

It's an odd variant, if you can even call it that. It follows Hepburn in the sense that it is used over Kunrei, while the spellings themselves actually tend to follow kana spellings/Wāpuro (Yuugi, Yuuka). As someone who wrote part of that section, I more or less wrote down the de facto standard used. Discussions about Kunrei/Hepburn do exist, but I'm not sure quite where here. - Kiefmaster99 14:51, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
So basically, so long as we don't use Kunrei anywhere all variations of Hepburn are okay? Mizutori 12:42, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Pretty much. Side note - currently we use kana spelling (most names), sometimes modified/no macrons (Gensokyo) - Kiefmaster99 16:18, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Regarding recent edits, I found that some edit using yūrei instead of yuurei, so is this the new guideline of writing such words? - KyoriAsh 04:54, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Why do we use "Gensokyo", anyway? The guidelines specifically say things like that are bad, and yet it's there as a giant exception to mislead and confuse. Despatche (talk) 02:04, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

It's A) the most common, popular spelling. And B) used in PCB. But frankly, I wish we would, as well. Due to our romanization policy it's the most accurate fit. Also, as seen when we previously changed some spellcard and song translations from what's popular to what's accurate, much to the dismay of the internet, we've shown that we don't really care for what's popular, anyway. Furthermore, even with our own romanization standards we basically disregard what ZUN wamts and what's used in official Touhou already. So IMO making Gensokyo the exception is kind of arbitrary and that it should change. UTW 12:31, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Revising Character Article Guidelines

I was wondering if we should revise the guidelines to reflect Quwanti's character page redesign (which I think looks pretty good). More specifically:

  • Replace "General Information" with "Concept"
  • Add "Appearance", "Name", and "Relationships" as sub-sections. (Thus info related to those sub-headings should be moved here.)

Apparently, these changes have already been put into practice, so I think these changes should be made "official". (And while we're at it, I'd like to propose moving info under "Backstory" into the "Story" section." Ibaraki Ibuki 17:19, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Also, as some have already done, I'm moving Relationships into Story and adding a Personality sub-heading under concept UTW 03:54, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Just an FYI, a discussion about the character guidelines is also occurring in the Editor's Corner and Here. I'm just keeping people aware and the communication a-flowing. ♥★♦ 04:56, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

To all the fairies, before using Sanae or Hina as examples for the new guidelines, at least make the pages respect the guidelines, they blatantly don't! I'l fix that myself --Sefam 20:37, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

They don't? Hmm.. Well, I have written the guidelines according to those two pages, but if things are still not good then please fix it, lol.  ☢ Quwanti (Talk) 21:04, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Game music documentation - propose adding older, established translations as notes

Wouldn't take much effort, would alleviate confusion, and would also return a result to the music page if someone searched for the older translation. This would add utility while retaining the more correct translations. Win-win, yes? K.B. 04:43, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. This mostly needs to be done for the EoSD songs. NForza 04:56, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Bulleted/non-bulleted list in Trivia or Fandom

