Warriors Wiki talk:Characters

Senior warriors and citing ranks
Wow I completely forgot to bring this up. xD Anyways, so I was discussing with Teldy about this a bit, and she said to bring up an actual discussion about it. I was editing a bit the other day and noticed a couple of characters who were in the senior warrior category, though I have no memory of them ever being mentioned. As it's a category, I can't add a cite tag to it, and even if I could, nobody could cite it to prove they are one. So I was thinking perhaps we could list them in the charcats like any other rank, and cite where it specifically says they're a senior warrior. But then we also couldn't cite those and not the other ranks, as it'd be inconsistent. So maybe we should just cite all ranks in the charcat? It'd be helpful with more than just the senior warriors too, for instance, characters like Pad, who's in the manga only which I know a lot of people have never read, is listed as a Loner, Kittypet, and Kit. However he's only a kit, and he was only in one book. So how do we know it's real unless you can read the book yourself? Am I rambling?

Anyways, so what do you guys think? Should we add the Senior Warrior rank to the charcat, and/or cite ranks? 08:54, March 29, 2012 (UTC)

I think it might be hard to cite where a character is mentioned as a SW, but it wouldn't be impossible to find. I'm not against the idea. 15:44, March 29, 2012 (UTC)

I also think it'd be a good idea to cite the other ranks (like kit, elder, etc.). 15:50, March 29, 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it would be hard to find the cites, but in a way, that's kinda the point. So few SWs are mentioned in the series, and yet there's so many in the category. If it's hard to cite, a lot may be taken out due to lack of cite, which is the point. 00:45, March 30, 2012 (UTC)

That's true. I agree with this idea. 13:11, March 30, 2012 (UTC)

I agree, Paleh. I don't remember some of the cats in that category being called SWs... 01:15, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I agree we should cite the ranks. However, I don't know about adding the SW. In fact, I might put up an AfD for that category just because it will always remain incomplete. We basically know all of the SWs in ThunderClan since that's where the point of view is coming from. But we have not the faintest clue who's SW in the other Clans. I mean, yes, there's the ones who are older cats than some of the newer ones, but we still don't know for sure if they are SWs. Then there are the middle group where they've been alive a couple of books, yet they're not as old as others, and we really don't know. 01:20, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

Hmmmm true, it won't ever be complete, but then most categories won't ever be "complete". We probably won't know every Windclan cat for instance, or every Tribe of Endless Hunting cat. But you're right, the only ones we really know are ThunderClan. I'm not sure it's really needed. I'd support and AfD, but not necessarily cause it won't ever be "complete". 21:42, April 11, 2012 (UTC)

This sounds like a good idea. I have an idea for citing a character being described as a senior warrior. If one cat is newly mentioned as one, cats that are of similar age can have that used as their citation as well. That would make sense, since I'd think age pretty much qualifies a cat for a senior warrior rank. Oh, and yeah, I'm trying to be helpful to other projects now, so hi! :) 21:55, April 11, 2012 (UTC)

Ohai Ivy! 8D But it's not always about age. Usually, but not always, so it'd be assuming if we cited a cat as a senior warrior cause a cat a similar age is one. For instance, Thistleclaw and Tigerclaw established themselves as senior warriors fairly young, before Bluestar even, who was older than them. 23:42, April 11, 2012 (UTC)

I would cite the ranks, however, I still am against having senior warriors being added. While "being incomplete" is definitively not a legal reason to delete a category or disregard the rank, it's still pretty biased. I mean, we'd have most all of ThunderClan as senior warriors and maybe some RiverClan due to Crookedstar's Promise, but otherwise it'd seem we would be favoring ThunderClan. Plus, as Paleclaw said, age is a hint but not a fact. 03:33, May 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * When Ivystripe said "If one cat is newly mentioned as [a senior warrior], cats that are of similar age can have that used as their citation as well. That would make sense, since I'd think age pretty much qualifies a cat for a senior warrior rank." I disagree, unless you can provide a citation that verifies that "senior" status is contingent exclusively on age and not other (currently unknown) factors. 19:56, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

As this discussion hasn't been commented on for 18 days, is it safe to say that we should cite ranks? 03:15, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

Of course! No senior warriors, but everything in the charcat box? 01:28, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Crookedstar as a Loner
Alright, I'm officially moving this conversation to where it belongs, which is here. PCA's been arguing about whether or not Crookedkit was a loner when he left RiverClan and spent a couple months on a farm with other loners.

The conversation started with whether or not the cats that went to sun-drown-place should have gotten loner ranks, and led to a discussion about Crookedkit.

I'm of the opinion that there's one huge difference between these cats:

The travelling cats left on Clan business, sent by StarClan to save their Clans, and thus never stopped being Clan cats.

