Category talk:Characters Named Outside The Manga

Necessary?
Is this category necessary? What are the parameters? If characters are named in databooks, do they get added to this category? What about the SBS? That would be a ton of characters. The anime named category is valid because the names are non-canon, but this is not necessary in my opinion. 02:01, June 22, 2020 (UTC)

I agree, it is overly broad. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 02:07, June 22, 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, I really don't see the point of this. It seems way too broad to be useful. If we want a category like this, I think it'd be better to have one for characters named in specific things. Like Characters Named in Blue Databook or something. But even that I don't really see the point of since it's already listed elsewhere. I think it'd be better to just work on the Magazine pages if you want to list characters that were named in them. DewClamChum (talk) 02:11, June 22, 2020 (UTC)

If anyone wants to make other subcategories okay but other databooks have named, not just characters, other subjects as well. The reason this category was made is because an anime character is using a name from an SBS without seeing whether it's the same character. Rgilbert27 (talk) 04:33, June 22, 2020 (UTC)

...Wouldn't it be a better solution for instances like Seki to simply add the SBS reference to his name?

In addition to its broadness, I'm also not sure the category is particularly notable. The non-canon names category seems pretty helpful to me because it helps keep track of characters with non-canon names that could potentially change if they are named by a canon source. But in my opinion, a name from a databook or an SBS has just as much legitimacy as a name coming from the manga, with very few discrepancies occurring between canon mediums. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 04:54, June 22, 2020 (UTC)

Not sure how Seki is related to this category being made, but it seems like a whole lot of work to do for one character. I would argue nearly half of all manga exclusive characters are named outside of the manga.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 05:46, June 22, 2020 (UTC)

We still don't know the "Seki" from the anime is same one from the SBS plus it's not just databooks and SBSs that reveal names but also Color Walks, Vivre Cards and, somehow, One Piece.com as well. Not all the listed characters under this category are manga exclusive but they are the minority compared to the ones named in the manga before an outside source gets around to it first. Rgilbert27 (talk) 06:40, June 22, 2020 (UTC)