Has the use of paragraphs or bullets in trivia or fandom been discussed? I consider the omission of bullets, or the introduction of long paragraphs to the fandom section, as it stands now, to disrupt the flow of the character articles.
Both trivia and fandom were originally under the heading Fun Facts. "Fun Facts" were just that, tidbits of little known stuff, whether canon or established in fandom, whether of English or Japanese origin. About a year ago, Fun Facts became separated into Trivia and Fandom, to separate canon from fanon. Any format changes done to one would naturally have to be done to the other (i.e. if the fandom format becomes chaged, so would trivia).
As well, using bullets in Trivia, followed by non-bullets in Fandom, flows unnaturally. Fandom would have to be moved up before trivia, which may raise the ire of some editors who prefer to keep Fandom after all canon. Either that, or Trivia would have to be rewritten in paragraphs.
In any case, I prefer to keep those sections as concise as possible. - Kiefmaster99 15:46, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
I would prefer all trivia to be at the bottom. Trivia by definition means "unimportant facts," Fandom, on the other hand, is definitely not the same thing as "trivia." It is not a subset of trivia. It is not a list of random facts like trivia. It would be preferable if there could be some fandom sections in paragraph form than in bullet point form. I would suggest "Fandom" be moved above trivia, and maybe for trivia to be further divided into two sections, canon and fandom.--Tosiaki 17:12, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Ah, I should note that the Fun Facts became renamed Additional Info it seems, although it does seems that Fandom is treated as trivia. As well, I would consider it a bad idea to separate trivial fandom from the rest of fandom. First, it flows poorly. Second, it creates the question of "What fandom is considered trivia?". This becomes too subjective and allows 'popular fanon' to trump over less-known ones. That being said, we already exclude lesser-known fanon outright. - Kiefmaster99 18:00, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Perhaps the very idea of the "trivia" section itself is problematic. "Trivia" itself means "not important." If we want to include only important information, then no "trivia" should be included.--Tosiaki 18:54, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Trivia is intended to be a 'catch-all' for information that doesn't fit easily into the above sections. As it relates to fandom, it also acts as a catch-all for a bunch of one-liners. - Kiefmaster99 19:37, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Trivia was probably a poor choice for naming the section, then. After all, "trivia" means it is trivial. Maybe "additional considerations" would be better. Or simply, "Additional Information."
Also, perhaps "Fandom" should be separated from Trivia. Fandom, after all, is something of its own - I don't see much sense in bunching it with something else.--Tosiaki 20:04, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
To make myself more clear, I think that rather than bunching together "Trivia" and "Fandom" under "Additional Information," perhaps they should fully be separate, as simply "Additional Information" and "Fandom"--Tosiaki 20:25, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

As of now, I have two suggestions:

  1. Separate "Trivia" from "Fandom" completely, maybe renaming "Trivia" to "Additional Information" and "Fandom" to "Fanon"
  2. Turn the "fandom" sections into paragraph format. When describing fanon, there is little reason to need to use bullet points.

Do these ideas seem reasonable?--Tosiaki 21:05, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

I'd also want opinions of other editors before going further on this. - Kiefmaster99 21:48, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

The two things I remade kinda comes to mind...

♥★♦ 01:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

My main intention is with how we use the layout of the pages. This is a wiki that uses both canon and fanon information, but they need to be kept separate (unless vitally and high-levelly necessary, which I mean for stuff like what's under the Name section on both Tokiko's and the Five Magic Stones articles. That's how strong the "Wiki Border" (as I like to call it) is lol). For pages with official content (e.g. characters, locations, games etc.), it should be separated from fanon information. Since they're pages that talks about official stuff, I would find it kinda weird to start talking big about the character, location, game etc. pages in fandom on a form of paragraphs, so I disagree with turning fandom into paragraphs and keep it the whole section in bullets. My main reason is because that, as Kief said, is the former Fun Facts section that still uses the bulleted layout. With that, it makes it easier for the visitor to read. Let's say s/he reads the seventh bullet. When s/he wants to look at it again later, s/he can count down the number of bullets to the seventh one to read that fun fact instead of happening to read thought the paragraphs s/he doesn't want to read and just say to him/herself "I just wasted time reading large text when I didn't want to read that! *Some more time later* Ah, it was right in the middle of this part of this paragraph right in the middle of Fandom... *¬.¬*". To add to this, adding sub-sections for each paragraph would also be odd and whether "Fandom" of "Fanon" I don't mind either way.

About "Trivia" and where it's laid... Well, everything under Trivia was meant to be "interesting facts", not "uninteresting". So if there is a word that is better than Trivia and it does mean "interesting facts" in some way, then let's use that word (but big wiki's like the Mario wiki and sometimes even Wikipedia uses this word, but idk why they do if it does mean "unimportant" lol when the list is in fact interesting). About "Additional Information"... Since everything under both Fandom and Trivia are additional stuff, it makes sense to have them kept there. Going back to Fandom, everything under there is additional information to the character. Well, we do have Nazeo's Contemplations page lol ;)