Crookedkit left on his own without permission and by his own free will. Sure, he did intend to return at first, but once he gave up going to the Moonstone and just stayed with the loners at the farm, I see no reason to not consider him as having been a loner at the time. He was over nine moons old living outside of the Clans without holding any ill will towards the Clans, which fits the bill for loner pretty cleanly.

Thoughts? 22:26, June 1, 2012 (UTC)

I agree with you. He was over 6 moons old and didn't have a specific owner or group.-- 22:30, June 1, 2012 (UTC)

I agree with you on the cats who left for the sun-drown-place, but I don't necessarily think Crookedkit is a loner. He still had influence from "StarClan" i.e. Mapleshade during his time on the farm. 23:13, June 1, 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, but what does that have to do with being a loner? Ravenpaw is influenced and believes in StarClan, too. 23:54, June 1, 2012 (UTC)

I'm going to always stick by my argument that he does not deserve to be classified as a loner. For one, Mapleshade said "If you stay here much longer you will be one", and that's when he decided to go back to his Clan. He did not want to be a loner and always considered himself a loyal RiverClan cat. He left to go to the Moonstone, not to run away and become one. He always had the intention of going back. Ravenpaw, on the other hand, never intended to go back, and so he hasn't.  00:01, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

Why should it matter what he thought he was? He stayed away from his Clan, even after he abandoned his quest to go to the Moonstone. He forsook his place in his Clan, and when he returned he was punished for it. I'm still of the opinion that he was a loner. 15:31, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

Frankly, I'd call him thinking he's not a loner as pure denial, and Mapleshade telling him that he'd be a loner if he stayed as her saying anything to coerce him back to the Clan. She lied to him plenty of times, why should this be any different? 15:34, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

And think about it. If Leafpool had left with Crowfeather, but the entire time she was gone she kept thinking to herself that she was ThunderClan's loyal medicine cat, would that have made her any less of a loner? 16:01, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

I have to agree with Shelly, Crookedkit left his Clan, he knew what he was doing. -- ☛Duc kspl  ash☚  18:54, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

We labeled Graystripe a loner when he was actively trying to return to his Clan after being taken from it unwillingly, did we not? Why not do the same for Crookedstar, who willingly left his Clan and wasn't trying to return for weeks despite being perfectly capable of doing so? 19:35, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

You all make great points as to why Crookedkit would be or would not be classified as a loner. In my own person opinion, I believe he should be classified as loner. He was over 6 moons old, which means he wasn't a kit anymore, and he didn't belong to a specific Clan at the time. But, he still classified himself as a Clan cat, so a part of me believes that he wouldn't be a loner. I'm torn into two n this, but I think he probably would be classified as a loner. 11:42, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

I'm sticking to my opinion that he's not a loner, and that's not changing. He always intended to go back, he left in intent to communicate with StarClan, he always considered himself a clan cat, and as Ivy pointed out, he was told if he stayed much longer he would become a loner. Meaning he wasn't one at the time. And your point about Mapleshade saying anything to get him back doesn't really make much sense. Saying he was already a loner would probably get him to come back just as much as saying he would be a loner soon. She would have no real incentive to lie in that case as she did in other cases. And would you call any cat that went to the moonstone in the OS and stayed at Barely's barn for a point of time a loner? No. So Crookedkit shouldn't really be either. 02:13, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

No, except Crookedkit wasn't a going to the Moonstone when he was sitting around at the barn, gorging himself on mice and not going anywhere. As I pointed out, he gave up on his quest the moment he got to the barn and was shown how to eat. 02:16, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

And if we don't classify Crookedstar has having been a loner, then we cannot do so for Millie and Graystripe who were seeking out the Clans actively when we classified them as loners. 02:17, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

Staying somewhere outside your clan doesn't classify you as a loner. And there's a difference with trying to find the clans, and never officially "leaving" one. Graystripe was ThunderClan then clearly left when he was captured. He was a kittypet for a time. Then he went to find the clans. He wasn't a clan cat at the time. However Crookedkit went on a trip to find the moonstone, never truly leaving he clan. They're totally different cases. 02:23, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

As I've pointed out several times already, Crookedkit gave up trying to get to the Moonstone shortly after he got to the farm. He was not trying to get to the Moonstone while he stayed with the loners. 19:14, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I've been thinking about this for a while, and I do think he should be classified a loner. True, he didn't officially leave his Clan, and he didn't necessarily consider himself a loner, but he did live with them for quite a while, fully aware that he should and could return to RiverClan. Even though he intended on going back, he procrastinated about it for quite a while. The loners acted like they wanted him around, while RiverClan didn't; that was enough incentive for him to stay as long as he did, and probably would have kept him there for even longer. 15:15, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

I already said my opinion, but that above basically concretes the decision for me.-- 20:24, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Well, sorry to be argumentative, but I'm still not convinced he deserves to be called one. When Ravenpaw was forced to leave, he had no intentions of coming back, but we never once heard Crookedkit tell himself he planned to stay. 20:27, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Then what does that say about Graystripe, who didn't think himself a loner, was actively seeking ThunderClan, and we still have classified as having been a loner? It doesn't matter what Crookedkit thought, he was away from RiverClan for an extended period of time for no reason after he abandoned his quest to find the Moonstone. He was a loner. 02:01, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

All I gotta say is this:
 * Graystripe was forcibly taken from ThunderClan, and if memory serves, didn't he eventually start to wonder if he was really a warrior of ThunderClan anymore?
 * Crookedkit was originally traveling to the Moonstone, but stayed with some loners for a while to help out with kits. He had every intention of going back; Graystripe didn't even know if he'd ever find ThunderClan again.

