For characters from the games, the character must have made a substantial (e.g. non cameo) appearance in at leasttwoSonic games. Because Sonic has such a large cast of characters, this list is primarily dedicated to major ones. One-off or minor characters are considered out of this list's scope and should be covered within their respective game's article rather than here.
An example of a character who meets this criteria is Ray the Flying Squirrel, who makes substantial appearances in SegaSonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Mania Plus. This is the minimum required for a character to be considered noteworthy for this list.
An example of a character who does not meet this criteria is Princess Elise, whose only substantial appearance is in
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Saturday morning Sonic cartoon and the
Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog series. Therefore, she can be listed, even though she has never made a substantial appearance in a Sonic game.
An example of a character who does not meet this criteria is Geoffrey St. John, who, while a fairly significant character within the Archie Comics Sonic series, never appeared outside it. Thus, unless he makes an appearance in another form of media in the future, he fails the inclusion criteria.
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I believe
this article about Amy Rose is ready for publication. Amy Rose is
notable. She has been around since 1993, i.e., for 30 years at the time of writing this. That is enough time for people to be aware of her existence. Amy has been a
playable character in multiple games, a major
non-playable character in others, and has been featured in a plethora of other media. What will it take for her to have her own article? I believe enough years have passed, a bunch of reliable sources have been cited, and sufficient edits have been made for this article to be polished to a level where it is ready to be published and viewed by the general public. Will it take her appearance in a future feature-length film for this article to be published? If anyone disagrees, please feel free to provide your explanation as to why Amy can't have her own article. I would love to hear it, but with all due respect, I truly hope a consensus is reached where everyone agrees that she should have her own separate article before another decade goes by.
Happyblackcat (
talk) 20:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)reply
On Wikipedia, whether or not a subject has its own article isn't dependent on how many games or films they appear in. It's whether or not it meets the
WP:GNG. I'd recommend looking into the reasons her article was eliminated before, and providing evidence on how things have changed, instead, as that would be far more persuasive. I can dig up past discussions for you if you're serious about pursuing this.
Sergecross73msg me 00:22, 16 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Should Tom & Maddie Wachowski be added to the "Characters in other media"?
I was mainly wondering whether it's time to add Tom & Maddie to the "Characters in Other Media" section. As they're very important characters for the movie franchise, with them both being in three films as lead characters by the end of the year and Maddie even having a big role in the Knuckles show too (plus they were both in the "Prequill" comic for Sonic 2).
They haven't been in games no, but neither has Chris Thorndyke and he's on there and Sally only had a small cameo in Spinball. So yeah, I just wanted to see if anyone else thinks we should add them now (maybe even Agent Stone too potentially).
Tribal-Mand0 (
talk) 22:17, 8 February 2024 (UTC)reply
See the inclusion criteria at the top of the page.
Sergecross73msg me 23:17, 8 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Technically then they should be allowed on right? Cause they've been in the movies, the Knuckles show and the prequel comic too.
Tribal-Mand0 (
talk) 04:03, 9 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2024
Please just let me edit the page thanks. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
7s6uy8iwj (
talk •
contribs) 19:07, 19 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Not done Please submit requested changes on the talk page.
Sergecross73msg me 19:10, 19 April 2024 (UTC)reply
For characters from the games, the character must have made a substantial (e.g. non cameo) appearance in at leasttwoSonic games. Because Sonic has such a large cast of characters, this list is primarily dedicated to major ones. One-off or minor characters are considered out of this list's scope and should be covered within their respective game's article rather than here.
An example of a character who meets this criteria is Ray the Flying Squirrel, who makes substantial appearances in SegaSonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Mania Plus. This is the minimum required for a character to be considered noteworthy for this list.
An example of a character who does not meet this criteria is Princess Elise, whose only substantial appearance is in
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). Unless she makes another non-cameo appearance in the future, she fails the inclusion criteria.
For characters from other media (TV shows, movies, and comics), the character must have made a substantial appearance in at leasttwo different forms of media. Because Sonic is primarily a video game franchise and there are too many Sonic characters exclusive to non-video game media to be listed here, a separate criteria exists to determine if a non-game character can be listed.
An example of a character who meets this criteria is Princess Sally, who made substantial appearances in the
Saturday morning Sonic cartoon and the
Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog series. Therefore, she can be listed, even though she has never made a substantial appearance in a Sonic game.
An example of a character who does not meet this criteria is Geoffrey St. John, who, while a fairly significant character within the Archie Comics Sonic series, never appeared outside it. Thus, unless he makes an appearance in another form of media in the future, he fails the inclusion criteria.
All entries on this list should be backed with
secondary,
reliable sources. No entries should be sourced entirely to
primary sources, and any such entries will be removed.
Any discussions regarding splitting character entries from this list must happen on this talk page before any action is taken, to determine if the character has received enough coverage in reliable sources to be
notable enough to stand as their own article.
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I believe
this article about Amy Rose is ready for publication. Amy Rose is
notable. She has been around since 1993, i.e., for 30 years at the time of writing this. That is enough time for people to be aware of her existence. Amy has been a
playable character in multiple games, a major
non-playable character in others, and has been featured in a plethora of other media. What will it take for her to have her own article? I believe enough years have passed, a bunch of reliable sources have been cited, and sufficient edits have been made for this article to be polished to a level where it is ready to be published and viewed by the general public. Will it take her appearance in a future feature-length film for this article to be published? If anyone disagrees, please feel free to provide your explanation as to why Amy can't have her own article. I would love to hear it, but with all due respect, I truly hope a consensus is reached where everyone agrees that she should have her own separate article before another decade goes by.
Happyblackcat (
talk) 20:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)reply
On Wikipedia, whether or not a subject has its own article isn't dependent on how many games or films they appear in. It's whether or not it meets the
WP:GNG. I'd recommend looking into the reasons her article was eliminated before, and providing evidence on how things have changed, instead, as that would be far more persuasive. I can dig up past discussions for you if you're serious about pursuing this.
Sergecross73msg me 00:22, 16 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Should Tom & Maddie Wachowski be added to the "Characters in other media"?
I was mainly wondering whether it's time to add Tom & Maddie to the "Characters in Other Media" section. As they're very important characters for the movie franchise, with them both being in three films as lead characters by the end of the year and Maddie even having a big role in the Knuckles show too (plus they were both in the "Prequill" comic for Sonic 2).
They haven't been in games no, but neither has Chris Thorndyke and he's on there and Sally only had a small cameo in Spinball. So yeah, I just wanted to see if anyone else thinks we should add them now (maybe even Agent Stone too potentially).
Tribal-Mand0 (
talk) 22:17, 8 February 2024 (UTC)reply
See the inclusion criteria at the top of the page.
Sergecross73msg me 23:17, 8 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Technically then they should be allowed on right? Cause they've been in the movies, the Knuckles show and the prequel comic too.
Tribal-Mand0 (
talk) 04:03, 9 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2024
Please just let me edit the page thanks. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
7s6uy8iwj (
talk •
contribs) 19:07, 19 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Not done Please submit requested changes on the talk page.
Sergecross73msg me 19:10, 19 April 2024 (UTC)reply