Board Thread:Administrative Requests/@comment-4010415-20180225013443/@comment-25936766-20180225022511

I don't mind both of the first ideas: Alphabetically, and By 1st Appearance-By Volume.

With the latter though, regarding the "questions" you quote there Chish, here's my thoughts:

1) It should be based on when characters were properly introduced. So we put Roman in the Vol.1 section (assuming it's separate from the first 4 Trailers), because while he did appear first in the Yellow Trailer, it was nothing more than a small and silent cameo.

By the same coin, we put Qrow in Vol.3, because in Vol.1 all we knew was his (first) name, and in Vol.2 we weren't properly introduced to Qrow, we just saw a silhouette. It was in Vol.3 that we truly saw the man himself, that we saw his personality and fighting style.

The only one I'm not 100% sure of is Salem, though I'm still more inclined to putting her in the Vol.4 since that's when she actually started "being a character".

1.2) Roman's appearance in the Yellow Trailer can be noted in a small pop-up, like it's done with references in the other pages. Same with the others.

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2) Regarding Summer, let me ask you people something first: What about Tukson? What about Shopkeep? You, Chish, say it's a tricky situation with Summer, yet she's not the only one, and it shouldn't even be a "tricky situation".

All 3 of them are Minor characters no matter how you look at it. Tukson only had 1 scene that lasted like 1 minute and wasn't even plot-relevant, Shopkeep has literally done nothing but cameos for comedy......

....And with Summer, all we have is a picture. Sure, characters have talked about her a few times, but Summer herself can't be called a character on the same level as even the Teams in the Vytal Festival. Summer, quite literally, is as important as Weiss's Mother, in the exact same way.

With Summer, Shopkeep and Tukson, the answer is simple: THEY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE IN THE CHARACTERS PAGE.

Or rather, if they are going to be left there, then there are a lot of characters we should move from the Minor Characters section to the Main Characters section. Characters that, by comparison, either have more screentime or far more plot-importance than Tukson, Shopkeep and Summer. Those being:

-Henry Marigold (Maybe not compared to Tukson, but definitely compared to Shopkeep).

-Shay D. Mann (It was thanks to him that Yang even ended up on Raven's camp 1/3 into V5).

-Nicholas Schnee (The WoR says it all).

-Li and An Ren (Part of Ren's entire character arc in V4).

-Yuma (He's just a Tukson that lasted more than 1 episode).

-Mata (More important than Shopkeep. It's also a bit recurrent but he actually has lines)

-Saber Rodentia (Same as Mata but in a much stronger sense).

-Ship Captain and Pilot Boy (Both took a Main Character to their destination, both were part of a fight, both have lines and personality, and if anyone complains about lack of names, I give you: Shopkeep).

All of them, have far more screentime and plot-importance than Summer, Shopkeep and Tukson, in some cases more than all 3 combined. So if those 3 are not going to be removed, then we should add those 10 characters to the Characters page. Let's be consistent with our standards for once, alright?

And if anyone has any legitimately-good reasons to preserve Shopkeep and Tukson on the Characters page instead of moving them to Minor Characters, say it, because I see none and no one gives any.