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I never understood this, but why do people even consider Kid Dracula to be a game in the series' canon, and more importantly, consider the character to be a childhood incarnation of Alucard? I doubt the original designers meant to have the game taken seriously in the first place.
Look, DreamGuy, I'm getting really tired and pissed off at your behaviour. This Alucard is the most common user of this name. This article should be named simply Alucard. The rest will be linked on the disambiguation page. This is according to Wikipedia's policy. Stop reverting, or I'll file another 3RR on you. No one calls Dracula "Alucard." As much as you think Alucard isn't used often, it's even less used for Dracula. And of all the fictional people called Alucard, this one is the most famous one. EliasAlucard| Talk 04:21, 09 Aug, 2005 (UTC)
I had an idea about what to do regarding the Romanian characters on Alucard's name. It's actually pretty simple, and it might work well. Take a look on the article about Zangief. Since he's a Russian character in the Street Fighter series, you can see his name in cyrillics right there, between parentheses. I think we can do just the same with Alucard. That'd solve the problem.
Still on the topic of Street Fighter, we have other examples. Take Chun-Li or Ryu, for example. Those characters are Chinese and Japanese (respectively), yet you don't see Chinese and Japanese characters scattered all over their articles, replacing their names. It wouldn't even make sense, but those cases and this one are the same. Think about that. Instead, they have that kind of info inside parentheses.
I'll go ahead and fix the article. If anyone thinks that was a dumb idea, please tell us about it here. Before reverting the article again. Thanks.-- Kaonashi 03:23, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
I edited the Dawn of Sorrow page a few days ago. As I am new to Wikipedia, I would greatly appreciate any grievances, concerns, or comments you wish to add to this. Also, could anyone post a picture of Genya Arikado from DoS (his talk image, not his sprite) and Alucard (again, the talk image, not the sprite) in Julius Mode? Thanks!
Inhumanly attractive face? Please. Someone please fix this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.111.227.118 ( talk) 19:26, 23 January 2007 (UTC).
I was just wondering about the comment that stated that, however unlikely, what Alucard says at the end of Dawn of Sorrow indicates that he would take on his father's role. Why does it suggest that? HayashiKun 9:44, 09 March, 2007 (UTC)
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This is not a cosplayer doing a female Alucard. This is a professional model promoting the Vampire class from the then-new game Forsaken World. References for this fact can be found here (a photograph of them with attached description) and here (the Media page on the Forsaken World website, which includes a wallpaper of the concept art the costume is drawn from). -- Dark T Zeratul ( talk) 06:14, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
Alucard (Castlevania) is an article about the character's appearance in the Castlevania franchise, and not exclusively the video games he first appeared in. The character was confirmed to be bisexual in the animated series by the producers, Sam Deats. Reliable source: https://x.com/SamuelDeats/status/1237933897687740417
User:CastlevaniaWriter has consistently removed the categories Fictional LGBT characters and Fictional bisexuals from the article, their argument being that Alucard is not LGBT+ in the original video games. I reiterated the article covers Alucard in all media, even in the lead summary. When they said Iron Man from Marvel was not tagged as such, despite being bisexual in a spinoff, I thought the category Fictional LGBT characters in animation was still warranted - Alucard was confirmed as such in the animated show.
I noticed from User:CastlevaniaWriter's edit history they have a fixation with what they personally believe to be fraudulent categorizations for LGBT+ characters. I posted a warning on their talk page because I at least find their edits to the Alucard article to be disruptive.
Why? Correct me if I am wrong, but none of these categories were invalid, and they are backed up by a reliable source. At the very least, the category Fictional LGBT characters in animation cannot be disputed, because it was confirmed by Sam Deats. I also know Wikipedia generally allows these tags in articles about fictional characters, even when their original incarnation is not LGBT+. Harley Quinn is a noted example.
This is an attempt at an open discussion. If the impasse continues, I will request a Wikipedia:Third opinion or Wikipedia:Requests for comment. MailleWanda ( talk) 21:29, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
At the very least, the category Fictional LGBT characters in animation cannot be disputed
It absolutely can be disputed. Personally, I'd oppose adding the category for two reasons: 1) it's inaccurate (or at a minimum unverifiable) for the vast majority of Alucard's portrayals covered under the article, and 2) it's undue weight, given that it's only applicable to a specific portrayal within a specific medium (that wasn't even the original). We already mention it in-line in the article appropriately: This version of Alucard was later confirmed as bisexual on Twitter by Sam Deats, one of the series directors.
The attribution of "This version" there is very important -- your category edit cannot achieve the same level of granularity. I'll also note that the sentences immediately preceding that quote note that portrayal as "deviating from the franchise's common narrative elements", which further implies that the amount of weight given to it should be limited. Either way, you should not be warning users for being "disruptive" simply because they do not agree with your chosen POV and reverted a controversial change.
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Since there is some notable coverage of Alucard's portrayal in the Lords of Shadow alternate timeline, I've been wondering if there is need of adding an image from his portrayal there since there is commentary from the artist and the style is different kinda like Ninja Theory's take on Dante from Devil May Cry or other rebooted characters. Tintor2 ( talk) 17:05, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
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I never understood this, but why do people even consider Kid Dracula to be a game in the series' canon, and more importantly, consider the character to be a childhood incarnation of Alucard? I doubt the original designers meant to have the game taken seriously in the first place.
