User:MrBlonde267/Deserves a Page

The DC Database strives to be as complete as possible. This is what sets us apart from general-interest sites like Wikipedia. However, we do have some standards of notability. We do not believe in making a page for every "Bob the Janitor" who shows up in one issue with no lines. There are thousands of characters like that, and covering them would be a waste of everyone's time. This is an area that is subjective by nature, so we've done our best to group characters into three categories: must have a page, could get a page, and should not have a page. Anything in the "must have" category automatically deserves an article. The "could get" category is for grey-area cases, where users can choose to make an article if they are willing to put in the effort of writing it thoroughly. The "should not" category is for characters who do not deserve articles, and any article about them will be deleted.

Must have a page

 * Heroes/Villains: Any hero, villain, or costumed character automatically deserves a page. This includes normally-dressed characters with unusual aliases, e.g. a spy who calls himself "The Viper."
 * Protagonists: Anybody who is the headlining character for a story.

Could get a page

 * Part of a group: Anybody who is attached to a group that is important to a specific mythology. For example, Amazons or Kryptonians.
 * Soft protagonists: Characters who are the focal point of a story, but not technically the protagonists. An example would be someone like Marlus Randone, single-appearance protagonist of the story JLA: Welcome to the Working Week.

Topics of interest

 * Single-issue Characters
 * Heroes/Villains
 * Family members
 * Part of a mythos
 * Protagonist of a story
 * Multi-issue characters