Argue if you wish. But Graystripe and Crookedkit are two totally different cases, and should be treated as such.

Exactly, Cloudy. Actually, it's a miracle that Graystripe even found them in the first place. I haven't read the second and third installments to the manga trilogy, but come on. Your home is being destroyed, you're taken to God-knows-where, don't you think he knew there was a chance he'd never come back? And that he wasn't technically a Clan cat while looking for them? I dunno. It'd be a lot easier if I had read it for reference but you get my point. 02:59, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

Have we come to a conclusion on this discussion?

I still don't agree that he should be listed as a loner, but if the majority think that he should be, I'll accept. 01:43, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Harveymoon~ Silver nomination
Well, on his talk page he is graded started, so why not make him bronze? If I'm doing this wrong, please tell me. I've already added some quotes, I'm just going to work on the articles. 20:22, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

We only nominate articles for Silver and Gold. If you want, you can nominate him for Silver, and change his status to Bronze. Best, 20:24, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

I guess I'll do that. :3 13:20, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

Can you expand SkyClan's Destiny? -- ☛Duc kspl  ash☚  20:28, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

I guess I did if you count rewording the part when they get banned. ^^ 13:15, June 13, 2012 (UTC)

Expand The Rescue. 00:15, June 14, 2012 (UTC)

Anything else for After the Flood? 09:03, June 17, 2012 (UTC)

Are you still working on this? 19:38, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Smokefoot ~ Silver Nomination
Kay, I know this one isn't taken.

Anyway, all I could see to do was expand The Sight a tiny bit. Comments? 02:25, June 5, 2012 (UTC)

Can you expand The Last Hope, Eclipse, and Fading Echoes any? ☛Duc kspl  ash☚  17:03, June 5, 2012 (UTC)

Are there any more quotes? Expand The Sight/detail it. 00:13, June 14, 2012 (UTC)

Is this still being worked on? 16:51, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

Rosepetal - Silver Nomination
I expanded her history and added some quotes. =) Comments? ☛Duc  kspl  ash☚  05:20, June 5, 2012 (UTC)

Expand Sign of the Moon. I'm pretty sure there's more about her in that book. Like the dog incident? 05:27, June 5, 2012 (UTC)

Done. ☛Duc kspl  ash☚  16:12, June 5, 2012 (UTC)

Looks pretty good, overall. Could you expand The Forgotten Warrior and The Last Hope? I know she appeared more in TFW, and TLH could be detailed a bit. 20:53, June 7, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, and finished. ☛Duc kspl  ash☚  05:36, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Can Night Whispers be expanded more? 17:43, June 9, 2012 (UTC)

Finished. -- 21:34, June 10, 2012 (UTC)

Can you expand Sunrise? --Starry Hawk My Talk!  22:29, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

I can't because I don't have the book. Sorry. 23:03, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

I can expand it if you would like, Ducksplash. 16:51, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

Sure, thanks! 50.44.225.248 17:23, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

Sorry that was me! 17:24, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

Dawn River - Silver Nomination
Because I was being a derp, I accidentally archived my own nomination without having it go to a vote (lol, facepalm); so, I'm renominating my work from March. xD 22:30, June 7, 2012 (UTC)

Does she have any quotes that you can add? --Starry Hawk My Talk!  22:26, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

Only quotes that ar irrelevant to her personality. 23:36, June 20, 2012 (UTC)

She doesn't say anything of any importance? I always thought she said a few things... If you can't add anything else, that's fine. Nice work.

Sol's Twoleg ~ Silver Nomination
Well, I suggested this article and I wrote it, too. Put some quotes in there. It. Looks. Spiffy. >8|

Comments? 02:31, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Looks really good! Any more quotes? -- ☛Duc kspl  ash☚  05:54, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Can you add anymore to the description through the images? I remember her being short and having her hair in a bun.-- 12:11, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

There aren't really any other quotes I can find that are very significant. And I can't make a call on how short or tall she is... she's never pictured next to another Twoleg, only next to cats. Nor can I make a description based on what she was wearing or how she had her hair that day, because those are artificial aspects of her that change each day depending on what she wants, not like the color of fur which typically stays about the same, normally. 16:56, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Ah, found one more quote that fits. That gives us a solid four quotes. Good? 17:01, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Shouldn't the quote with Leafstar's nickname (Little Miss Mama Cat) be capitalized in the quote? --Starry Hawk My Talk!  17:05, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

