Forum:Movie characters

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So I figure we need to have a discussion on how to handle articles about movie characters. Personally, my favored approach is similar to how the [tfwiki.net Transformers wiki] deals with their various universes, which also happens to be more or less how we've been treating the alternate universe characters from Warlords of Draenor: add a parenthetical tag to the end of the article name if it's something that already exists in the main game canon, and use a template at the top of the page to indicate it's a movie-related article.
I've already created the template ({{Movie}}), and would suggest using (movie) as the parenthetical. Thoughts? --DarkTZeratul (talk) 23:33, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Makes sense. I changed the template to say "This article contains lore exclusive to the Warcraft movie continuity and is therefore considered non-canon in the main Warcraft universe", but it could probably be worded better. -- DeludedTroll (talk • contribs) 08:05, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

(movie) or (film) works for me, though I'm not completely sure how different the characters will be from their established sources. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 11:28, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

I think we should create separate film character articles for now. If we find that either the film follows the lore nearly verbatim, or Blizzard adjusts their lore to fit the scope of the film, (ie. Taria Wrynn being added/referenced in the game), then we can simply merge the articles and perhaps even have the main infobox images be the live-action/high-definition film versions of the characters. MightyBotto (talk) 09:25, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

How do we name characters from the movieverse that appear in Warcraft: Durotan and Bonds of Brotherhood? Garad (movie)? What about Garad (movie universe)? Mordecay (talk) 15:26, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

My feeling is that using (movie universe) instead of (movie) just because they don't technically show up in the movie is purely semantics. We should use a consistent tag for any movie universe characters, whether they're from the movie(s) or the novel(s), regardless of which tag that is. I personally favor (movie) over (movie universe) purely for simplicity's sake, but I otherwise don't have any strong feelings one way or the other. -- DarkTZeratul (talk) 21:20, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

While I don't feel strongly either way, I like the simplicity of just (movie). PeterWind (talk) 22:39, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

I'd have to agree with DarkTZeratul, I'd prefer (movie), but keeping with the theme of how we handle alternate characters (movie universe) would be best.... or maybe (film universe). Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 23:54, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Ah yeah good point. PeterWind (talk) 01:32, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes, tags should be definitely consistent. I was thinking of (movie universe) because, as said, we have (alternate universe) for WoD characters and that's hardly simple (ugh, those misspells I always make with "alternate" :D ) but it's in use. (film universe) looks also nice. Mordecay (talk) 10:10, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

I've changed the template up from "Movie" to "Film", as it seems more encyclopedic and professional. We should probably consider a new titling format, like "Character Name (film universe)", rather than "Character Name (movie)". The current titling is kind of shoddy and misleading. Also, we should concentrate on cleaning up and expanding the film articles, as they're virtually all stubs. MightyBotto (talk) 02:56, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

I can see why (film universe) would be more appropriate since Durotan novel characters such as Garad won't be in the actual movie itself, as far as I know. As for expanding the stubs I'm slowly working on the Durotan novel characters, since I own the book. So at the very least the Durotan characters have someone covering them. --X59 (talk) 05:06, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Awesome. Yeah, I've been away from Wowpedia for a while, but seeing this uphill battle actually excites me as a challenge, rather than a nuisance. We're essentially covering a whole new universe, so of course it will be complicated. MightyBotto (talk) 07:04, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

What about kingdoms and places seen in the movie? Should we create an "Elwynn Forest (film universe)" page? Xporc (talk) 09:28, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

I don't think this would be a good idea. The differences are too small. Maybe poiting the differences (if there are any) in the Trivia section is an alternative. Technically Heroes of the Storm is also a alternate Universe and we dont make new pages for Thrall etc...--LemonBaby (talk) 06:27, 8 June 2016 (UTC)