HOWEVER!!!!, so some reason, I kinda agree with taking out Fandom and Trivia from Additional Information and use the Additional Information section as any other stuff that's vitally and high-levelly necessary to write in paragraphs rather than sticking it under Trivia (for e.g., Utsuho's nuclear thing). It will solve some situations with stuff like Utsuho's nuclear thing on how we lay the pages out. Going back to Fandom/Trivia, yes (if anyone's coming to a conclusion), we'll use h2 == on both sections. I'm going to do an edit on the standardisation page to show an example with what I mean. If anyone has opinions and suggestions about my edit, please use the talk on that page as I won't be replying back to anything else on this talk about this case as I feel that I said enough, so thank you in advance. ^^ Tony64 (Talk/Con.) 18:13, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

I guess that with the kind of information that is presently in the "fandom" sections, it does make sense for it to be in bullet point rather than paragraphs. However, I think that the only reason for this is due to the legacy of having been part of the former "Fun Facts" portion. Due to this, the things that are in the "fandom" sections now are not so much an attempt to sketch a picture of how the character is commonly portrayed in fanon as it is a set of "fun facts about this character's fanon." I do think this is one deficiency about the fandom sections right now - they do not adequately talk about the how the character generally is in fanon, which is why I think I would eventually want to add more to all of these sections so that the information is there. When this information is added, I think that some of it might make more sense in paragraph rather than in bullet point format. However, I guess we will have to wait and see until then, so I agree with sticking with bullet pints for now.--Tosiaki 22:47, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Talking about canon in fandom

Obviously all fanon things should be in fandom. However, there has recently come up the subject about talking about canon in fandom. The reason for doing so is obvious: to compare fanon and canon, and talk about exactly what discrepancy or non-discrepancy exists. Obviously, in order to do so, one needs to talk about fanon and canon at the same time - that is the only way to make such statements like "while in fanon, ..., in canon, contrary to fanon, ..." etc. After all, it only makes sense to make comparisons between fanon and canon. As the pages are right now, it would only make sense to talk about such things in the fandom section. Or, does anyone else have an alternate solution?--Tosiaki 23:17, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I do consider that sort of thing important, just that everything has its place.
Gimmie a better word for it as imo, Conceptuals sounds stupid and this does not have to be run by me, if someone can come up with a better system, please do so!

♥★♦ 01:13, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Depends. There is no need to compare to very obvious facts about the character. I would need to see an example to better comment on it. - Kiefmaster99 01:20, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
For example, on Marisa Kirisame. In talking about her popularity with females, it talks about how in her official profiles, there have been statements that she does not get along with magicians that well (not quite obvious), although there was also the statement in her Perfect Memento that she "is an interesting companion" (also not quite obvious).--Tosiaki 01:41, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
You could just state something like "Although she does not get along with other magicians, she has been portrayed/depected" or shorter, plus cite. I don't see why the second point is needed. Basically, mentioning canon is useful if there is a sharp contrast between fanon and canon, or if a fanon interpretation exists because of canon (Hina spinning). - Kiefmaster99 01:55, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Second point is needed because it supports the fanon. It seems quite important to talk about whether or not things are supported or not supported in canon - as for all other fanon.--Tosiaki 02:07, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
There is nothing special about being an interesting companion (could apply to any/most characters), plus in fanworks anyways this is very subjective. - Kiefmaster99 02:09, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Perhaps it doesn't sound quite special due to the translation. The original Japanese had something more like "it is fun together with her."--Tosiaki 02:15, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Well, any fanwork author can twist characters to be like that though.
On a different note, there is no need to assign titles to fandom facts, or if we are, English convention is preferred. Adding "ability to the extent of" would be awkward if the rest of the English fandom doesn't use that term. - Kiefmaster99 02:26, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Well, given how the canon is important for doing derivative works, it seems important to note if such things do exist in canon, and if one doesn't really need to twist anything (since it is actually canon).--Tosiaki 02:33, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Then the same could be said about her clothing, use of Master Spark, etc. Save it for things that may seem weird to a person. - Kiefmaster99 02:39, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
The reason why it is given is because it is given right after talking about how in canon, she has been stated to be an annoyance and doesn't get along with magicians. This is to show that in canon, it can actually go both ways.--Tosiaki 02:42, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
In any case, notability seems to be subjective. I remain unconvinced, but other editors may think otherwise. - Kiefmaster99 03:33, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Group column (Lyrics article) for compilation albums