It's lower case in the comic. It's just a nickname, the Twoleg points out as she talks that she needs to come up with an actual name for her. I listed miss mama cat on Leafstar's page as her kittypet name because that's all the Twoleg calls her. 17:09, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Cedarpelt ~ Silver Nomination
Re-wrote and added more description to Bluestar's Prophecy. But other than that, there wasn't much more I could do. Comments? 07:14, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Can you cite the trivia and add, maybe, one more quote? =) 22:08, June 8, 2012 (UTC)

Added =3 02:33, June 9, 2012 (UTC)

Is it possible to expand the end of the Crookedstar's Promise section a bit? --Starry Hawk My Talk!  22:25, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

Bone ~ Silver Nomination
Just added a few bits and pieces in~ I'll be adding in a couple more quotes in a second, but anyways, comments? 08:08, June 10, 2012 (UTC)

Could you expand RoS a bit?-- 11:22, June 10, 2012 (UTC)

Done what I could without the book. I'll grab it from my library tomorrow =3 13:02, June 10, 2012 (UTC)

Detail The Darkest Hour and Cats of the Clans. 18:06, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

Kinkfur - Silver Nomination
I added The Last Hope section awhile ago and I detailed Eclipse. I'm not quite sure about the quote I added at the bottom as a main quote. 18:06, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

Can you detail Night Whispers and Fading Echoes any? 18:12, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

If possible, can you slightly detail The Last Hope? And maybe add 1-2 more quotes? --Starry Hawk My Talk!  22:23, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

Let's italicize our titles guys. Also, I wrote from scratch The Last Hope section including every possible detail, so no. I detailed Night Whispers but Fading Echoes is not possible. If there were any more good quotes, there would be a main quote. 17:38, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Thrushwing ~ Silver Nomination
She doesn't say anything that could be used as a quote and her history is complete. She's one fighting cat. :3 19:17, June 12, 2012 (UTC)

Is there anything /about/ her that can be used as a quote? 00:04, June 14, 2012 (UTC)

Done. I could only find one quote that fitted. 22:02, June 14, 2012 (UTC)

Tallpoppy - Silver Nomination
I added quotes and expanded her history. :) Comments? 19:39, June 12, 2012 (UTC)

Could you possibly rephrase Battles of the Clans? Having something like this ("It is suggested that they are sneering at the reader.") makes it seems like some form of a theory or something along those lines. I haven't read it in a while, so I may be wrong.

I tried, but I don't own the book. 02:19, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Teller of the Pointed Stones (OTS) ~ Silver Nomination
That article really needed some fixing up... comments?

The last two paragraphs of Moonrise, all of Dawn, and the last paragraph of Sign of the Moon could be expanded. (Whelp, aren't we being specific.) Also, maybe narrow down the quotes? 17:23, June 16, 2012 (UTC)

Actually, Dawn cannot be expanded, and neither can Moonrise. I can try to expand SotM, but I'm not promising anything. Despite being a major character in the Tribe, he doesn't appear all that much. As for the quotes, I might get rid of one or two, but other than that, I think he has a fair amount.

I expanded that last paragraph of Sign of the Moon the best I could. As for the quotes, I got rid of one, but I really like the ones he has now, and I'd rather not remove anymore.

Mossyfoot ~ Silver Nomination
Mostly an allegiance only character, but the places she does appear have been expanded. 22:49, June 15, 2012 (UTC)

Any quotes at all? 00:05, June 16, 2012 (UTC)

Is it possible to detail TFW? 18:08, June 16, 2012 (UTC)

TFW can't be detailed and I honestly couldn't find any quotes that describe her personality. 14:42, June 18, 2012 (UTC)

In this case, considering she isn't a major character, it might not matter that they won't describe her personality. There just needs to be quotes about/from her. 15:00, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

If you want me too, I can add her name being called at the Gathering. 17:42, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

What about the things Hollowpaw says about her in SotM, when Ivypool is training him in the Dark Forest? 17:56, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Sure, I can add that in. 00:10, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

Two quotes have been added. 00:17, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

Brokenstar being blind?
Shouldn't his description of being blind be removed as he has had his blindness restored in the Dark Forest?

 Starry  Hawk Meow... 03:27, June 19, 2012 (UTC)

No. He died blind ouo 09:30, June 19, 2012 (UTC)

So? Not like death means anything anymore. 01:33, June 20, 2012 (UTC)

Good point^^. If his sight's been restored, I don't think it's considered part of the description anymore...