Look, DreamGuy, I'm getting really tired and pissed off at your behaviour. This Alucard is the most common user of this name. This article should be named simply Alucard. The rest will be linked on the disambiguation page. This is according to Wikipedia's policy. Stop reverting, or I'll file another 3RR on you. No one calls Dracula "Alucard." As much as you think Alucard isn't used often, it's even less used for Dracula. And of all the fictional people called Alucard, this one is the most famous one. EliasAlucard| Talk 04:21, 09 Aug, 2005 (UTC)
I had an idea about what to do regarding the Romanian characters on Alucard's name. It's actually pretty simple, and it might work well. Take a look on the article about Zangief. Since he's a Russian character in the Street Fighter series, you can see his name in cyrillics right there, between parentheses. I think we can do just the same with Alucard. That'd solve the problem.
Still on the topic of Street Fighter, we have other examples. Take Chun-Li or Ryu, for example. Those characters are Chinese and Japanese (respectively), yet you don't see Chinese and Japanese characters scattered all over their articles, replacing their names. It wouldn't even make sense, but those cases and this one are the same. Think about that. Instead, they have that kind of info inside parentheses.
I'll go ahead and fix the article. If anyone thinks that was a dumb idea, please tell us about it here. Before reverting the article again. Thanks.-- Kaonashi 03:23, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
I edited the Dawn of Sorrow page a few days ago. As I am new to Wikipedia, I would greatly appreciate any grievances, concerns, or comments you wish to add to this. Also, could anyone post a picture of Genya Arikado from DoS (his talk image, not his sprite) and Alucard (again, the talk image, not the sprite) in Julius Mode? Thanks!
Inhumanly attractive face? Please. Someone please fix this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.111.227.118 ( talk) 19:26, 23 January 2007 (UTC).
I was just wondering about the comment that stated that, however unlikely, what Alucard says at the end of Dawn of Sorrow indicates that he would take on his father's role. Why does it suggest that? HayashiKun 9:44, 09 March, 2007 (UTC)
Image:Alu0.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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Image:Alucard (Castlevania Legends).jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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This is not a cosplayer doing a female Alucard. This is a professional model promoting the Vampire class from the then-new game Forsaken World. References for this fact can be found here (a photograph of them with attached description) and here (the Media page on the Forsaken World website, which includes a wallpaper of the concept art the costume is drawn from). -- Dark T Zeratul ( talk) 06:14, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
Alucard (Castlevania) is an article about the character's appearance in the Castlevania franchise, and not exclusively the video games he first appeared in. The character was confirmed to be bisexual in the animated series by the producers, Sam Deats. Reliable source: https://x.com/SamuelDeats/status/1237933897687740417
User:CastlevaniaWriter has consistently removed the categories Fictional LGBT characters and Fictional bisexuals from the article, their argument being that Alucard is not LGBT+ in the original video games. I reiterated the article covers Alucard in all media, even in the lead summary. When they said Iron Man from Marvel was not tagged as such, despite being bisexual in a spinoff, I thought the category Fictional LGBT characters in animation was still warranted - Alucard was confirmed as such in the animated show.
I noticed from User:CastlevaniaWriter's edit history they have a fixation with what they personally believe to be fraudulent categorizations for LGBT+ characters. I posted a warning on their talk page because I at least find their edits to the Alucard article to be disruptive.
Why? Correct me if I am wrong, but none of these categories were invalid, and they are backed up by a reliable source. At the very least, the category Fictional LGBT characters in animation cannot be disputed, because it was confirmed by Sam Deats. I also know Wikipedia generally allows these tags in articles about fictional characters, even when their original incarnation is not LGBT+. Harley Quinn is a noted example.
This is an attempt at an open discussion. If the impasse continues, I will request a Wikipedia:Third opinion or Wikipedia:Requests for comment. MailleWanda ( talk) 21:29, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
At the very least, the category Fictional LGBT characters in animation cannot be disputed
It absolutely can be disputed. Personally, I'd oppose adding the category for two reasons: 1) it's inaccurate (or at a minimum unverifiable) for the vast majority of Alucard's portrayals covered under the article, and 2) it's undue weight, given that it's only applicable to a specific portrayal within a specific medium (that wasn't even the original). We already mention it in-line in the article appropriately: This version of Alucard was later confirmed as bisexual on Twitter by Sam Deats, one of the series directors.
The attribution of "This version" there is very important -- your category edit cannot achieve the same level of granularity. I'll also note that the sentences immediately preceding that quote note that portrayal as "deviating from the franchise's common narrative elements", which further implies that the amount of weight given to it should be limited. Either way, you should not be warning users for being "disruptive" simply because they do not agree with your chosen POV and reverted a controversial change.
⇒
SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!
23:52, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
Since there is some notable coverage of Alucard's portrayal in the Lords of Shadow alternate timeline, I've been wondering if there is need of adding an image from his portrayal there since there is commentary from the artist and the style is different kinda like Ninja Theory's take on Dante from Devil May Cry or other rebooted characters. Tintor2 ( talk) 17:05, 25 May 2024 (UTC)