I've come across various lyrics pages from compilation albums, like the ones from とらのあな or Reitaisai Official Compilation Arrange CD Production Committee. However, they all have a different content in the "| group=" column, for the Reitaisai ones it's only Reitaisai 7 Official Compilation Arrange CD Production Committee (e.g.this one or this one), but for the Toranoana ones I and Tegamin have decided for Toranoana/CIRCLE NAME (e.g. here) because we thought it would make sense to put both, the album publisher (which is Toranoana in this case) and the circle's name due to the category (which will appear on the bottom too). Even so, we noticed edits by Quwanti who has deleted the とらのあな labels, so that the circle's name is the only one in this column. And now we're confused, which one is right? Is there a reason for the changes? And does an official guideline exists and if not, I'd propose to discuss one. Otherwise it's quite confusing to us editors. Mai88 (talk) 15:55, 28 August 2014 (CET)

This is also applicable on those compilation albums who are published by a single circle who has its own songs, but also include tracks by other artists (two examples). Anyway, I propose to put in the "|group=" field just the circle who has actually made the song and put the circle/label who has published it in an album as a category (with [[Category:]]). Tegamin (talk) 10:09, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Signature policy

Does this wiki have a signature policy like many other wikis? (Wikipedia:Signatures is a good, comprehensive example.) ‐⁠‑Silent Sinner in Scarlet (SilSinn9801)⁠💬 02:05, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

I'd say WP's signature policy extends to here, just not explicitly spelled out. Feel free to propose additions to the guidelines in that sense, if you'd want. Mami (talk) 02:20, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