But isn't that his afterlife? Shouldn't his description include his description /at death/? Not after, not way before. 21:55, June 20, 2012 (UTC)

Longtail's sight was restored after he died; wasn't it? Shouldn't it be the same for Brokenstar? -- Starry  Hawk Meow... 03:36, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Did we remove blindness from Longtail's description? I see no reason to do so with Brokenstar. 23:56, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

Rowanfur - Silver Nomination
I added a quote and I had reworded parts of it a while ago. Comments? 21:42, June 20, 2012 (UTC)

Any more quotes? 14:57, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

I couldn't find any more besides those three that are already on his page. 18:01, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Jacques- Silver Nomination
I've wanted to nominate him for a while (As in 5 whole minutes) and I could find nothing wrong with his page. Comments? 21:57, June 20, 2012 (UTC)

Anymore quotes? 21:59, June 20, 2012 (UTC)

I added the one quote mentioning him in The Forgotten Warrior, but I don't own any of the other books.-- 21:22, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Whitetail ~ Silver Nomination
I feel that her page is ready for Silver Status. =)  Starry  Hawk Meow... 16:43, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Any more quotes? 17:07, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Oh, and The Fourth Apprentice and Sunrise could use some expanding. Sorry, forgot to mention that the first time. o3o 17:24, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

I can add quotes and expand The Fourth Apprentice, but I don't have Sunrise. -- Starry  Hawk <font color="#780000;">Meow... 17:25, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Can you expand The Forgotten Warrior any? -- 18:14, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Can The Sight and the entire Omen of the Stars series be expanded a little bit? 15:40, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

I will begin expanding them all (except for Sunrise, as I don't have it) right now. -- Starry Hawk  23:09, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

Guidelines about descriptions vs. trivia
Alright, I started this conversation about a year ago in PCA, but I never got anywhere. However, since this is something PC needs to decide anyway, I figured I'd restart it here.

The conversation being about what counts as a mistake in a character's description in the books and what does not.

See, I've been confused about how we decide this for quite some time. Until I edited it just now, we had Leopardfoot listed as a sleek black she-cat, with the description of being mottled sitting in the trivia as a mistake. But, since she's never been described as solid, I moved mottled to her main description. For her, we had no description beyond her allegiances description and her first appearance, even though mottled was mentioned in the same book she first appeared in, only later.

However, to contrast that, we have cats like Spottedleaf who hardly ever gets anything excluded from her description. If she's called something, anything, we add it to her description, save for her comic appearances when we have no choice.

So this is my confusion. What gets added to descriptions and what gets added to trivia? I think we ought to have guidelines about this....

But, for an example of what we might do, here's how I typically look at it.


 * If a cat is never described as solid and suddenly (after their initial appearance) they're called mottled or tabby, I would just add mottled or tabby to their decription (like Leopardfoot or Mudfur).


 * If they're called mottled from the start and later they're mentioned as tabby or vice-versa, I'd just add it to the description since mottled tabbies are common.


 * If they're called solid and later they're called mottled or tabby, then I'd add it to the trivia, since that would contradict the solid description.


 * If they're called gray and later they're called a specific shade of gray, I'd just add it to the description (like Willowshine).


 * If they're called gray and later they're called brown (like Longtail), I'd add that to the trivia.

But that's just how I look at it. Thoughts? 19:08, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Oh, also... if they're seen in the comics with the wrong description, I just assume it's just wrong, since the comic artist doesn't seem to bother with descriptions much. -- 19:10, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

I think that whatever makes sense should be added to the description. However, for solids, unless it says they are a pure solid color (like Graystripe), I think tabby or mottled should be added to the description. --<font color="#FF0000;"> Starry <font color="#FF0000;"> Hawk <font color="#780000;">Meow... 19:14, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

I don't know.... I think if it's only mentioned once, it may very well be a mistake... I think it should only be added if the "mistake" is repeated more than once. If they're just randomly called mottled or something like that once, like Leopardfoot or Mudfur, then it may very well be a mistake. I don't think we should just assume it's part of their normal description if it's mentioned once and only once, and in Mudfur's case, very late in the series, multiple book appearances later. It seems like we're assuming character descriptions by adding mottled/tabby/ect to their description...

But whether the author intended it to be mentioned or not is unknown, Skye. We aren't making any assumptions about adding stuff to character descriptions; we are adding what we believe the author had in mind for the cat. Despite having made many description errors, the authors probably know how they "view" each cat. In addition to that, we've already made it this far in Character Arts and Character Descriptions for the Charcats; is it really wise to backtrack now? --<font color="#FF0000;"> Starry <font color="#FF0000;"> Hawk <font color="#780000;">Meow... 20:36, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

Actually, yes we are making assumptions about the descriptions. Leopardfoot's, I can understand, and that I'm fine with. However, Mudfur's, I don't agree with. When he was described as mottled, it was such a minor appearance, and multiple books after his first mention. How do we know it was an accurate description? We don't. If Mudfur was described as mottled in, say Fire and Ice, or some very early book like that, where he was still new, I would understand adding it to the description. But not a book like The Sight, where his character is already developed and description mentioned multiple times, without a single mottled mention in sight. I still say it was a mistake for Mudfur. That's my opinion, and I don't want it thrown in my face later.

