Talk:Sarge (Red vs. Blue)

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Contents 1 GFDL notice 2 Be careful 3 Original research / POV / one-off jokes 4 Layout

[edit] GFDL notice

On 23:26, July 11, 2006, this was split from List of main characters in Red vs Blue#Sarge. Prior edit history can be found in the history of that page. — TKD::Talk 01:26, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Be careful

Please, if you're going to copy-and-paste, please make sure to copy from edit mode to preserve the wiki formatting. Also, please use the {{rvbchar}} template to link to characters. — TKD::Talk 01:26, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original research / POV / one-off jokes

I removed a few things:

• The shotgun bit has never been actually mentioned, to my memory. It's a general statement that needs to be sourced.
• The "cat mascot" bit was a one-off joke that, IIRC, wasn't important to the plot (unlike the surgery bits).
• He does not always get along well with Simmons (think "oh, kiss my ass some other time" and the traitor theme throughout most of season 4), so to state this is original research.
• To state that Sarge's plans are surreal is POV unless that description is sourced.

In general, please remember that anything but simple description of what actually happens needs to be sourced. This includes generalizations. — TKD::Talk 00:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I just added in the cat mascot thing because it was sort of similar to his quotes about John Wayne and Indiana Jones. And the shotgun thing was sort of referenced in Season 2: "I notice you use a shotgun. That's cool", but that has been there for a while, ever since this article split off. Dac 00:53, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, Donut references the fact that he uses a shotgun, but to go from that to concluding that Sarge is the only one to use it is a stretch (i.e., it's based on knowledge and synthesis of other facts). — TKD::Talk 01:03, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Good point. I think the only reason it was there at all is because it was in the original article. Dac 01:13, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

He notes he always uses a shotgun in the new PSA, for use against zombies. You all can figure out if that's worth mentioning or not. -- Viewdrix 03:08, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't think so. Specials and PSAs are non-canon however you look at them, so statements made in them don't fit into the continuity. Dac 03:35, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, canon or not, it's worth considering writing up if it's significant. Most run-of-the-mill PSAs probably don't make the cut because they're one-off jokes and such, not because they lack canonicity. Off the top of my head, one example that I can think of that would be worth mentioning would be the short commissioned by Microsoft, in which Sarge was made into an Office Assistant. The OA was partly shown on G4 TV, once.... — TKD::Talk 03:54, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Maybe. But on the topic of the shotgun, I just looked at his character profile on the Seaon 4 DVD and one listing was "Weapon: Shotgun:. Dac 05:17, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Layout

OK, one thing I've noticed with this article and also with the Tucker article is the fact that it's pretty much a direct copy of the original article on the list page. All it does is report the character's history, pretty much. I think we should go over it and copyedit it into something like Church or Donut's. Your thoughts? Dac 02:55, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it needs better organization. My goal in doing the article on Donut was to set up a model for the other character articles. — TKD::Talk 06:15, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

As you will have noticed by now, I overhauled it to look like the others. Anything that I left out or messed up? Dac 05:17, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

It's not too bad. I'd merge the general aspects of "Character Overview" into the lead and the specific elsewhere into the article; one paragraph sections are kind of unfulfilling. Sourcing and citations are the most important thing right now, though. Those tend to dictate how much you can spend talking about a specific point. I'm not a big fan of "Character history" as section heading, because it sort of takes the perspective of the continuity of the season. I prefer "Role in the plot" or "Synopsis", but that's relatively minor compared to the actual content. Just to give you an idea of how important sourcing is: If we had sources for everything currently in the article, it'd definitelty be B-Class. — TKD::Talk 06:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I understand. I'll get on that when I can; for now, I can do some minor editing. Will change that heading and start looking for proper sourcing. Dac 06:49, 21 October 2006 (UTC)