New Guidelines proposal

I'd like to propose a new subsection for the guidelines elaborating on the wiki's usage of tone. Owing to the general consensus amongst Touhou fans of the Touhou Wiki being one of the most reliable sources information related to the series, I feel as if these changes would greatly benefit its reputation. The content in question can be found in my sandbox @ User talk:Lutica/Guidelines Proposal. Please suggest any changes you feel are necessary. Lutica (talk) 06:47, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Personally I think that these changes are somewhat redundant to add because most of the editors write like this anyway, so forcing everyone to do it wouldn't change much if anything
Greetbot 9000 Shio (talk) 04:40, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Semiformal is useless for two reasons:
1/ What define a word "semiformal"? Are there any "guideline" or "list" that compile words that are considered "semiformal"?
2/ This is a wiki for the general public who might have average or below average understanding of English, not a place for researchers and scholars. In informal words: We are here to get information about Touhou, not to take a damnable IELTS reading comprehension test.
-Another Oni (talk) 04:47, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
The examples presented in my proposal make for a relatively good standard. Semiformal wording means a tone bridging between that of our current standard & Wikipedia. I don't believe people who don't natively speak English would have difficulty navigating TW with my new proposal. Lutica (talk) 01:40, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
Following what Shio and Another Oni said, I think these changes are only necessary as a formality to point to just if 1 in every 1000 editors doesn't know how to write an article. Yes, I say 1 in every 1000 editors because, as the Spanish administrator, I encountered one that I really needed to point him out as someone who doesn't know how to write in a wiki. But this case was extreme as he had a lot of orthography errors, didn't capitalize letters after a dot, left unnecessary blank spaces... However, this case is extreme as he was someone who didn't know how to write in general, not a case where he was confused as what writing in a wiki meant.
Anyway, I think they are indeed unnecessary as (almost) everybody unconsciously knows how to write in the wiki, and this wiki is not one that has only 3 pages so even if you were a little confused you can check what is already written to see how to write something in specific. I would partially agree that we could have a standard even if it's obvious, but if we agree on that we would need to clarify or cut them out in some cases to be as specific as possible knowing that if this is not the case the only thing implementing these guidelines as they are will cause is possible edit wars. PassingStrike (talk) 11:05, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
I don't believe they're unnecessary. Common sense alone shouldn't be the guiding clause on how to edit, and is actually responsible in my view for TW's inconsistency; out of all of the popular culture-focused wikis I've read or edited, TW's the only one without clear-cut standards for tone & formatting. I've made every effort to make my proposal as specific as possible, but if there's something I haven't addressed yet, then you're welcome to propose a change in my sandbox's talk page. Lutica (talk) 01:40, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
I am in full support of implementation. This prevents confusion or disagreements between editor bases, and help onboard new users to understand what the existing status quo is. Even if it doesn't seem like something you as a long term editor needs, it will help other users who don't know quite all the formatting quirks or don't understand the tone of the site. Different wikis also have different tones: Some are more formal, like Wikipedia or SmashWiki, while others are much more casual like The Cutting Room Floor or Transformers. Establishing a set guideline for how the site should be formatted prevents inconsistency and confusion. Trig - 16:39, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
I'm not against formal guidelines but, like, this whole ordeal is just facepalm worthy from the moment it sprang up in Discord. People jumping at each other like angry cats over something like that thinking it's contagious like the plague. Lebon14 (talk) 02:30, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
I can partially agree to the proposed changes, though I do feel the bulk of them are all aspects that were already implemented/not an issue to begin with. The proposed changes for "Rhetorical Questions", "Point of View" and "Touhou References and Humorous Content" specifically. They're not bad idea's on paper, but were these really issues that were plaguing the wiki in the first place? I can't think of a single instance where I've seen an article written in second person for instance.
But, if the whole point of those are just for the sake of future proofing or some such just in case someone does try writing like that. Then fine, they're not bad idea's to add to the guidelines.
However, I do have issue with the proposed changes for "Tone" and "Wording". Mainly because I'd like to know what's the deciding factor on what's "formal" and "informal" speech here.
For example, the word "weak". Turning something such as "Cirno is weak" into something such as "Cirno's strength is subpar" doesn't come off as "formal" it comes off as robotic, or an overly literal machine translation. Especially when words like "weak" are used in publications like Strange Creators of Outer World. This is a semiformal publication and matches the tone this wiki should, and does meet.
This also goes for the rule against contractions. Even saying "they're only discouraged, not prohibited" is a moot point because again, oftentimes not using contractions in favor of a contraction oftentimes doesn't make something sound more formal, rather it can also make something sound more robotic. To use Strange Creators of Outer World as an example again, this is a semiformal publication that's using contractions all the time.
Your current "semiformal" propositions are essentially asking for "formal" or "professional" tone when this wiki has not had, nor does it need to have such a sterile tone. Personally speaking, I believe the tone of this wiki should match the tone of the translations of the various publications of Touhou Project itself. The tone of the translations of the articles of Strange Creators of Outer World itself I believe are a perfect example of a tone this wiki should match. Megaman-Omega (talk) 17:38, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for your suggestion. I was planning on modifying the section & example in question (I do agree that "Cirno's strength is subpar" sounds robotic and should be replaced with an example more accurate to the proposal's guidelines) earlier, but somehow forgot. I believe the example at the bottom more closely adheres to my proposal. Lutica (talk) 03:14, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
I may be late but my two cents are here:
  • Touhou Wiki (or any Wiki outside Wikimedia Foundation) is not Wikipedia, period.
  • That said, every contribution to improve (E.g.: Wikify [don't confuse with Wikipedify]) an article are more than welcome, but using WP:ANYRULE (and not Touhou Wiki:Guidelines to remove content is a no-go, since the rules there aren't enforced here and vice-versa, and can be reverted by sysops and rollbackers;
  • As above, if a guideline proposal copypasted from Wikipedia comes to us, the community should decide if this applies and should be internalized
  • If this escalates to a edit war, sysops are allowed to use the proper ways (lock the article for editing, sanctions the users, etc...)
Hibiki Discussão (pt) 13:56, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
Yes, I do acknowledge that TW's not Wikipedia & I did make mistakes citing WP rules in my earlier edits, hence why my proposal's unique from Wikipedia's guidelines in that it isn't onpar with that of a fully formalized publication. Lutica (talk) 17:08, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
The talk page discussion seems to be stuck in limbo. Have any developments been made outside of it? Please fill me in. Lutica (talk) 23:31, 11 October 2023 (UTC)