I agree with Cloudy on the Mudfur case, but what about other markings(besides tabby and mottled), like if a cat is shown without a white or pale marking on his chest in the mangas, but the cat is described with them everywhere else in the books, would that go into their trivia or not? :3 21:36, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

I think Shelly's right. Squirrelflight's white paw was mentioned once (I think?) and it's still in her description. Same with torn ears, most scars, Redtail as a dark tortie; the list goes on and on. Just because a character is mentioned with something new late in the series doesn't mean they haven't always had it. The authors can't make the allegiances as long as we have for articles, they pretty much just copy and paste it anyway. We should add anything to their descriptions that need to be added. 23:03, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

I do not support this at all. Adding descriptions that appeared very late in the series after multiple times being described just seems wrong. For example, adding Mousefur as a tabby, or Mudfur as mottled. It was mentioned once. Very late in the series. I'm agreeing with Cloudy on the whole mentioned more than once thing, and mentioned early one. The mentioned early on part would cover Squirrelflight Loonie. And as for scars and torn ears, those are things cats get at different points. Therefore, many times they may not have even been there to describe from the beginning. But unlike scars and torn ears, descriptions don't change. If they're not described with say, tabby stripes, for like 15 books, and then suddenly described with them once then never again, there's absolutely no point in assuming that was always there. It was mentioned once and never again, after plenty of opportunities to mention it were there before. 00:57, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Also, don't add things to the description while we're still discussing them. Just because it's your opinion they should be there, it doesn't mean everyone agrees. And until we finish discussing, nothing should be changed. 01:04, June 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Paleclaw, I don't need community consensus to do it, so please don't act like I'm jumping the gun. I didn't need to start this conversation at all and I don't need to refer to PC every time I make an edit to a page. 02:05, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

You guys really need to get of this tangent of thinking that I need the permission of this project to edit an article. Anyway, I stick by what I said above. However, I agree with you, Cloudy, that perhaps if a description comes very late after a character's initial appearance we can count it as trivia no matter what it is. But besides that, I stick by everything I said. We do need some kind of guidelines for what does and doesn't get put in a description vs. the trivia. 02:12, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

How about this? A character description like mottles or stripes has... three?... books to happen before we consider it trivia. Or how about up to six, max? After that, it's considered trivia unless it's something like a more specific colour, scars, or eye colour or something like that. 02:15, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

If you're going to change a character's description, then yes, you should ask the project's permission. Setting guidelines for what does and does not count as trivia is something that falls to the project as a whole, not one member. As this would change multiple character articles, there needs to be a decision made with the project as a whole, so we know when and when not to do this in the future. The actions of one (or two, or three) do not represent the project as a whole.


 * Those seem pretty fair. I agree on the nicked ears, scars, etc. that we add once mentioned. Having six books for mottled, tabby, etc. from when they're originally described sounds good. As far as needing project's consensus, if it's as blunt as what constitutes as trivia and what doesn't and doesn't have any notes on it, then you can't exactly say whether it belongs or not. When it's at that point it's basically personal preference, but since it has been brought up to the project, we should leave things how they are so there's no need correcting them later. 03:44, June 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * The project does not need, nor have any reason to, be a gateway for approvals on information that can be proven via a citation. It's one thing when we have directly conflicting descriptions (like some of the crazy eye color situations) to involve the project, but for something like a citable clarification provided in a later book... Those should be added, with their citations. If there's a conflict of opinion on the veracity of it, then the project should get involved if the users in question can't settle it on the talk page. The wiki runs on consensus, yes, but every member has equal authority. This means that the project has the right to settle disputes users have concerning what goes into an article, but the users are the source of article contents, not projects. Any user who can cite the information should feel free and welcome to change a character description. If other users disagree, they should discuss it. If they can't settle it themselves and figure it out, then the project should be called on to decide. We don't need to add red tape for adding information the books support. 14:19, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

I do not need the projects permission to add cited information to a cat's article. I never have and I never will unless this wiki goes really far south. In any case, what would that say for Spottedleaf? A good chunk of her page-long description comes several books after her introduction. Why is it different for Mudfur? 14:15, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Because Mudfur was only mentioned with it once, and many many books after his first appearance. We don't know if it was actually part of his description or not, so why add it in?

And you do if you're going to start setting/suggesting guidelines as to what counts as trivia and what doesn't. You're not above the project.

The project isn't above me either. It's my right to edit character articles without the consent of the project, and I edited Leopardfoot's article before I even suggested this. Changing her article does not determine the fate of any other article, only hers. And most of Spottedleaf's decriptions are only used once and come up in the Power of Three series, more than 12 books after her first appearance. I still don't see how Mudfur's any different. He hardly appeared at all when he was alive anyway, save for in Crookedstar's Promise. 18:00, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

So? What does it matter how minor he is? Just because he's a minor character, does not mean it's automatically correct. There are over 700 characters, so mistakes are going to happen. Just because something is said, doesn't automatically make it true. As for Spottedidiot... I don't know, nor do I care. I know nothing about cat genetics, anatomy, ect, to be able to make that call, and torties confuse me. e.e


 * Cloudy: If you can't discuss this with maturity, take a break and try again later.
 * Shelly has a legitimate citation from the book that you have no evidence to support as incorrect or a mistake (Character has not been mentioned as a self/solid cat anywhere). You are trying to made judgements about what parts of the source material to consider an error or not. It would be one thing if she had actually been described as both self and mottled, but we're talking about descriptions that indicate a color and a pattern. While separate, there is no reason both parts can't be correct, and no reason that we should even assume this is an error. We don't decide things are errors until we have evidence that they're errors, otherwise we have to assume the books are correct because they're our primary source of information.
 * 18:11, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Do you have any proof that is isn't a mistake? The mottled thing was mentioned once and never addressed again after that. How do we know it's actually part of her description? We do not. There is no proof that it's a legitimate part of her description aside from that one mention. It's questionable, and therefore, I'm questioning it. As a member of the wiki, I have that right. If you dislike my opinion, fine. There's no need to call me immature because I don't agree with you. If anything, that's being immature.


 * I called you immature for the "spottedidiot" comment, not for disagreeing with me. We can't stop trusting the source material, Cloudy. We assume the source is correct unless there is evidence to the contrary. I think everyone will agree with me on this point... Because what you're proposing is that we stop trusting the primary material wholesale... The primary material is practically our only source! 18:34, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Oh, that. I just hate Spottedleaf, so that's why I called her that. Anyways, no, I'm not. I wish people would stop misinterpreting what I'm saying. I'm not saying we should stop trusting the books. I'm saying that for things that could easily be called into question, they should be given a second citation or something along those lines, in order to prove their legitimacy.

Considering that we have so many cites relating to this topic, I believe that we should continue the way we've been doing it all this time. The sources can or can't be a mistake; we don't know that. What we do know is until proven wrong, they should be put into the description as usual. It would be pure chaos if we had to re-read all of the books and single out certain parts of the description. Project Character Art would have to re-do or maybe even re-make some of the images that they have made. I know I'm still rather new to this; may not have as much of a say as the rest of you who are debating this topic, but I personally believe that we should keep going the way we have been. --<font color="#FF0000;"> Starry <font color="#FF0000;"> Hawk <font color="#780000;">Meow... 18:43, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Precisely. But we've been excluding random pieces of descriptions for absolutely no reason. Unless a description directly conflicts with the existing description, like a cat that's been called solid suddenly being called a tabby, I choose to trust the source material. Yeah, it's ripe with errors all the time, but I'm not going to assume everything I'm reading is incorrect simply because it might be. 16:17, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

Brackenfur and Thornclaw
I've been meaning to bring this up for a while, but I believe Brackenfur and Thornclaw's descriptions should change by our current standards. Both were first described as ginger, and outside of allegiances descriptions, are almost always described as ginger. Only in the allegiances and a select few times in the book are they actually called golden brown, and since ginger came first, I believe their main descriptions should be changed to that and the golden brown be moved to the trivia. 00:59, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

I've thought the same. But to be thorough we'd have to look through every book they're in and count the number of times each description is used. And, as for Thornclaw, isn't golden just a shade of ginger? I think he'd be fine as is. 14:56, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Thornclaw is golden brown. - 17:53, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Ah, you're right then. He leans more towards brown. 17:57, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Cherryfeather - Silver Nomination
I went and expanded her mention a little bit. She didn't say anything and there was nothing about her that could be used. Comments? 15:50, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

I think Featherstar's quote about her will work when nothing else is available. 16:04, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Done. 17:54, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Jessamy as a queen?
I was reading through her page, and it was mentioned that she had very young kits. I think that should qualify her as a queen. If this has already been decided, I'm sorry for the repeat of a discussion. 19:20, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Well technically she would be a queen for image standards, but only clan cats get queen added to their charcat as far as I know. 23:21, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

She can't even get a queen image in any case, she has no description. 16:51, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

An Idea for Unreleased Characters
Yeah yeah, you know me. I'm full of ideas.

Anyway, this idea came up because of Yellowfang's Secret and the chapters that have already been released from it.

We all know there are a few new characters revealed: Yellowfang's two siblings, Raggedstar's brother, a couple of StarClan cats, and a medicine cat. Specifically in the cases of Yellowfang's siblings, we've had people come through that have attempted to make pages for them which we... well, Atelda, has had to delete every time.

So what I'm proposing is that we do make pages for characters revealed in unreleased book excerpts and that we just leave a blank charcat filled with nothing but the words "coming soon" (or nothing at all) and a banner saying that the character exists in an unreleased book and that information about them will be published when the book is released.

It'd be simple to do, the banner can be made very simply, and it'd deter those that don't know that we don't reveal information from unreleased books. The articles could be semi-protected from newbies and anons just in case.

Sound good? 16:59, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

I personally think it's a good idea. It'll stop others from continuously creating pages for it and having 'Teldy to keep deleting them. 17:02, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

Perfect! Saves us the work when the book actually comes out. 17:06, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

I think this is a great idea. It'll save us the trouble of having to delete pages and having to make a page when the book actually comes out.-- 17:25, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

I agree^^ This will save us the trouble and time. 17:27, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

This sounds like a great idea. 19:08, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

I agree as well. It'll spare us all that trouble. 19:10, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

I think it sounds like a great idea, also. 19:28, June 23, 2012 (UTC)

Seems we have an agreement, then. I see no need to put this up to vote unless someone wants to voice a reason as to why we shouldn't do this. For now, we just need someone to make a template and a banner for the unreleased character pages. 05:06, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

Reference Check
So, Paleh and I created this in order to help keep track of references on each character's page due to falsified references. How it's planned to work is when you check an article's references, you will add the current date under the "Last Checked" column next to the correct character you checked. Paleh and I also thought about having users separately join this "sub-project" because some users are unaware of how to do references, or just don't concern themselves about it, so it might be a bit iffy on how they went about it. It's pretty simple, so what does everyone think about it? 17:23, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

I think it's a great idea, it'll keep everything organized, and help the wiki as a whole. -- 17:31, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

So we just check every single reference on the entire page? I still think that creating a "verified ref" template would be easiest. That way those looking at the page can see that they're verified without having to look at your subpage. 17:40, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

I think it's a good idea. -- 21:34, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

References are constantly changing such as to an earlier mention or removed due to a false cite or changed to a falsified cite due to a misunderstanding or something. A template wouldn't keep up with those changes. With the subpage, users can look at what references haven't been checked in a while. Also, with a "verified ref" template, what kind of impression would that give off to those users who are looking at this wiki for information, or to Kate? 23:49, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

It would give the impression that we care about the references and want them to be as accurate as possible. 19:57, June 25, 2012 (UTC)

It would also give the impression that despite citing things, we can't always be reliable with our information. Though that's true, we're trying to fix that, and it's not a good rep to have about the site. 00:27, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

I support this idea. <span style="">Jun 26, 2012; 01:17am

I love this idea, actually...well done. 14:54, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Pinefur - Silver Nomination
Her article looks good for a minor character. Comments? 21:33, June 24, 2012 (UTC)

Citing Ranks
I don't see why we shouldn't do this for every rank. I mean, it'd be easy enough. You may say "Oh, it's obvious what their names are" but what about the ones that we do have cited? If we have those ones cited, why not cite all of them? And if someone says it's too much work, I swear... >.> 19:59, June 25, 2012 (UTC)

Loonie.... there's a discussion about this at the very top you dork. XD Coming to a conclusion too. *pokes teasingly in belly* 00:21, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

...Crap. I could've sworn I checked. Please don't laugh at me ;_; 00:31, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Strong Pounce ~ Silver Nomination
Comments?

Their main quote says something about blood. Whose blood? Maybe add that into the article. "S/He tries to sniff [character] but changes his/her mind when s/he smells blood." 20:17, June 25, 2012 (UTC)

Done. I also expanded, and fixed up the rest of the article.

The Long Shadows title is mentioned twice. Can you also expand Long Shadows a bit more? -- 00:56, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

No, I can't expand it. They're not even mentioned by name.

Sunpelt (LC) ~ Silver Nomination
Looks good to me. Comments?

Any more quotes? 18:47, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Done.

Splash (KP) ~ Silver Nomination
Splash~<3 I expanded/detailed his history to the best of my abilities. I'll go and add a quote now, however, I'd rather not add a main quote because he doesn't say much; especially anything that hasn't got much to do with his personality. Comments? 01:00, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Added a quote. 01:08, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Can you add any more quotes? <span style="">Jun 26, 2012; 21:39pm

Fallowpaw ~ Silver Nomination
There's not much to do really (I think?); his/her article looks pretty good. Comments? 01:13, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Detail the entire history a little more? 18:45, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Could you find another quote for him/her?-- 20:32, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Little Mew ~ Silver Nomination
Aww, Little Mew. <3 I finished off his history; Comments? 01:29, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Is there a quote about him or does he say anything? if there aren't then ignore this. o3o

Cloud - Silver Nomination
I expanded history a little bit and found some quotes. Comments? 17:41, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Can Outcast be detailed a little bit? 18:43, June 26, 2012 (UTC)

Can you expand Sign of the Moon a bit more? <span style="">Jun 26, 2012; 20:29pm